European cardboard maker Metsä Board has received a ‘Partner to Win’ award in sustainability from Unilever, one of the world’s leading suppliers of consumer goods. Unilever thus awarded Metsä Board for its development of lightweight and sustainable boards.
“We are delighted with the award and see it as high recognition of the work we have done to develop light weight boards, as well as our progress in many different fields of sustainability across the whole Metsä Group,” says Pasi Piiparinen, SVP, Head of Paperboard, Metsä Board. “Using a lighter weight board can reduce the carbon footprint of a carton significantly. When scaled up across a wide range of fast moving consumer goods products, with global distribution, the potential for reducing environmental impact is quite dramatic.”
Unilever launched the Partner to Win programme in 2011 to work more closely with its key suppliers, ensure faster innovation and invest sustainably throughout its value chain.
