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On Friday, February 26, 2010, FPA held a Webinar on the Flexible Packaging Sustainability Advantages exclusively for FPA members. The goal of the webinar was to describe the research FPA has done on sustainable packaging and to introduce you to the FPA Sustainability Toolkit.
The Webinar included presentations on: Flexible Packaging Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emission Benefits, presented by Jeff Wooster, The Dow Chemical Company; Options for Managing Flexible Packaging End of Life, presented by Dr. Ron Cotterman, Sealed Air Corporation; and an Overview on How to Use the Flexible Packaging Sustainability Advantages Toolkit, presented by Shanna Moore, DuPont Company.
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FPA Sustainable Packaging Toolkit
FPA has developed a “Tool Kit” for its members to use to educate customers and other stakeholders about the Sustainability Advantages of Flexible Packaging. Included are: The Report on the Sustainability Assessment of Flexible Packaging; The FPA Case Stories Brochure; The FPA Fast Facts Brochure ; The FPA Sustainability and Flexible Packaging Brochure; Individual Case Stories; The FPA Flex Pack Rap Video; Flexible Packaging: A Sustainable Solution PowerPoint Presentation; and the FPA sustainability logos. Please click here to access the Toolkit.
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FPA Member Sustainability Initiatives & Activities
The flexible packaging industry continues to develop flexible packages that are sustainable and safe for the environment. Please click here to view the packaging efforts and activities of FPA members, and see how they are contributing to the sustainable packaging movement.
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Flexible Packaging: A Sustainable Solution PowerPoint Presentation September 24, 2009: FPA’s Flexible Packaging Sustainability Education Campaign, Abdelhadi Sahnoune, ExxonMobil Chemical Company and
Jeff Wooster, The Dow Chemical Company February 26, 2010: European and Global Markets for Flexible Packaging, Stefan Glimm, Flexible Packaging Europe February 25, 2009: Sustainable Growth Through Innovation, Bill Weber, DuPont Company February 23, 2009: Energy Outlook & Sustainability Challenge, Hans VanBrackle, ExxonMobil Chemical Company November 12, 2008: Packaging: Elemental to a Sustainable Future, Glenn Wright, The Dow Chemical Company October 28, 2008: Flexible Packaging
Sustainability Assessment, Vinay Gadkari, David Evers and Corey Linden, Battelle Memorial Institute September 9, 2008, Understanding the Complexity of Flexible Packaging, Ron Cotterman, Sealed Air Corporation September 2008: Sustainability Thought Leader and Program Sponsor Survey:
Sustainable Thought Leader Summary Deck August 2008: Benefits of Plastics to the Economy of Ontario December 13, 2007: Presentation from the Sustainable Packaging Workshop for the Flexible Packaging Industry October 3, 2007: Brand Owners & Retailers Sustainable Packaging Survey March 1, 2007: Understanding and Importance of the State of Sustainable Packaging in the USA and the Wal-Mart Scorecard and Virtual Packaging Trade Show Process: Implications, Issues and Opportunities for the FPA February 1, 2007: Life Cycle Environmental Aspects of_Landfills and Waste-to-Energy Systems, Keith Weitz, RTI International February 1, 2007: Waste-to-Energy- Converting Garbage into Clean, Green Power, Ted Michaels, IWSA January 8, 2007- FPA Sustainable Packaging Initiative Update December 1, 2006- FPA 2007 Sustainable Packaging Initiative Update
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Companies Try to Recycle All Waste, Send Nothing to Landfill Sealed Air and Ecovative Team Up to Accelerate Commercialization of New Sustainable Packaging Material Funding Helps Advance Flexible Packaging Recycling BASF Participates in US American Technology Company Renmatix Walmart Takes Sustainability To Blogosphere American Institute for Packaging and the Environment Names New President and
