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Shaping the future of sustainable packaging

Berlin Packaging highlights the future of sustainable packaging at Luxe Pack 2023. A summary of the meeting.

Berlin Packaging, the world’s largest Hybrid Packaging Supplier^® specialising in the supply of glass, plastic and metal packaging and closures, has organised the “Shaping the future of sustainable packaging” round table, offering its stakeholders a debate on sustainability in the packaging world of today and tomorrow.

At the roundtable Berlin Packaging invited Quantis, an environmental consulting company, and partners Rituals, Argotier, and Tapì Group to discuss emerging consumer trends, the latest regulations, the role of eco-design and the power of collaboration.

The environmental impact of packaging varies greatly by sector. In the production of packaged foods, for example, far more emissions are generated than those of the packaging. On the other hand, the use of cosmetics and personal care products by consumers is responsible for generating the most emissions - as much as 40%, compared to the sourcing of raw materials (about 10%) and packaging (20%). The Berlin Packaging business model provides maximum freedom in the use of materials and processes that can be optimised, focusing on three main areas: circularity, optimisation, reuse, which are integrated into the services and drive innovations and business proposals.

On this issue Paolo Recrosio, CEO, Berlin Packaging EMEA has declared:

«At Berlin Packaging, we have chosen to put sustainability at the centre of our strategy, precisely because we are aware that it is an indispensable priority. We are the world’s largest Hybrid Packaging Supplier® and we feel we must drive the future of sustainable packaging, accelerating the creation of value and pursuing our vision of being a reference player also in terms of sustainability. We make a daily commitment to ensuring our business and that of our customers become increasingly sustainable, also with the help of a team dedicated to sustainability and our company’s own innovation engine Studio One Eleven».

Focusing on lighter and optimised products, where possible recycled and recyclable, designing systems that involve the value chain to introduce reusable and refillable solutions, launching innovative circular materials, all being part of the company’s approach that has already achieved significant results. In its first Sustainability Report, Berlin Packaging highlighted that in 2022 it enabled its customers to eliminate over 2,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions and conducted 120 Life-Cycle Assessments, supporting them in achieving their sustainability goals.

Over the past year, Berlin Packaging has aligned its ESG commitments with globally recognised metrics, adhering to the United Nations Global Compact and setting emissions reduction targets in line with the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi).