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EQS-News: Salzgitter AG: Diversification paying off – satisfactory result despite increasingly difficult market environment

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Wednesday, April 10, 2024
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Consolidated external sales decreased to € 10.8 billion, due above all to the downtrend in average revenue for steel products.

Key Points: 
  • Consolidated external sales decreased to € 10.8 billion, due above all to the downtrend in average revenue for steel products.
  • Business development in the first quarter of 2024 continued to be impacted by the adverse circumstances in the second half of 2023.
  • As a result, EBITDA contracted to € 677.0 million (2022: € 1,618.2 million) and earnings before taxes to € 238.4 million (2022: € 1,245.4 million).
  • The result includes a contribution of € 40.0 million from Aurubis AG (2022: € 156.3 million), an investment included at equity (IFRS accounting).

Circular Announces $10.5M in Funding to Scale First-of-its-Kind Platform for Sourcing Recycled Materials

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Monday, March 25, 2024
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Circular.co , the leading sustainable sourcing platform, secured $10.5M to expand its massive database of post-consumer recycled (PCR) materials and its accompanying platform that streamlines buying and selling of PCR materials.

Key Points: 
  • Circular.co , the leading sustainable sourcing platform, secured $10.5M to expand its massive database of post-consumer recycled (PCR) materials and its accompanying platform that streamlines buying and selling of PCR materials.
  • Circular will use the funding to grow its team, expand to additional sustainable materials, continue to add more companies and suppliers, and deepen the scale and functionality of its platform.
  • Circular handles the searching, sourcing, vetting, and onboarding process for its customers, with results in days compared to months or even years, using analog methods.
  • “Buyers transitioning to recycled materials face the typical challenges of an emerging, analog market rife with inefficiency and a lack of transparency.

Kinaxis Teams Up with Non-Profit Leaders to Accelerate Social and Environmental Impact

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024
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The partnerships were announced within the company’s new 2023 Sustainability Report which highlights the latest environmental, social, and governance (ESG) metrics to coincide with annual financial reporting and disclosures.

Key Points: 
  • The partnerships were announced within the company’s new 2023 Sustainability Report which highlights the latest environmental, social, and governance (ESG) metrics to coincide with annual financial reporting and disclosures.
  • “Both Women Who Code and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation are committed to creating a world where the only limiting factor is your own imagination.
  • Its AI-powered technology and patented concurrency technique allows companies to orchestrate their supply chain network end-to-end from strategic planning to last-mile delivery.
  • To learn more about Kinaxis and its supply chain management solutions, please visit Kinaxis.com .

Aptar Named One of Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable U.S. Companies for the Sixth Consecutive Year

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Thursday, February 29, 2024
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AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE: ATR), a global leader in drug and consumer product dosing, dispensing and protection technologies, has been named one of Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable U.S. Companies for the sixth consecutive year and is ranked number 29 out of 100 companies for 2024.

Key Points: 
  • AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE: ATR), a global leader in drug and consumer product dosing, dispensing and protection technologies, has been named one of Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable U.S. Companies for the sixth consecutive year and is ranked number 29 out of 100 companies for 2024.
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    “We are delighted to be named to Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable Companies for the sixth consecutive year for our leadership on sustainability efforts that help us, our employees, consumers, customers and community partners create a better future,” said Stephan B. Tanda, Aptar President and CEO.
  • Barron’s partnered with Calvert, a leader in ESG investing, to build the list of the most sustainable companies.
  • Barron’s full list of the 100 Most Sustainable Companies can be found here .

Aptar Named One of America’s Most Responsible Companies by Newsweek for the Fifth Consecutive Year

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Tuesday, January 23, 2024
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AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE: ATR), a global leader in drug and consumer product dosing, dispensing and protection technologies, today announced that it has been named one of America’s Most Responsible Companies 2024 by Newsweek for the fifth consecutive year.

Key Points: 
  • AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE: ATR), a global leader in drug and consumer product dosing, dispensing and protection technologies, today announced that it has been named one of America’s Most Responsible Companies 2024 by Newsweek for the fifth consecutive year.
  • Aptar is ranked number 29 out of 600 U.S. companies and is ranked first in its industry category.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240123575188/en/
    “We are extremely proud to be recognized by Newsweek for the fifth consecutive year.
  • Newsweek’s full list of America’s Most Responsible Companies 2024 can be found here .

REMADE Announces Registration Is Open for 2024 REMADE Circular Economy Tech Summit & Conference

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Thursday, January 18, 2024
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ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The REMADE Institute, a 168-member public-private partnership established in collaboration with the United States Department of Energy (DOE), is pleased to announce that registration is open for the 2024 REMADE Circular Economy Technology Summit & Conference and conference proceedings from the Institute's inaugural 2023 conference are now available.