Announces Related Changes to Executive Committee and Board of Directors: Gail Tavill Replaces Retired Joan Pierce as Head of Packaging Industry Trade Organization Sustainable Packaging Symposium 2012: Dates, Venue Announced Harper Corporation Becomes Newest SGP Silver Patron Sonoco Recycling and South Carolina Kick Off Recycling at Welcome Centers Paper Foodservice Packaging: Today’s Trash, Tomorrow’s Treasure Sonoco Recycling to Manage Recycling Services for Onslow County Fifth Annual Survey Shows Sustainability Remains a Driving Factor in Packaging Decisions Sonoco Recycling Acquires American Recycling of South Carolina, LLC Sonoco Ranked Top Packaging Company in Newsweek's 2011 Green Rankings Sonoco Recycling Breaks Ground on Charleston Facility Toray Plastics (America), Inc., Launches Rhode Island’s Largest Solar Farm Cascades Sonoco and Sonoco CorrFlex Facilities Recognized with Sonoco Sustainability Star Award Procter & Gamble Releases 13th Annual Sustainability Report Sonoco Selected for Third Time to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index PepsiCo Named Top Food and Beverage Company in 2011 Dow Jones Sustainability Index ConAgra Foods Recognized in Dow Jones Sustainability Index North America Consumer Goods Companies Release First Global Measurement System
for Packaging Sustainability Waste-to-Energy Exchange Debuts in November SPC Updates Definition of Sustainable Packaging 4 Mega-Trends that are Shifting Dow's Sustainability Strategy American Packaging Corporation Receives Environmental Excellence Award from State of Iowa Kraft Foods to Back Laminate
Recycling Plant Dow and Mitsui to Create Platform for Biopolymers to Serve Packaging, Hygiene & Medical Markets Enval Wins Best New Technology Category at
the National Recycling Awards Dow Chemical Participates in World Economic and Environmental Conference 2011 in Qingdao; Receives the "Carbon-Value Innovative Award" Sustainability is Toughest Packaging Challenge Today, Survey Reveals Amcor Sets New Environmental Targets Dow Makes Energy from Recycled Plastic Sustainability: A Key Opportunity for U.S. Food Packaging Firms Study Hails Promise of Bio-Based Plastics in Active Packaging Exopack, LLC Receives Fiber Sourcing Certification From the Sustainable Forestry Initiative® Graphic Packaging Approves Biomass Project Amcor Releases Its 2010 Sustainability Report Procter & Gamble Unveils New Sustainability Vision; Announces 2020 Goals to Guide Progress Toward New Vision Sustainable Packaging Coalition Report Facilitates the Use of Recycled Content in Packaging Sainsbury’s Faces Prosecution on Excess Packaging Charge Sonoco Selected to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index Strong Growth Predicted for U.S. Bioplastics Greener Package and the Institute for Sustainability Join Forces to
Produce “Sustainable Packaging Symposium 2011” 2010 Greener Package Awards Honor Eight Sustainable Innovations Biodegradable Film NATIVIA™ Taghleef Industries Has Successfully Started Its New Production Line PTI Offers PET Testing to Help Brand Owners,Material Suppliers Understand Impact on Recycle Stream Davis-Standard Promotes Green Initiatives at K 2010 Sustainable Packaging Market Predicted to Reach $142.42bn by 2015 Sonoco Targets Voluntary 15% Drop in Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2014 Dow Chemical to Test Plastic Waste as Fuel for Midland Plant U.S. Mayors Resolve to Shift Packaging-Waste Burden to Producers Plastics Industry Adds New Polyurethanes Data to Life Cycle Database Sustainable Packaging Reports Unveils Common Language and Metrics Lightweighting Has Limits. Are We There Yet? Tetra Pak and Ball Corporation Showcase Eco-Initiatives ConAgra Foods to Significantly Reduce Packaging, Water, Greenhouse Gas and Solid Waste by 2015 Flexible-Packaging Converter Clear Lam Debuts PLA Lamination for Snyder's of Hanover Brand Organic Pretzels Retailer Seeks Innovations: April Expo Gives Suppliers Opportunity to Showcase Sustainable Developments in Their Packaging Retailers and Manufacturers Join Forces to Drive Global Change
