Blog: Interesting things we saw at London Packaging Week 2024
September 18, 2024
Green Retail World’s Ben Sillitoe visits London Packaging Week, and picks out some of his interesting finds.
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News and features showing examples of greener packaging strategy in retail
Protecting endangered forests: Patagonia makes packaging commitment with Canopy
September 6, 2024
Patagonia makes new packaging commitment by joining hundreds of others by signing up to Canopy’s Pack4Good initiative.
‘Most responsible version of ourselves’: Fashion brand Ganni partners with Canopy
August 28, 2024
Fashion brand Ganni commits to ensuring its textiles and paper packaging are free of fibre sourced from climate-critical forests.
Reusable packaging: Ocado Retail launches online refill scheme
August 8, 2024
Ocado Retail – the joint venture between Ocado and Marks & Spencer – has launched an online reusable packaging scheme.
Refill rethink: Asda exiting 4-store product refill trials
July 25, 2024
Asda’s ESG report reveals the retailer is rethinking its product refill strategy and removing the concept from its four test stores.
Packaging recycling: Boots Ireland reaches 100k Scan2Recycle landmark
June 26, 2024
Health and beauty retailer Boots Ireland’s packaging recycling scheme reaches 100,000 in-store product scan landmark.
Pack4Good: Zara owner Inditex makes packaging commitment with Canopy
June 25, 2024
Zara owner Inditex joins Canopy’s Pack4Good scheme, committing to paper packaging that has not been sourced from vital forests.
‘Decision Engine’: Amazon using AI to deliver customer orders with less packaging
April 17, 2024
The Package Decision Engine, an AI model created by Amazon, is helping the online giant use less packaging than it otherwise would for customer orders.
Impact: Lush selling bottles with packaging made from ‘Prevented Ocean Plastic’
March 14, 2024
Lush is selling products in the UK in packaging made from ‘Prevented Ocean Plastic’, and is set to introduce the material globally.