Earth day is coming up on April 22nd and there are many ways to celebrate to show your support for the environment. On April 22, 1970, the first official Earth Day, an estimated 20 million Americans took to the streets, parks, and classrooms to demonstrate for a healthy, sustainable environment and show their commitment to protecting …
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Packaging Scorecards: Why are there so many?
In 2005, the Sustainable Packaging Coalition® (SPC), an industry working group dedicated to a more robust environmental vision for packaging, completed the Definition of Sustainable Packaging. This definition represents an important first step in articulating a common understanding of the term “sustainable packaging.” It provides a common vision and a framework for understanding activities directed toward improving packaging. This definition has …
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Anthony Pratt of Pratt Industries Featured in BRW.
Chairman and owner of Pratt Industries, Anthony Pratt, was recently featured in the Australian business publication BRW. This cover story, “Yes Pratt Can: How Anthony Pratt is taking America, one town at a time” explores how Mr. Pratt has taken his family business and grown it from the 45th largest corrugated box maker in the …
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Sustainability Scorecards: Walmart Packaging Scorecard
Sustainability awareness has come a long way in recent years…and so, too, has the methodology in ensuring claims made are claims verified. And no sustainability initiative in the business community has received more attention than the Walmart Packaging Scorecard. Introduced in 2006, the scorecard included measurements for GhG (Greenhouse Gas) emissions, Recycled Content, and Cube …
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Overcoming Business Sustainability Hurdles – Part 2
The ten most common challenges sustainable businesses face were presented in a previous article, “Top 10 Sustainability Hurdles for Businesses in 2013“. Last week, we discussed getting over the first five hurdles in “Overcoming Business Sustainability Hurdles – Part 1“. This is the second part of the series and explores overcoming the remaining five hurdles. …
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Overcoming Business Sustainability Hurdles – Part 1
Image from istockphoto.com Last week we discussed the ten most common challenges sustainable businesses face in the article, “Top 10 Sustainability Hurdles for Businesses in 2013“. As promised, this week we provide ways a business can overcome the most common sustainability challenges. This post explores the first five hurdles and is part one of two. …
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Five Green Ways to Organize Your Office
1. Reduce Paper Clutter with an ENERGY STAR Qualified Scanner One of the telltale signs of a disorganized office is a desk covered with multiple stacks of paper documents yet to be filed. To help reduce office paper clutter, a desktop scanner is key. If you recycle the paper documents after you’ve scanned, you can …
Top 10 Sustainability Hurdles for Businesses in 2013
1. There are too many metrics that claim to measure sustainability—and they’re too confusing. 2. Government policies need to incent outcomes and be more clearly connected to sustainability. 3. Consumers do not consistently factor sustainability into their purchase decisions. 4. Companies do not know how best to motivate employees to undertake sustainability initiatives. 5. Sustainability …
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Product Spotlight: Retail Ready Packaging
Pratt Plus is excited to announce another great series of products from Pratt Industries that are ready to sell for retailers and stores. Our line of Retail Ready Packaging is shelf-ready and includes products like corrugated boxes, stretch film, packing peanuts, bubble roll, dish packing kits and more! Available for purchase through PrattPlus.com, these resell-able …
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Establishing Recyclability Labeling Standards
In our previous post, “Recycling Obstacles and Tips for Recycling Success“, we discussed one of the biggest challenges to recycling is determining what is recyclable due to lack of consistent standards in labeling products. The Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) is an industry working group that is committed to creating and implementing an environmental vision for packaging. Their …
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