in Packaging Sustainable Packaging Definitions and Principles Agreed Europen Hits Back on Sustainable Packaging Charge Dow Chemical: One of the Next Green Giants? SPC Publishes Common Green Packaging Metrics Dow in West Virginia Partner with EPA for Sustainable Future Newsweek Ranks Sonoco One of the 100 Greenest Large American Companies Sonoco Selected to Join the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index SAM, Dow Jones Indexes and STOXX Ltd. announce results of Dow Jones
Sustainability Indexes Review Dow Named to Dow Jones Sustainability Index for Ninth Time Dow Reports Progress on 2015 Sustainability Goals Sonoco Recycling Expanding Charlotte, N.C., Operations Sonoco Targets 15% Voluntary Reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emission: Reductions to Come from Company's 121 Manufacturing Facilities in U.S. and Canada Sonoco Issues 2009 Sustainability Report
Bayer MaterialScience Receives Department of Energy Grant to Support Wind Turbine Blade Research and Testing American Packaging Corporation Sets Aggressive Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Goal Walmart Announces Sustainable Product Index Walmart Joins GreenerPackage.com in New Product Database AMGRAPH Packaging, Inc. Celebrates 25th Anniversary With New “Green Plant” Expansion Nearing Completion Including Green Printing and Increased Capabilities Survey Reveals Generation Gaps on Sustainability Attitudes Audit May Boost Light Weighting of Packaging Companies Urged to Reap Benefits of International Packaging Technology Study Exopack Posts 2008 Sustainability Report GreenerPackage.com Welcomes Executives from
Wal-Mart, Marks & Spencer and Other Leading Companies to Advisory Board Summit Publishing Announces Greener Package, Sustainable Packaging Website and Awards Packaging Digest's Sustainable Packaging- November 2008 Amcor Makes Dow Jones Sustainability Index DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol LLC Breaks Ground for First Biofuels Pilot Facility Amcor Flexibles' 2008 Sustainability Report Amcor Recognised Among Global Leaders in Corporate Sustainability Metabolix Demonstrates Viability of Bioplastic Production in Switchgrass Plants Light-Weighting is Key Sustainability Driver for Sonoco Summit Publishing Company Announces Greener Package
Website and Sustainable Packaging Awards Competition Sonoco Issues First Annual Sustainability Report Metabolix Announces that Mirel™ Bioplastics is Selected by Heritage Plastics for New
BioTuf™ Compostable Film Ampac Flexibles Solventless Laminations Provide Sustainable Alternative to Packagers EPA Climate Protection Award Cites MEGTEC Systems’ Patented Technology, and Global Efforts to Transform Methane Gas Plastic: The Elephant in the Room FTC’s Review of its Environmental Marketing Guides (“Green Guides”)
Click here to read Hogan and Hartson summary of the workshop The transcript and workshop presentations are posted on the FTC web site, please click here .
S.F. Bay Area Passes Carbon Tax P&G VP Of Sustainability Discusses Green Initiatives IBM Unveils New Carbon Management Analysis Tool to Optimize Supply Chain Efficiencies
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FPA Sustainability Marketing Task Group meeting minutes, May 7, 2009
FPA Sustainability Strategy Task Group meeting minutes, February 5, 2009
FPA Sustainability Strategy Task Group meeting minutes, May 13, 2008
Wal-Mart Sustainable Packaging Network Meeting,
December 4 & 5, 2007 FPA Sustainable Packaging Initiative, September 17, 2007 Sustainable Packaging Steering Committee Recommendations, June 2007 Wal-Mart Sustainable Packaging Network Meeting,
May 9 & 10, 2007 December 1, 2006, conference call minutes November 8, 2006, conference call minutes Wal-Mart's Sustainable Scorecard- Memo, November 3, 2006
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