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Dow and Valoregen collaborate to build largest hybrid recycling site in France

Valoregen to build largest single hybrid recycling site in Damazan, France, which will have capacity to process up to 70 kilotons of plastic waste per year. Dow will be the main off-taker of post-consumer resins (PCR) from Valoregen’s new plant. In the future, the site will uniquely combine advanced and mechanical recycling facilities in one ecosystem. Read More...

Dow and Nexus Circular Announce Plans to Build New Advanced Recycling Facility in Dallas, TX, Expediting Circular Plastics Production in USA

The new facility will process and convert over 26,000 MTs of previously non-recycled plastics into highquality circular feedstocks to accelerate sustainable virgin plastics production. Read More...

The Abstra Collection by Kohler WasteLAB Earns Top Product of the Year Award from Environment + Energy Leader

The Abstra™ Collection by Kohler WasteLAB® is named a Top Product of the Year Award in the elite Environment + Energy Leader Awards program. Read More...

BlackRock Real Assets Acquires Boston-based Vanguard Renewables

Vanguard Renewables, a U.S. leader in organics-to-renewable energy, today announced that a fund managed by BlackRock Real Assets has acquired the company from Vision Ridge Partners. Read More...

Soli Solutions CEO Participates in Understanding Carbon Offsets Panel at Aspen Ideas Festival

Soli ®, the company that activates corporate sustainability on an individual level to increase brand engagement, announces the availability of the recent Aspen Ideas Festival panel video regarding carbon offsets. Read More...

Accelerating mechanical recycling: Dow becomes first to achieve traceability and recycled content certification for PE compounds

Certification granted by AENOR, a top ten global body for management systems and product certification. Read More...

Georgia Public Service Commission Recognizes Shaw Industries with Energy Matters Award in the “Best Sustainability by a Manufacturing Company” category

On Thursday, July 7, Georgia Public Service Commission Vice Chairman Tim Echols presented Shaw Industries with an Energy Matters Award in the “Best Sustainability by a Manufacturing Company” category. Read More...

Dow seals value chain partnership with Want-Want Group to drive zero-solvent emissions and explore opportunities to adopt more recyclable flexible packaging

Its innovative adhesives solutions support Want-Want Group’s sustainability goals, bringing more environmentally friendly packaging choices to consumers. Read More...

Climate Impact X Selects Nasdaq Technology to Power New Global Carbon Exchange

Cloud-based SaaS technology from Nasdaq to underpin CIX’s third platform – a spot exchange for quality carbon credits Partnership brings cutting-edge trading functionalities to the voluntary carbon market for the first time to serve the growing needs of financial institutions and institutional investors Slated for launch in early 2023, the exchange will enable two-way spot trading via standardised contracts, increasing access to transparent pricing signals and real-time market data Read More...

Soli Solutions Launches SUSTAIN by Soli™

Soli ®, the company that activates corporate sustainability on an individual level to increase brand engagement, announces a new direct marketing program to help advertising, retail and CPG brands leverage their sustainability initiatives. Read More...

Aiming for green: professional golfers commit to climate action

In a landmark move, Dow golf ambassadors Maria Fassi, Katherine Kirk, Danny Lee and Corey Pavin have joined Suzann Pettersen to help champion sustainability in and through golf – including looking at their own footprints. Read More...

The Materials in Your Food Packaging are Changing

Jim Schneider, Vice President of Operations at Sustana Fiber, discusses the evolution of recycling and how it can change food packaging for the better. Read More...

Mastercard advances social and environmental commitments, outlining progress in annual Sustainability and DEI Reports

With a goal to bring 1 billion people into the digital economy by 2025, the company reached more than 675 million individuals by the end of 2021, adding 25 million micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) since 2020 Read More...

Dow Expands Flexible Packaging Recycling Effort Across Africa

Dow (NYSE: DOW) has announced the expansion of its Project REFLEX initiative in Egypt and Guinea, following a successful pilot phase in Nigeria. Working together with local partners the initiative aims to increase flexible packaging recycling in Africa to establish a market for recycled contents to help address the waste issue while providing job opportunities for local communities. Read More...

Advito Launches Industry-First eQSI Score to Factor Environmental Impact Into Air Negotiations

Advito's new environmental quality service index (eQSI) is the industry’s first fair market share calculation that takes aircraft efficiency into account, allowing travel managers to bring sustainability into their sourcing negotiations. Read More...

Seventeen Companies Complete +Vantage Vinyl Verified Program Through the Vinyl Sustainability Council

The Vinyl Sustainability Council (VSC), a self-funded business council advancing sustainability in the vinyl industry, today named 17 companies that are now +Vantage Vinyl™ verified. Read More...

Nasdaq to Acquire Metrio, a Leader in Sustainability Software

Metrio’s data collection, analytics and reporting solutions to bolster Nasdaq’s portfolio of IR & ESG services Expected to improve corporates’ ability to manage and unlock value from their data so they can make better decisions Nasdaq plans to maintain Metrio’s headquarters in Montreal Read More...

Sustana Fiber partners with Sonoco and Kellogg’s to prove recyclability of paper containers

Sonoco releases results from a recent trial with Sustana in collaboration with Kellogg’s. Read More...

Trane Technologies and Discovery Education Launch STEM Education Initiative

In partnership with Discovery Education, Trane Technologies launches new STEM education initiative focused on sustainability. Read More...

ELC Expands Renewable Energy Portfolio with Canadian Solar Array

The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) has expanded its global renewable energy portfolio with an on-site solar installation at its new, state-of-the-art fill and assembly manufacturing facility, Hillmount, in Markham, Ontario. Read More...

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