Environment

Tissue World Magazine ,Technical Theme: Environment

Just how committed are consumers – and the industry – to eco-friendly products?

The strongest motivations fade when set against the cost. Pirkko Petäjä, principal, Pöyry Management Consulting, explains the hard-nosed reality behind the environmental issue. Corporate social and environmental responsibility is commonly claimed to...

Carbon benchmarking for tissue manufacturing

By Subhash Deodhar Globally, tissue and towel production emits more carbon per tonne of paper than any other paper grade. For a product so close to the end-consumer, the carbon footprint of...
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Tissue colour safety standards have got tougher … and will get tougher still

Only a rapid and flexible response to the increasing safety concerns of legislators and consumers will succeed. Here, Simon Boyd, global product manager colourants, Paper Solutions Business, Archroma, offers one company’s...

Are environmental issues a global concern in the tissue Industry?

By Pirkko Petäjä In the German markets catering for certain environmental attributes is a ticket to play, while in many emerging markets their importance is still low. Environmental issues continue to gain importance...
Climate control: Canfor maintains forest certification on the 23 million hectares of forest licenses in Canada.

New technology for the circular economy

Paul Bicho, PhD Manager, optimization and innovation, Canfor Pulp Innovation We have a vision to be a leader in the circular economy and have embarked...
Pirkko Petäjä Principal, Poyry Management Consulting

Sustainability issues are of utmost importance in tissue, but should be approached in multiple...

Pirkko Petäjä, Principal, Poyry Management Consulting Environmental and sustainability requirements have long been a ticket to play in many markets. Certain basic requirements must be...

IS A FUTURE PAPER LAMINATED OR EXTRUDED WITH ECOLOGICAL BIOPLASTICS THE ANSWER?

The tissue industry, like all production systems, must find the answer to the planet’s plastic problem. Many companies are already advanced in research. Pirkko Petäjä, principal at ÅF Pöyry AB...

Pathway to sustainable tissue packaging

Pirkko Petäjä, Principal, Poyry Management Consulting It is our understanding that tissue producers should map the alternatives for sustainable tissue packaging and define the pathway;...

Is paper packaging of tissue a marketing trick?

Pirkko Petäjä, Principal, Poyry Management Consulting Tissue is now starting to be offered in paper pack by many players, however, there is hardly anyone full...

ENVIRONMENT TECHNICAL THEME: Turning 60% of all France’s recycled food and beverage packaging into...

Essity’s drive towards a “truly circular society” has opened up another stream of raw material resource linking circularity and proximity. Donato Giorgio, President, Global Supply Chain, Essity, talks to Tissue World...

Canfor embedding long-term sustainability across its day-to-day business

A global pulp leader is investing at least C$250m to reduce its GHG emissions, and plans to undergo the Science Based Targets initiative validation in 2024. Michelle Ward, Vice-President, Corporate Communications,...
David Marshall Project Manager, Sustainability & Public Affairs, Resolute Forest Products

$4m investment at Alabama mill takes Resolute Forest Products to second national energy award

Case study: The modernisation of Coosa Pines, Alabama Pulp Mill - by David Marshall, Project Manager, Sustainability & Public Affairs, Resolute Forest Products.  In November 2020, Resolute...

Environment Technical Theme – Our energy vision boosts our bottom line and sustains our...

At Tissue World Miami in March, Resolute Forest Products’ Calhoun mill was awarded the Most Energy-Aware Mill Award. Here, Patrice Minguez, president, Tissue Group, describes what the company did to achieve the award....