Использование вторичного PET (rPET) компанией "Ретал Украина" помогает снизить загрязнение окружающей среды отходами ПЕТ-бутылок.
Повторное использование пластиков создает замкнутый цикл их применения: отходы пластиковых бутылок становятся ценным сырьем для последующего производства новых бутылок. Такой подход позволяет значительно снизить нагрузку на окружающую среду, остановить загрязнение природы отходами упаковки, а также сэкономить природные ресурсы.
Сегодня переработка и повторное использование отходов упаковки стали частью стратегий компаний и законодательными нормами. Компания "RETAL Украина" одна из первых в отрасли активно поддержала экологические инициативы путем внедрения инноваций. Новые разработки компании нацелены на решение задач по построению замкнутого цикла для полиэтилентерефталата (ПЭТ). Одно из направлений этой корпоративной программы — выпуск преформ для пластиковых бутылок с содержанием вторичного сырья (rPET). Уже сегодня благодаря новым проектам "RETAL Украина" на полках магазинов появились напитки в бутылках из 100% rPET.
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Seeking diversity and inclusion at work comes in many forms, with the increasing understanding that corporate life is not the only way to have a successful career. As previously stuffy corporate companies embrace flexible working and integrate well-being into HR policies, so too do family-owned companies appreciate that boundaries and targets help tangible results. Yet there are lessons to be learned from all approaches, with perhaps the most valuable the acceptance that everyone can learn something from someone.
While mergers and acquisitions can have the reputation of asset stripping for short-term gain for a small number of shareholders, the most beneficial way is for the essence of the business to be maintained and for as much as possible to carry on as normal. Acquiring expertise valued alongside acquiring equipment. Appreciating people as well as property and products.
For plastic packaging manufacturers, diverting existing or customisable bottles and closures suitable for this newly-crucial application is a good way to respond to this trend, particularly when the manufacturers have extensive experience in food safe packaging, as this can be welcome in hygiene products. For RETAL Iberia, the Girona factory for the global RETAL group of PET preforms, films and closures producers, its fast-acting team has created a range of preforms that are ideal for hand sanitiser applications, as well as other cosmetic products.
Raquel Oller Bosch, commercial manager at RETAL Iberia, explains how the long-term expertise of the team has allowed it to quickly create a viable solution. She says, “We have extensive knowledge of creating and manufacturing PET preforms that can include rPET, and we are always looking for ways to utilise our portfolio. With the increased appreciation for hygienic packaging solutions, and the greater demand for hand sanitiser and alcohol gels, we wanted to offer a cost-effective preform that was available at a range of sizes.”
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The 2020 Sustainability Report from RETAL has been published this week, highlighting the ongoing CSR progress across this leading global plastic packaging business.
Sustainability director Emmanuel Duffaut, implementing CSR at RETAL following the ISO 26000 standard since 2018, explains, “I am very proud to share that the RETAL 2020 Sustainability Report is now available to download on our website. It details our progress in mitigating our environmental and social impacts and highlights how CSR continues to be further embedded across RETAL for sustainable development and I am confident that the report will meet our stakeholders’ expectations.”
Duffaut continues, “There are certainly very positive results to share; for example, in 2020, for the second consecutive year, we decreased our operational greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30%, thanks to increasing our purchase of renewable energy (RE) reaching a 41% share globally (80% in our EU and US plants). We also maintained our B rating in CDP, and we’ve set a series of new climate change goals: RETAL has committed to set science-based reduction targets for GHG emissions, to use 100% RE in EU & US by 2023, to start using RE in the rest of our operations by 2025, and to reach an A score at CDP by 2025.”
Another important development is the first results of RETAL Sustainable Procurement Program (SPP) through which the company intends to promote CSR across its supply chain and integrate it in purchase decisions, as well as social actions bringing further advancements in the Human Rights and Health and Safety categories.
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The 2020 Sustainability Report from RETAL has been published this week, highlighting the ongoing CSR progress across this leading global plastic packaging business.
Sustainability director Emmanuel Duffaut, implementing CSR at RETAL following the ISO 26000 standard since 2018, explains, “I am very proud to share that the RETAL 2020 Sustainability Report is now available to download on our website. It details our progress in mitigating our environmental and social impacts and highlights how CSR continues to be further embedded across RETAL for sustainable development and I am confident that the report will meet our stakeholders’ expectations.”
