DuPont: 21st Award for Packaging Innovation

In announcing today’s winners in the 21st DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation, DuPont (www.dupont.com) reaffirmed its commitment to sustainability and sustainable packaging. The winners were honoured in a global on-line event including exchanges on key sustainability topics in the packaging industry including solutions for end of life.

“We apply DuPont science in working with consumer goods companies to redesign their packaging in order to minimise packaging content and improve environmental performance, as well as to be more cost effective,” said William F. Weber, vice president and general manager -- DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers. “The industry needs to work together to achieve these kinds of innovations, which is why DuPont sponsors the independently judged, industry-wide DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation, to honour companies that are working to make their products more sustainable.”

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According to recent studies, consumers are not backing off from green purchasing despite the economy – 44 percent of consumers say their green buying habits remain unchanged despite the current economy and a third of consumers say they are more likely to buy green today than previously. Among consumer goods producers, over half (55 percent) say their commitment to sustainability initiatives have not changed and that packaging is their top focus area (76 percent).

An independent, international expert jury panel facilitated by Anne Johnson, director of the Sustainable Packaging Coalition, evaluated the over 120 entries in this year’s competition on seven innovation factors including resource and energy optimisation and enhanced performance in selecting ten winners and eight notable accomplishments.

DuPont de Nemours (Deutschland) GmbH, Neu-Isenburg, Germany

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