sustainability | Pharmaceutical & Cosmetic Review

08 Jul 2021

Azelis receives Platinum EcoVadis rating

Azelis has been awarded with a Platinum rating by ratings agency, EcoVadis, after being accoladed with two consecutive Golds by the same agency. Platinum is the highest distinction in the EcoVadis supplier sustainability rating scheme. With the EcoVadis Platinum grading, Azelis is in the top 1% of all companies assessed by EcoVadis. Highest rating EcoVadis...

25 Jun 2021

Avery Dennison releases latest Cleanflake Label Materials for companies that care about recyclability

Avery Dennison has announced the latest iteration of its award-winning CleanFlake filmic label materials, which are now suitable for PET packaging in food, home and personal care and other segments in addition to beverages. What began as a breakthrough solution for PET plastic bottles can now make PET packages in a range of markets more...

21 Jun 2021

Nouryon signs 10-year partnership with sustainable bioproduct supplier

Nouryon has signed a 10-year agreement with Metsä Fibre. Under the long-term agreement, Nouryon will provide Metsä Fibre with sodium chlorate for its new bioproduct mill in Kemi, Finland. Expanding production capacity Metsä Group is investing 1.6 billion euros to build the mill which, once operational, will produce 1.5 million tons of softwood and hardwood...

17 Jun 2021

Vantage earns an EcoVadis Gold sustainability rating

Vantage Specialty Chemicals is committed to sustainability. In December 2020, the company earned its first-ever EcoVadis Gold rating for its 2020 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) performance. The Gold rating acknowledges the commitment and continual sustainability achievements of Vantage and elevates the company into the top 5% of evaluated chemical companies in its category. In 2018...

11 Jun 2021

New cosmetic packaging from Sulapac doesn’t cause microplastic pollution

Sulapac has launched a ground-breaking innovation, a new bio-based barrier for packaging of water-based products that biodegrades without leaving permanent microplastics behind. The beauty and personal care industry is worth over $500 billion a year and the market is expected to grow annually by 4.75%. Accordingly, the forerunners have eagerly been looking for sustainable packaging...

01 Jun 2021

BASF and RWE present project on how to make industrial production sustainable

Dr Martin Brudermüller (BASF) and Dr Markus Krebber (RWE), accompanied by chairman of the Mining, Chemical and Energy Industries Union (IG BCE) Michael Vassiliadis, have presented a project idea that shows how industrial production can become sustainable and future-proof. The project envisions an additional offshore wind farm with a capacity of two gigawatts (GW) to...

14 May 2021

Symrise launches first-ever sustainability-linked revolving credit facility

Symrise AG has signed the first Revolving Credit Facility (RCF) with a dedicated sustainability component. The new facility comprises a volume of € 500 million and has a duration of three years. It represents one of the Group’s different financing instruments and will serve to finance additional strategic growth initiatives. It will replace the existing...

10 May 2021

Nouryon shares its global sustainability activities for 2020

Nouryon has shared its second annual Sustainability Report summarising the company’s global sustainability activities, performance and results from 2020. With the publication of its Sustainability Report 2020, Nouryon reports for the first time to the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) framework, and thereby also affirms its commitment to annual, transparent ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) reporting. Sustainable future “In...

05 May 2021

Beiersdorf innovates NIVEA packaging with renewable polymers from SABIC

Beiersdorf is innovating the packaging of its world-leading ‘NIVEA Naturally Good’ range of face creams using SABIC’s certified renewable polymers. SABIC’s bio-based polypropylene (PP) resin, part of its TRUCIRCLE portfolio, will be used for producing the jars of Beiersdorf’s NIVEA Naturally Good day and night face creams. The new NIVEA packaging will be phased in...

19 Apr 2021

Merck publishes its 2020 Sustainability Report

Merck has published its Sustainability Report for 2020. The interactive online report comprehensively and transparently illustrates how the company is living up to its corporate responsibility and the progress the company has made towards achieving its goals. “The pandemic is showing us in no uncertain terms that technological progress and the positive force of science...

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