DS Smith unveils circularity tool Jo Francis Wednesday, May 5, 2021
DS Smith is claiming an industry first with a new tool that allows customers to rate the sustainability of their packaging choices.
New tool allows brands to explicitly understand what their packaging choices mean
The PLC’s Circular Design Metrics tool uses eight different indicators and allows clients to compare how different types of packaging design perform in terms of the circular economy.
The eight metrics are: recyclability, planet safe, material use, renewable source, recycled content, carbon footprint, designed for reuse, and supply chain optimised.
Last year the group teamed with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation as a strategic partner, and established its Circular Design Principles for packaging. It has now trained up its 700 packaging designers to apply the know-how to help customers design packaging with circularity in mind.
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– DS Smith is today announcing another milestone in its commitment to lead the way towards a more Circular Economy. The sustainable packaging giant unveiled its
Circular Design Metrics, an industry first that allows customers to rate circularity of their packaging.
The pioneering initiative provides a unique insight into how company packaging choices can reduce their impact on the environment. Through the collaborative design process, customers will be able compare the environmental performance of different solutions to create more circular packaging.
“It is a critical moment for companies to put a focus on managing their impact on the environment and ensure they recognize the effect their packaging choices have on the circular economy,” said Mark Ushpol, managing director of North American Packaging at DS Smith. “Our new Circular Design Metrics can help companies large and small drive sustainability through design, ultimately red
Cisco commits $100m to help address climate crisis
RIYADH, 4 hours, 14 minutes ago The Cisco Foundation is committing $100 million over ten years to address the growing climate crisis funding nonprofit grants and impact investments that support bold climate solutions as well as community education and activation. “Today’s commitment will build on the Foundation’s approach to funding that drives meaningful impact by supporting early-stage, technology-based solutions with the potential to scale and be sustainable,” said Reem Asaad, Vice President, Cisco Middle East & Africa. There is a consensus among citizens around the world that action is needed to combat climate change. And yet many citizens feel disengaged either because they don’t think that one person can make a difference or because they are paralyzed by the enormity of the crisis. This coupled with the fact that less than two percent of all philanthropic dollars are being spent to address the fight against
Cisco Commits $100 Million to Help Address Climate Crisis
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Grants and Investments from the Cisco Foundation Will Fund Climate Projects and Technologies to Power a Sustainable and Inclusive Recovery
SAN JOSE, Calif., April 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/
Release April 2021
The Cisco Foundation is committing $100 million over ten years to help reverse the impact of climate change.
Cisco will move the needle on climate action with a focus on technology-based solutions, GHG and carbon reduction, climate resilience, green jobs, and community education and activation.
This new funding is aligned with Cisco s efforts to reduce emissions, reduce waste and set ambitious goals in our supply chain model and our technology development and production, and is the latest step in our work to power an inclusive - and sustainable - future for all.
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