Articles Tagged with ''sustainable manufacturing''

Mactac^® Engineered Tapes & Laminates recently unveiled its newest product line featuring 100% solids, solvent-free acrylic tapes.

Since 2015, JUST Capital has surveyed more than 160,000 Americans on what issues they believe U.S. companies should prioritize when it comes to just business behavior. JUST evaluated 951 companies across five stakeholders, 20 issues, and 245 raw data points to produce the 2023 rankings.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the launch of the Industrial Heat Shot™, a new effort aimed at dramatically reducing the cost, energy use, and carbon emissions associated with heat in industrial processes. 

PPG announced a 1.5 megawatt agreement with Constellation that will help PPG purchase renewable energy equivalent to the annual electricity use of its Adrian, Michigan, automotive adhesives and sealants manufacturing facility.

Ingevity Corp. announced that it has received the gold rating for sustainability by EcoVadis, an independent organization that provides evidence-based sustainability assessments for companies within global supply chains.

Materials manufacturer Covestro and SOL Kohlensäure GmbH & Co. KG have announced a framework agreement for a supply partnership for biogenic carbon dioxide (CO₂).

In line with the expectations of the Paris Agreement, Arkema has set a target, based on a science-based target (SBT) approach, to reduce its scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and its scope 3 emissions by 46% by 2030 relative to 2019. 

Companies are becoming more aware of the environmental impact of their purchasing decisions. As a result, manufacturers of adhesives and sealants are increasingly demanding sustainable products, a trend that is driving change in the packaging sector.

The Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) will hold its Adhesives & Sealants Sustainability Forum September 19-21, 2022, at the Omni William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Henkel recently announced that it will introduce plastic-free blister packaging for its global portfolio of consumer adhesives, starting with Pritt glue sticks.