Duffaut continues, “There are certainly very positive results to share; for example, in 2020, for the second consecutive year, we decreased our operational greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30%, thanks to increasing our purchase of renewable energy (RE) reaching a 41% share globally (80% in our EU and US plants). We also maintained our B rating in CDP, and we’ve set a series of new climate change goals: RETAL has committed to set science-based reduction targets for GHG emissions, to use 100% RE in EU & US by 2023, to start using RE in the rest of our operations by 2025, and to reach an A score at CDP by 2025.”
Another important development is the first results of RETAL Sustainable Procurement Program (SPP) through which the company intends to promote CSR across its supply chain and integrate it in purchase decisions, as well as social actions bringing further advancements in the Human Rights and Health and Safety categories.
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The 2020 Sustainability Report from RETAL has been published this week, highlighting the ongoing CSR progress across this leading global plastic packaging business.
Sustainability director Emmanuel Duffaut, implementing CSR at RETAL following the ISO 26000 standard since 2018, explains, “I am very proud to share that the RETAL 2020 Sustainability Report is now available to download on our website. It details our progress in mitigating our environmental and social impacts and highlights how CSR continues to be further embedded across RETAL for sustainable development and I am confident that the report will meet our stakeholders’ expectations.”
Duffaut continues, “There are certainly very positive results to share; for example, in 2020, for the second consecutive year, we decreased our operational greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30%, thanks to increasing our purchase of renewable energy (RE) reaching a 41% share globally (80% in our EU and US plants). We also maintained our B rating in CDP, and we’ve set a series of new climate change goals: RETAL has committed to set science-based reduction targets for GHG emissions, to use 100% RE in EU & US by 2023, to start using RE in the rest of our operations by 2025, and to reach an A score at CDP by 2025.”
Another important development is the first results of RETAL Sustainable Procurement Program (SPP) through which the company intends to promote CSR across its supply chain and integrate it in purchase decisions, as well as social actions bringing further advancements in the Human Rights and Health and Safety categories.
Download the RETAL 2020 Sustainability Report here.
The continual integration of CSR practices at global plastic packaging manufacturer Retal sees it constantly improving its management and mitigation of climate change, with the calculation of its corporate carbon footprint (CCF) for the third year in a row.
Sustainability director Emmanuel Duffaut established a network across Retal’s plants to gather the information to calculate its CCF according to the ISO 14064 standard, which is then verified by 3rd party. The company’s CCF results and climate change management practices are evaluated through the public Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Climate Change Survey, in which Retal has obtained an industry-leading B score 2 years in a row.
Duffaut explains, “The CCF and CDP evaluations are crucial for us to clearly see the impact of our mitigation efforts, identify our shortcomings and opportunities for improvement, and to build trust with our stakeholders through transparent and credible disclosure.”
Global and local food and beverage customers can quickly and easily get the CSR information they need from their Retal contact, as well as accessing its annual Sustainability Report.
Duffaut continues, “There are certainly very positive results to share; for example, in 2020 thanks to increasing our purchase of renewable energy (RE), we reduced our operational greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30%, saving over 30.000t of GHG. We also purchase 41% renewable electricity globally – 80% in our EU and US plants – almost reaching our objective of 85% set for 2022 already. We also maintained our B rating in CDP which is another achievement showing good climate change management. Building on these good results, we’ve set a series of new goals: Retal has committed to set science-based reduction targets for GHG emissions, to use 100% RE in EU & US by 2023, to start using RE in the rest of our operations by 2025, and to reach an A score at CDP by 2025.”
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The continual integration of CSR practices at global plastic packaging manufacturer RETAL sees it constantly improving its management and mitigation of climate change, with the calculation of its corporate carbon footprint (CCF) for the third year in a row.
Sustainability director Emmanuel Duffaut established a network across RETAL’s plants to gather the information to calculate its CCF according to the ISO 14064 standard, which is then verified by 3rd party. RETAL’s CCF results and climate change management practices are evaluated through the public Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Climate Change Survey, in which RETAL has obtained an industry-leading B score 2 years in a row.
