Environment
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26 Feb 2016
Guardian UK earns ‘responsible sourcing’ certification
Bertrange, Luxembourg, February 26, 2016 – Guardian Industries UK Ltd. (Guardian) has earned the coveted BES 6001 accreditation for its responsible sourcing of materials. After independent assessment by the British Standards Institution, the awarding body, Guardian UK received a “Very Good” score, highlighting the company’s long-term focus on sustainability and environmental responsibility.
4 Feb 2016
SABIC powers Elopak’s sustainability ambitions with certified renewable polyethelene
Sittard, The Netherlands, February 4, 2016 - With the demand for energy and natural feedstock usage continually increasing in the world, there is a growing need for sustainable products made from renewable materials. Global packaging enterprise Elopak has taken on the ambitious goal of achieving a net zero impact on the environment, as featured in Stories of Possible, an award-winning campaign that captures the way SABIC is helping to realise customers’ ambitions. The stories reveal how SABIC helps to make possible their customers’ visions to better serve the industries in which they operate and create their competitive advantage for the long term. This film shows how the collaboration with SABIC has taken Elopak further in their ambition to achieve absolute sustainability. See the full story on video here.
OEGSTGEEST, the Netherlands — February 1, 2016 — Avery Dennison has brought its sustainability vision to life at its new EU headquarters and Research & Development center in Oegstgeest, the Netherlands. The long-term leased building acts as the European hub for the global Avery Dennison (NYSE:AVY) Materials Group business - a leader in labelling, packaging, and graphics solutions. A BREEAM(1) ‘Very Good’ certificate was awarded at a ceremony on December 10, during a celebration for all of the partners involved in the building’s design and construction. The building is located in the BioScience Park in Oegstgeest, which is among the top five science parks in Europe.
Reinach, 13 January 2016 – Archroma, a global leader in color and specialty chemicals, today announced that it has appointed a Sustainability Officer for its Textile Specialties business and released its list of products compliant with the new version 1.1 of its list of Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Manufacturing Restricted Substance List (MRSL) published in December 2015(1). 
DSM-Niaga has developed a portfolio of new, proprietary and patent-protected technologies to fully close the loop on carpet materials, allowing them to be ‘alive, again and again’, a real circular economy breakthrough. DSM-Niaga is a joint venture between DSM, a global science based company active in health, nutrition and materials, and Niaga, a Dutch provider of sustainable materials solutions. The Niaga® technology is now commercially available to the industry enabling the elimination of carpet waste, based on well-defined pure materials without compromising quality of the carpet - on the contrary. These materials can be recovered in an economically sound way based on industrial-scale processes and turned into valuable materials that can be reused again to make carpets, and also other products such as automotive textiles.
Reinach, 8 December 2015 – Archroma, a global leader in color and specialty chemicals, announced today that, as part of its ongoing, corporate-wide commitment to sustainability, it has recently completed a new “eco-assessment” of its product portfolio aimed for paper, packaging and tissue.