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LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Jan. 25, 2021, /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/--

Tetra Pak has introduced a new collaborative innovation model with leading

paperboard producers, a move aimed at tackling the food packaging industry's

sustainability challenges. The traditional operating model of a linear supply

chain has changed, and a new partnership ecosystem model is emerging

[https://www.just-food.com/tetra-pak/article-one.aspx ], where the entire

industry works in close collaboration. This brings together not only producers

and suppliers, but also research institutions, universities and start-ups in an

attempt to find solutions.

According to the latest research

[https://www.tetrapak.com/campaigns/go-nature-go-carton/challenges ] the global

food supply chain system is responsible for 26% of global greenhouse gas

emissions; a third of all food is lost or wasted somewhere in the supply chain;

fossil fuel-based materials need to be phased out; and significant improvements

are needed to the way packaging is dealt with after use.

Laurence Mott, Executive VP for Development and Engineering at Tetra Pak, says:

"We are joining forces with our strategic partners and paperboard producers to

find solutions. It's possible to make a completely sustainable package, but you

have to make it safe. And if you can't make it at scale, you can't minimise

food waste, and you can't serve a growing global population. In order to bring

those three things together, it takes very strong collaboration."

Mott says that the scale of the environmental challenges the world faces

requires that actors within the value chain join forces to develop truly

sustainable packaging solutions.

Leading paperboard producers are united in their approach to tackle carbon

emissions and have an ambition to create a net-zero carbon future.

Hannu Kasurinen, Executive Vice President Packaging

[https://app.frame.io/presentations/b64bc200-81e1-40c6-a50e-21f0a60db9c2 ] at

Stora Enso [https://www.storaenso.com/en/ ], a leading global provider of

renewable solutions, says: "We trust, we share, we learn together. Our best

innovators collaborate, and we move forward and we innovate. Sometimes we fail,

but then we learn from those failures. We have grown much closer to each other,

because we have the same strategic objectives – which are good for the people

and the planet."

Francisco Razzolini, Industrial Technology, Innovation, Sustainability and

Projects Director at Klabin, Brazil's largest paper producer

[https://app.frame.io/presentations/b64bc200-81e1-40c6-a50e-21f0a60db9c2 ],

says: "We are seeing new demands from society and from consumers to make

products and processes that are more sustainable. Meeting these demands

requires a lot of collaboration between our companies. By sharing experiences,

thoughts, ideas and developments, we can speed up the innovation process."

Malin Ljung Eiborn, Head of Sustainability and Public Affairs

[https://app.frame.io/presentations/b64bc200-81e1-40c6-a50e-21f0a60db9c2 ] at

BillerudKorsnäs [https://www.billerudkorsnas.com/about-us ], a world leading

provider of fibre-based packaging material, says: "The vision is 100%

fibre-based and fully recyclable packaging, where plastic and aluminium are not

needed anymore. We still have, of course, some steps to go before we are there

from a technical perspective. But we work as one project team on this because

the only way that we can solve them is to do this together."

The challenges the industry faces

[https://www.tetrapak.com/campaigns/go-nature-go-carton/home ] include removing

the thin layers of plastic and aluminium replacing them with plant or wood

fibre-based materials, developing a renewable alternative to the plastic straw,

and improving the recyclability of packages. When responsibly sourced,

plant-based renewable materials can support towards protecting biodiversity and

the natural ecosystem. This means the industry can minimise the need for

fossil-based materials.

And it is these and other challenges on which Tetra Pak and its partners are

teaming up within the new collaborative innovation model. Tetra Pak's aim is to

create the world's most sustainable package

[https://www.tetrapak.com/campaigns/go-nature-go-carton/our-journey ] – one

that secures food safety and availability while reducing the impact on the

planet.

Doodle illustrations

Tetra Pak Innovation journey [https://files.symbal.com/_48G1Zv5EIYBNE ]

Innovating for sustainability

[https://app.frame.io/presentations/11f4d407-20b3-4099-b4cf-245f9e338e01 ]

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SOURCE: Tetra Pak