Business Management - Sustainability

Wal-Mart is using its extensive supply chain to help it reduce packaging, 
reduce costs, and improve profitability. Wal-Mart made a big splash back in 2003 when it announced it would require RFID labeling on pallets and cases supplied to its stores starting in 2005. The announcement initiated much development activity throughout the supply chain, and most likely advanced the development of RFID in these applications by a notable degree.

Sustainability in package printing news, featuring Boulder Canyon™ Natural Foods’ fully compostable package.

BRIDGEWATER, NJ—Henkel is offering a new brochure presenting a fast, easy and environmentally responsible way for customers to return empty totes that previously held Henkel products

Diamond Packaging was founded in 1911 as a supplier of folding carton packaging materials for the garment and bakery industries. The company has remained faithful to its roots in folding cartons and, today, manufactures paperboard and plastic packaging and provides contract packaging services for –Fortune 500 companies around the world.

Sustainability in package printing news, including items on NORDENIA USA, Procter & Gamble, Sustainable Green Printing (SGP) Partnership, Multi Packaging Solutions, Sonoco and PMMI.

LOVELAND, Ohio—Patron sponsorships keep certification fees low for printers, enabling the printers to focus on measuring and improving their environmental performance.

I hope sustainability is not a subject people get tired of hearing about. It really shouldn't be—in many ways it could be the central theme for the generation of young adults just starting to make their mark on the world.

Sustainability in package printing news, including items on SunChips' 
compostable chip bag and Procter & Gamble.

Sustainability in package printing news, including items on SGP Partnership and Sustainability Advantages of Flexible Packaging Education Toolkit.

The Flexible Packaging Association's State of the Industry report forecasts slow growth in the near term, with gradual improvement of 2 to 4 percent per year.