Duffaut explains, “The CCF and CDP evaluations are crucial for us to clearly see the impact of our mitigation efforts, identify our shortcomings and opportunities for improvement, and to build trust with our stakeholders through transparent and credible disclosure.”
Global and local food and beverage customers can quickly and easily get the CSR information they need from their RETAL contact, as well as accessing its annual Sustainability Report.
Duffaut continues, “There are certainly very positive results to share; for example, in 2020 thanks to increasing our purchase of renewable energy (RE), we reduced our operational greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30%, saving over 30.000 tons of GHG. We also purchase 41% renewable electricity globally – 80% in our EU and US plants – almost reaching our objective of 85% set for 2022 already. We also maintained our B rating in CDP which is another achievement showing good climate change management. Building on these good results, we’ve set a series of new goals: RETAL has committed to set science-based reduction targets for GHG emissions, to use 100% RE in EU & US by 2023, to start using RE in the rest of our operations by 2025, and to reach an A score at CDP by 2025.”
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While mergers and acquisitions can have the reputation of asset stripping for short-term gain for a small number of shareholders, Plastec and RETAL have realised that the most beneficial way for generating profit is to maintain the same business model while acquiring expertise and valuing people as well as property and products.
Acquired in 2016 by the well-known packaging manufacturer RETAL, Plastec is an Italian company based in Ascoli Piceno that produces PET preforms and bottles for the food, cosmetics, detergent and pharmaceutical industries. Established in 2006 by Giampaolo Gatti and Vincenzo Pizi, the company has developed over the years while maintaining a friendly, family-like environment.
"There are so many of us here that have grown up together. Many children of friends and colleagues of my dad and Vincenzo have worked here and still work here,” explains Noemi Gatti, Giampaolo’s daughter and the finance controller at Plastec. “There’s a true sense of family because we all rely on each other and have seen the business grow from nothing.”
“We can fix equipment but we can’t fix people,” adds Gatti, stressing the importance of investing in human resources. “People being happy, motivated and rewarded at work is the most important thing. Loyalty goes two ways.”
RETAL appreciated this philosophy and, when finalising the acquisition, the board of directors agreed that Plastec must continue to run as it always had, but with the additional reach and support of a global group. This also brings numerous benefits in terms of business. RETAL already owned a facility in Italy and was keen to expand its local capability to better serve its multinational brand owner customers in the food and beverage industries.
Under the leadership of Renzo Imperia, then general manager at RETAL Italia, Plastec continued to flourish with the day-to-day management of Giampaolo and Vincenzo until 2021, when Renzo’s move towards retirement saw Giampaolo being named as general manager of RETAL Plastec.
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The continual integration of CSR practices at global plastic packaging manufacturer RETAL sees it constantly improving its management and mitigation of climate change, with the calculation of its corporate carbon footprint (CCF) for the third year in a row.
Sustainability director Emmanuel Duffaut established a network across RETAL’s plants to gather the information to calculate its CCF according to the ISO 14064 standard, which is then verified by 3rd party. RETAL’s CCF results and climate change management practices are evaluated through the public Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Climate Change Survey, in which RETAL has obtained an industry-leading B score 2 years in a row.
Duffaut explains, “The CCF and CDP evaluations are crucial for us to clearly see the impact of our mitigation efforts, identify our shortcomings and opportunities for improvement, and to build trust with our stakeholders through transparent and credible disclosure.”
Global and local food and beverage customers can quickly and easily get the CSR information they need from their RETAL contact, as well as accessing its annual Sustainability Report.
Duffaut continues, “There are certainly very positive results to share; for example, in 2020 thanks to increasing our purchase of renewable energy (RE), we reduced our operational greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30%, saving over 30.000 tons of GHG. We also purchase 41% renewable electricity globally – 80% in our EU and US plants – almost reaching our objective of 85% set for 2022 already. We also maintained our B rating in CDP which is another achievement showing good climate change management. Building on these good results, we’ve set a series of new goals: RETAL has committed to set science-based reduction targets for GHG emissions, to use 100% RE in EU & US by 2023, to start using RE in the rest of our operations by 2025, and to reach an A score at CDP by 2025.”
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