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David Hathorn, Mondi Group chief executive, said:“I am pleased to report a record financial performance, driven by our low cost position, exposure to higher growth markets and ongoing focus on operational excellence. While growth in demand for the Group’s key products has remained generally subdued, supply-side constraint has been supportive of pricing. It is particularly […]
Johannesburg, 20 February 2014 – Mondi Group and WWF International announced today that they will work together in a three-year strategic partnership that focuses on increasing environmental stewardship in the packaging and paper sectors.
The beauty of working with paper is that each creation can be unique. Whether it is for a birthday card, a get well card or a Valentine’s card, making your own cards, can be therapeutic and fun. Here are five tips to get you started. The rest is all up to you. Take a trip […]
“Paper? But this is the digital, paperless age and we are trying to go green,” we hear you say. Yes, it is the digital age where e-cards and textmessages abound, but you are very wrong if you think paperless is the greener way to go.
Pointing to the “tendency on the part of paper to take the place of everything else, to become a universal substitute, so to speak,” a journalist concluded in 1881 “that the future had a grand development in store for it.”
Sustainability and competitiveness have to go hand in hand for industry to excel. The European paper industry is a leading example of this. Reducing raw material consumption makes both sustainable and economic sense. Using residues from papermaking to produce renewable energy is also a good example. Turning residues from recycling operations into useful products is […]
The leaflet, produced by Cepi, outlines how the cluster of industries which form the print media value chain – papermaking, paper converting, printing and publishing – are valuable contributors to the new low-carbon, resource-efficient and knowledge-based economy. This in turn contributes to the EU 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.
“The Unexpected Forest” features adventures from Spik and Booksy in the forest – a lovely story that describes sustainable forest management and timber use without the usual facts and figures.
We love this article (published 29 January 2014) penned by Tom Foremski, a former Financial Times journalist and the founder and publisher of Silicon Valley Watcher. We stumbled upon the article on memeburn.com. If paper were announced today, as an alternative technology to digital screens, its tech specs would be madly impressive. Paper is a […]
In an industry first, Woolworths has initiated and introduced a new on-pack recycling label (OPRL), intended to assist recycling efforts by making it easier for customers to recycle correctly, while stimulating the growth of the recycling sector. Woolworths was motivated to develop the new recycling labels after feedback from customers revealed that the industry symbols currently […]