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Highlands, Riley Partner to Distribute Period Care Products in UK, Europe

Ireland-based Riley is committed to creating sustainable and healthy product formats Highlands, an international sales and marketing company, is working with Riley, an Irish company focused on sustainable period care products, to create a distribution footprint among retailers across the UK and Europe.  Riley is committed to producing healthier period products that are free of pesticides, […]

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Essity closing down tissue capacity in the UK

Swedish hygiene and speciality paper manufacturer Essity will close its Tawd plant in the UK on 1 September 2024. The consultation process for the closure began in April 2024. The mill has a capacity to produce approximately 30,000 tpy of TAD paper, which is converted at Essity’s Manchester plant into branded and retail brand consumer

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Ontex to launch baby pants with Dreamshield 360° tech across Europe

Insights Ontex Group, a leading international developer and producer of personal care products, is proud to announce the commercial launch of its newest baby pants, featuring its Dreamshield 360° innovation. The Dreamshield 360° technology – designed with a unique pee & poo back barrier and a 360 fit for all-around protection and comfort – is

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VTT Launches Initiative to Demonstrate Energy-Efficient Manufacturing Technologies

Collaborative research aims to develop and test commercially viable, sustainable alternatives for cardboard packaging, hygiene products and nonwovens VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland announces a new initiative to address the challenges of energy and resource consumption in the forestry and textile industry. The goal of the Energy First initiative is to act as a starting point for an

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Sweden’s Essity’s aim to reach net-zero emissions validated by SBTi

Insights Hygiene and health company Essity’s targets to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 have been validated by Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). The validation applies to all near- and long-term targets in Scope 1, 2, and 3. The roadmap has been developed as part of the UN Global Compact’s ‘Business Ambition for

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Apparel Sourcing Week 2024: Freudenberg Apparel To Showcase Sustainable Innovations In Fashion, Sportswear, And Shirt Segments

WEINHEIM, Germany — August 21, 2024 — Freudenberg Performance Materials Apparel (Freudenberg Apparel) will be presenting its sustainable interlinings, canvas, thermal insulations, and linings from the House of Sustainability specifically tailored for fashion, sportswear, and shirt segments at the Apparel Sourcing Week 2024. The event will take place from August 28-29 in Bangalore and is

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Lenzing again among the top 1 percent of world’s most sustainable companies

August 14, 2024 Lenzing – The Lenzing Group, a leading supplier of regenerated cellulose fibers for the textile and nonwovens industries, has been awarded platinum status in the EcoVadis CSR rating. The rating comprehensively covers the four most important practices in the area of corporate social responsibility: environment, fair working conditions and human rights, ethics,

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Germany’s feminine hygiene product tax cut offset by price increases

Insights A recent study by the ifo Institute has revealed that the tax reduction on sanitary pads and tampons in Germany, intended to alleviate tax discrimination against women, has been effectively cancelled out by price increases in other feminine hygiene products, particularly panty liners. In 2020, Germany reduced the VAT on sanitary pads and tampons

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Why is Suominen adding a new line in Spain?

CPC capacity will meet demand for sustainable materials in Europe Suominen is strengthening its capabilities in sustainable products by investing in a new production line at its site in Alicante, Spain. The new production line increases Suominen’s Card-Pulp-Card (CPC) capacity and was made in line Suominen’s strategy and vision to be the frontrunner in sustainability. “With

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Essity Partners with World Economic Forum on Menstrual Health

Hygiene and health company will work to measure and close the gaps in menstrual health Hygiene and health company Essity announced its associate partnership with the World Economic Forum. As a member of the Forum’s Global Alliance for Women’s Health, Essity assumes the role of leading partner in menstrual health and as such leads the Alliance’s work

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