Key Points: 
  • ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The REMADE Institute, a 168-member public-private partnership established in collaboration with the United States Department of Energy (DOE), is pleased to announce that registration is open for the 2024 REMADE Circular Economy Technology Summit & Conference and conference proceedings from the Institute's inaugural 2023 conference are now available.
  • "REMADE and our partners are very excited to convene, once again, an in-depth, multidisciplinary, action-based scientific conference and international thought-leadership event addressing all aspects of the circular economy," said REMADE CEO Nabil Nasr.
  • The REMADE Circular Economy Tech Summit & Conference, now an annual event, advances the conversation on a circular approach and how it can benefit nations in meeting their multiple energy, environmental, manufacturing, industrial decarbonization, and economic goals.
  • The 2024 REMADE Circular Economy Technology Summit & Conference is open to REMADE members, non-members, and university students from across the U.S. and around the world.

Compostable Coffee Capsules Made with NatureWorks’ Ingeo Biopolymer Score Highest Sustainability Marks in New Study by Wageningen University & Research

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Wednesday, November 15, 2023
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A new study reveals that coffee capsules made with Ingeo™️ PLA biopolymer from NatureWorks outperform aluminum, conventional plastics, and other compostable capsules when it comes to sustainability performance.

Key Points: 
  • A new study reveals that coffee capsules made with Ingeo™️ PLA biopolymer from NatureWorks outperform aluminum, conventional plastics, and other compostable capsules when it comes to sustainability performance.
  • The thermoformed Ingeo-based capsules used in the study were produced by NatureWorks’ partner and food packaging producer, Flo SpA .
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231115629225/en/
    New study from Wageningen Food & Biobased Research found that compostable coffee capsules made with Ingeo biopolymer are the most sustainable option for single-serve coffee.
  • The compostable capsules maintained robust sustainability metrics even in a scenario where consumers disposed of the capsules improperly into another waste stream.

SC Johnson Demonstrates Industry Leadership in Plastic Packaging in Latest Global Commitment Progress Report

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Thursday, November 16, 2023
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RACINE, Wis., Nov. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SC Johnson, one of the world's leading manufacturers of household cleaning and other consumer and professional products, was recognized as a leader in the Household and Personal Care industry in tackling the plastic waste crisis in the fifth annual Global Commitment Progress Report. Produced by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and the UN Environment Programme, this report highlights a set of plastic packaging commitments uniting more than 1,000 businesses, governments and other organizations with a vision for a circular economy for plastics.

Key Points: 
  • According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, the world is still not on course to eliminate plastic waste and pollution.
  • Yet while there is much progress to be made, SC Johnson demonstrated meaningful advancement in all three of the key commitments evaluated by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation:
    2.
  • Percent of plastic packaging that is recyclable, reusable or compostable: As noted in the report, SC Johnson is making progress in moving toward refill/reuse models.
  • And businesses can't do it alone," said Fisk Johnson, Chairman and CEO of SC Johnson.

SC Johnson Demonstrates Industry Leadership in Plastic Packaging in Latest Global Commitment Progress Report

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Wednesday, November 8, 2023
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The company leads its industry in post-consumer recycled plastic and virgin plastic reduction

Key Points: 
  • According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, the world is still not on course to eliminate plastic waste and pollution.
  • Percent of plastic packaging that is recyclable, reusable or compostable: As noted in the report, SC Johnson is making progress in moving toward refill/reuse models.
  • As a result of innovation in durable dispensers, in-store refill systems, refillable bottles and concentrates, 9% of our plastic packaging is reusable.
  • And businesses can't do it alone," said Fisk Johnson, Chairman and CEO of SC Johnson.

Oceana: Coca-Cola and Pepsi’s plastic packaging use increases by hundreds of millions of pounds

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Friday, November 3, 2023
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The Coca-Cola Company increased its use of plastic packaging by over 6% or over 454 million pounds (206,000 metric tons) to a reported 3.43 million metric tons in 2022.

Key Points: 
  • The Coca-Cola Company increased its use of plastic packaging by over 6% or over 454 million pounds (206,000 metric tons) to a reported 3.43 million metric tons in 2022.
  • PepsiCo increased its use of plastic packaging by 4% or over 220 million pounds (100,000 metric tons) to a reported 2.6 million metric tons in 2022.
  • And, both companies reported no progress on having more plastic – by weight – in reusable packaging.
  • 1 The reporting in the annual progress report does not include annual increases in plastic use for the companies reporting.