1:31 min Global themes, Sustainability & Circular Economy
Sustainability

ZenWTR™ launches 100% rPET bottle made of ocean plastic

ZenWTRTM, the first premium 100% recycled bottled water made with certified ocean ...
2:19 min Global themes, Sustainability & Circular Economy
Pledges to make entire water portfolio carbon neutral by 2025

Nestlé sharpens water focus on international, premium mineral and functional brands while exploring strategic options for parts of North American business

Nestlé S.A.'s Board of Directors today approved a new strategic direction for its Waters business. The company will sharpen its focus on its iconic international brands, its leading premium mineral water brands, and invest in differentiated healthy hydration, such as functional water ...
2:50 min Global themes, Sustainability & Circular Economy
rPET

Diageo North America launches 100% rPET bottle

Seagram’s 7 Crown American whiskey will move its PET formats to 100% recycled ...
1:58 min Global themes, Sustainability & Circular Economy
Regional Project

South Asia amps up eco-innovation to curb marine plastic pollution

The World Bank, Parley for the Oceans, and the South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme (SACEP) launched on World Oceans Day, a $50 million regional project to help South Asia curb its marine plastic pollution and ramp up eco-innovation to reinvent plastic use and production. The ...
1:30 min Global themes, Sustainability & Circular Economy
World Ocean Day

WWF - Over 40 countries against the plastic flood

Coal of states against plastic pollution of the seas // WWF: Strong signal towards a binding agreement - With the aim of stopping plastic pollution of the oceans, the “Friends Group Against Plastic Pollution of the Ocean” is founded today. Friends groups are coalitions of United ...
1:20 min Global themes, Sustainability & Circular Economy
Circular Economy

Amcor to join World Wildlife Fund-led ReSource: Plastic

Amcor has joined the World Wildlife Fund-led activation hub, ReSource: Plastic, a ...
1:14 min Global themes, Sustainability & Circular Economy
Committment

EFBW recommends key success factors in setting up Deposit Refund Systems

EFBW publishes their recommendations on the key design features that contribute to the efficient and successful introduction of a Deposit Refund System. Natural mineral and spring water producers are more than ever committed to embrace circularity and partner with the whole supply ...
1:52 min Global themes, Sustainability & Circular Economy
Sustainability

Starlinger introduces measures in the field of corporate social responsibility

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is becoming increasingly important. With Clarissa Graf, the Austrian mechanical engineering company Starlinger has hired a Sustainability Manager to address this essential task; since autumn 2019, she has been actively defining CSR measures for ...
2:51 min Global themes, Sustainability & Circular Economy
Circular Economy

Volvic announces global carbon neutrality and B Corp™ certification, also pledging to continue protecting 2 billion square meters of natural ecosystems

Global carbon neutral certification through reducing emissions by switching to ...
2:20 min Markets and Management, Global themes, Regions
Markets

Coronavirus and the collapse in polyester – will paraxylene and PTA markets recover?

Global polyester production is expected to decline by more than half a million tonnes this year. For polyester’s key raw materials, paraxylene (PX) and PTA, the knock-on effects will hit global demand in the coming years.