1:50 min Sustainability & Circular Economy
Initiative
Plastic-waste sorting platform YOUTURN becomes GC's second initiative to meet BS8001: 2017 circular economy standard
PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited (GC) — committed to expanding its circular economy efforts and striving to create a balance of environmental, social and governance factors (ESG) — has monitored and evaluated the performance of YOUTURN, a comprehensive plastic waste ...
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1:21 min Labels and sleeves
Corporate venture
Avery Dennison launches AD Stretch accelerator program
Avery Dennison Corporation announces the launch of AD Stretch, a first in the labels industry program aimed at partnering with startup innovators to solve key challenges and create new opportunities within sustainability, customer experience and value chains.
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1:59 min Strategies & Market Analysis
Circular Economy
Werner & Mertz: Current study by ETH Zürich shows plastic industry's impact on environment
According to a study made by ETH Zürich, the plastics industry was responsible in 2015 for 1.6 billion tons [1] of global Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, with the largest portion (about 96 percent) resulting from the production of plastic. Analysts came to that alarming conclusion ...
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