CEOs from Ball, Ikea, Nestlé, H&M, others call for climate action ahead of COP29

A letter, signed by senior executives from over 100 corporations, urges governments and businesses to collaborate to address challenges related to climate risk mitigation.

By Zoya Mirza • Oct. 16, 2024

‘Everybody benefits’: Why the beauty industry needs to get serious about accessible packaging

Rare Beauty and Target have taken steps to develop guidance around universally accessible design, but the industry isn’t prioritizing it yet.

By Caroline Jansen • Oct. 15, 2024

Danone chooses cartons for initial How2Recycle Plus rollout

The company also detailed other packaging formats where it’s considering adding the labels, which include a Recycle Check QR code. It’s unclear how much consumers engaged with those QR codes during other brands’ pilots.

By Maria Rachal • Updated Oct. 11, 2024

Clorox says 2023 cyberattack hurt progress on 2030 plastic, waste reduction goals

The company is reassessing some sustainability goals, according to its latest annual report. Data shows the company stagnated on lowering virgin material and upping PCR in packaging.

By Maria Rachal • Oct. 9, 2024

Consumers are confused by packaging sustainability claims

Between greenwashing, confusing terminology and a lack of information, a lot gets lost in translation, according to speakers from the National Retail Federation, NielsenIQ and others at recent industry events.

By Katie Pyzyk • Oct. 7, 2024

How2Recycle Plus ready to take dynamic labels mainstream

The new offering features a QR code so consumers can access localized recycling information. It will come at a higher price to brands than the more traditional How2Recycle Pro label. Danone will be the first to adopt it.

By Maria Rachal • Oct. 4, 2024

Hush-hush: Is greenwashing pushback prompting pivot to ‘greenhushing’?

Companies must focus on data to back their sustainability claims instead of resorting to silence, or exaggerations, said sources from groups such as the U.S. Plastics Pact, Glass Packaging Institute and McCormick & Co.

By Katie Pyzyk • Oct. 3, 2024

The How2Recycle label is getting a new look

The campaign to transform the instructional label program involves a refreshed design, enhanced data sources and partners handling different aspects of the system, and planning for greater investment in consumer education.

By Maria Rachal • Oct. 1, 2024

Packaging trade shows to watch in 2025

Mark your calendar: These U.S. conferences and events will cover timely trends in sustainable packaging design, recycling technologies, regional market trends, substrate evolutions, automation and more.

By Packaging Dive Staff • Oct. 1, 2024

Microplastics greenwashing suit against BlueTriton dismissed

Earlier this month, a federal judge ruled that the class-action complaint involving the company’s Ice Mountain bottled water was preempted by federal law. The plaintiffs recently amended their complaint.

By Lamar Johnson • Aug. 28, 2024

Coca-Cola ‘on track’ for packaging recyclability goal, ‘behind plan’ on recycled content target

In an environmental update, the beverage giant reported that progress on reusable packaging formats and recyclability was stagnant in 2023 while its rate of recycled PET use ticked up.

By Maria Rachal • Aug. 22, 2024

Can canned food outlast competition from flexible plastic alternatives?

With consumers feeling squeezed by inflation, food companies like Bush’s Beans and suppliers such as Sonoco see cans as a reliable space to grow in while also meeting sustainability goals.

By Shefali Kapadia • Aug. 15, 2024

Snickers owner Mars to buy Kellanova for $35.9B

The deal for the Cheez-It and Pringles maker is the biggest in the food space since the Kraft-Heinz merger in 2015. It gives the gum and candy giant a dominant presence in savory snacks, where it currently has little exposure.

By Christopher Doering • Aug. 14, 2024

Can-makers share perspective on energy drink, beer market trends

Coca-Cola and Anheuser-Busch InBev are among the beverage brand owners that reported Q2 results recently. CEOs at Ball, Crown and Ardagh spoke on beverage markets during earnings calls.

By Maria Rachal • Aug. 2, 2024

Aesthetics vs. environment: How Estée Lauder balances luxury and sustainability

Efforts include sourcing postconsumer resin and leveraging chemical recycling. Making sustainability leaps more apparent to consumers is also a concern at the cosmetics and skincare giant.

By Katie Pyzyk • July 29, 2024

Mars doubts it can achieve 2025 sustainable packaging targets

Almost half of Mars’ packaging portfolio is being redesigned or eliminated to align with current or future recycling infrastructure. But infrastructure advancement is taking longer than expected, per its latest sustainability report.

By Maria Rachal • July 29, 2024

Califia Farms acquires Uproot to reduce packaging via food service dispensers

Uproot has more than 150 dispensers across the U.S. at college campuses and other dining locations. The announcement follows the plant-based beverage brand’s rollout of 100% rPET bottles in the U.S. and Canada.

By Elizabeth Flood • July 25, 2024

Social media-driven redesigns: Lessons from a packaging pickle

Platforms such as Instagram and TikTok have created space for packaging to go viral for not-so-good reasons. But they also give brands such as Grillo’s Pickles a potentially powerful new tool for garnering consumer feedback.

By Shefali Kapadia • July 8, 2024

Companies begin to signal changes to 2025 plastic targets

Halfway through 2024, some organizations have said they’re off track or are switching gears to focus on new goals or more distant target years.

By Packaging Dive Staff • July 5, 2024

Grove explains decision to drop plastic-free by 2025 goal

The home essentials marketplace operator said eliminating plastic would require legislation and “massive transformation in the CPG ecosystem.” Spray pumps and laundry pods are some of the items where plastic still plays a role.

By Maria Rachal • July 2, 2024

PepsiCo anticipates missing certain 2025 packaging sustainability goals

The same day the CPG released its ESG report acknowledging it’s unlikely to hit a 2025 packaging circular design target, the city of Baltimore sued PepsiCo and others for their “significant roles in creating a plastic pollution crisis.” 

By Katie Pyzyk • June 21, 2024

Keurig Dr Pepper reaffirms commitment to 2025 sustainable packaging goals

The commitment — which applies to goals on recycled content, virgin plastic reduction and more — comes as some other organizations have changed their sustainable packaging targets.

By Maria Rachal • June 21, 2024

Plastic Promises Scorecard casts more doubt on 2025 company targets

As You Sow awarded no ‘A’ scores, as it echoed US Plastics Pact concerns about companies not progressing quickly enough to meet 2025 targets. Still, it lauded goals and efforts at Keurig Dr Pepper, Coca-Cola and SC Johnson.

By Maria Rachal • June 18, 2024

SKU rationalization is in. What does that mean for packaging partners?

Unilever, Hain Celestial and other brands are thinking through their offerings to boost profits. Such efforts can also simplify operations for packaging manufacturers, allowing them to produce quickly at scale.

By Shefali Kapadia • June 4, 2024

4 talking points at Circularity on the path forward for packaging

To scale change, experts brought up the need for more precompetitive collaboration and the desire to move beyond pilots, among other themes.

By Maria Rachal • May 30, 2024