Curtis Packaging

Curtis Packaging, a Connecticut-based sustainable manufacturer of paperboard folding cartons, was cited in the recently released Green to Gold Business Playbook by Daniel C. Esty and P. J. Simmons. Esty and Simmons highlight Curtis as an example for companies striving to create a winning environmental strategy and attain a measurable return on investment. Curtis’ sustainability program helps customers to attain and promote their environmental goals at competitive prices. Efficiencies gained through increased attention to resource management and LEAN manufacturing techniques allow the company to continue to push the boundaries of sustainability without imposing additional costs on customers. The book,

BOSTON—Curtis Packaging has been approved as a Ceres network company by the Ceres board of directors. The board cited the company’s focus on sustainable packaging and established leadership in the industry. Curtis Packaging is the first packaging company to join Ceres, a coalition of investors, environmental groups and public interest organizations working with companies to address sustainability challenges, and is among more than 70 companies in the Ceres network, including more than 25 Fortune-500 companies. As a result of the company’s focus on environmentally responsible packaging, Curtis Packaging has recently established a leadership position in the industry, resulting in doubled sales in the

NEWTOWN, Conn.—The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund has named Curtis Packaging a 2008 recipient of the Connecticut Clean Energy Communities Award, which recognizes the company’s commitment to clean, renewable energy and its leadership role in Newtown’s Clean Energy Community campaign. Curtis’s commitment to renewable energy through the CTCleanEnergyOptions™ Program has qualified Newtown for a free solar energy system from the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund. As part of its commitment, Curtis Packaging has purchased enough clean, renewable energy to account for 100 percent of their electricity needs, ranking them among the leaders in the printing and packaging industry, according to the company. The estimated environmental benefits

BENNINGTON, N.H.—Monadnock Paper Mills, Inc. announces new Envi by Monadnock, a premium, high quality, line of environmental packaging grades designed for folding boxes, luxury shopping bags, set-up boxes, tubes, price tickets, and hang tags. First to be introduced in the line is Envi Folding Box Board (FBB), an 18 point single-ply uncoated paperboard ideal for packaging applications in fragrance, cosmetics, gourmet food, wine, spirits, and entertainment. Made in a bright white shade and featuring exceptional surface uniformity for remarkable print clarity and fidelity, Envi FBB is made with 80 percent post-consumer waste (PCW), one of the highest recycled content level currently available in the

SANDY HOOK, Conn.—On February 27, during the Conference Board’s 2-day Leadership Conference on Global Corporate Citizenship at The Barclay Hotel in New York, Don Droppo, Jr., Curtis Packaging’s VP of marketing, addressed the topic of “Leveraging the Supply Chain for Competitive Advantage.” Droppo’s co-presenters on the panel were John A. Delfausse, vice president, global package development, Estee Lauder Companies and John Frey, director, corporate environmental strategy, Hewlett-Packard Company. Droppo’s presentation, “The Eco-Advantage,” focused on the role sustainable packaging plays in protecting the environment and the ways Curtis Packaging, which was founded in l845, has converted its operations to 100 percent clean, renewable energy. The

SANDY HOOK, Conn.—Curtis Packaging Corporation announced today its agreement with Community Energy, Inc. to purchase clean, pollution free, renewable energy equal to 100 percent of its energy usage. This purchase illustrates the company’s continued commitment to the environment and the community. Curtis Packaging, one of the nation’s leaders in packaging design and printing, will purchase a portion of its clean energy commitment through the CTCleanEnergyOptions Program, with the majority of the renewable energy being sourced from wind power. Curtis is one of the first printing and packaging companies in the nation to be both Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified and use 100 percent renewable energy.