HH Global has joined Aim Progress, a forum of leading Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) manufacturers and suppliers, assembled to enable and promote responsible sourcing practices and sustainable supply chains. Through Aim Progress, HH Global will collaborate with other members by sharing sustainable sourcing initiatives, raising the profile and importance of responsible sourcing, and proactively managing risk in the supply chain.

A few years ago at a PRINTING United Alliance’s Digital Packaging Summit, a panelist from Microsoft explained that the company vets every printer and converter it works with by looking for a statement of sustainability on the company’s website. What happens if there isn’t one? It doesn’t do business with that company. While that might seem like an extreme example, Gary Jones, vice president of Environmental, Health, and Safety Affairs at PRINTING United Alliance, explains that with new regulations and legislation being passed on a regular basis, there has been a “transition from sustainability being a ‘nice thing to do’ to a ‘must thing to do.’” That’s why it’s important to have a sustainability plan in place and to be prepared to speak with your customers about it on a deeper level. “Customers easily see through empty sustainability initiatives,” Jones says. “In addition, some of them are hiring sustainability professionals that will be asking the hard questions. To have a productive conversation with customers that have sustainability as a key initiative is to be prepared with a genuine and transparent message.”

From the beginning of 2019 approximately one third of the nutrients used by UPM Kaukas mill integrate’s biological wastewater treatment plant has been replaced by Kekkilä Recycling Joutseno composting plant’s side stream: reject water rich in nitrogen. The co-operation is another exciting step towards the 2030 target of using only recycled nutrients for wastewater treatment at all UPM sites around the world. Using recycled nutrients is the third commitment UPM has made to the Baltic Sea Action Group, an organisation devoted to protecting the Baltic Sea. UPM Kaukas uses all the nutrients available at the Joutseno composting plant replacing around 4,5 tonnes of nitrogen each month. Click Read More below for additional detail.