Siegwerk has announced the completion of its carbon audit - consisting of the validation of the Partial Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) of inks, coatings and varnishes and the verification of the Corporate Carbon Footprint (CCF) – which it says has received International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certification.
The company says the PCF provides product specific carbon emissions, while the CCF provides the overall emissions of Siegwerk, including emissions in the value chain. It adds that TÜV SÜD Industrie Service GmbH, an accredited verification body, conducted the verification and validation processes, ensuring adherence to standards.
Siegwerk states that the PCF validation confirms its procedures comply with DIN EN ISO 14067:2019 standards, covering the ‘cradle-to-factory-gate’ and ‘cradle-to-customer-gate’ stages. This includes the extraction, processing, and transportation of raw materials, production processes, and transportation to customers.
The validation process involved on-site inspections, document reviews, and virtual audits with Siegwerk’s staff. The statement apparently concludes that Siegwerk’s systematic approach is compliant with the relevant standards and that the greenhouse gas emissions are presented fairly. The validation is based on data from 2020 and is valid until the end of 2025.
According to Siegwerk, the CCF, covering the years 2020 and 2022, was verified in accordance with ISO 14064-03:2019 and found to be compliant with the requirements of ISO 14064-01:2019 and the WRI/WBCSD GHG Protocol Corporate Standard and Scope 3 Standard. The audit encompassed Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions as well as various categories of Scope 3 emissions such as purchased goods and services, capital goods, fuel and energy-related activities, upstream transportation and distribution, waste generated in operations, business travel, employee commuting, and downstream transportation and distribution.
As part of its sustainability agenda, Siegwerk aims to achieve carbon neutrality in its own operations by 2025 and to reduce its Scope 3 emissions by 25% by 2030, by strategically reducing emissions from its own operations and products to limit potential negative impacts in the long term.
In similar news, CERREC recently claimed to be the ‘first and only’ certification mark for recyclable cardboard and paper packaging. Aiming to combat misleading environmental claims and ‘greenwashing’ in the packaging sector, CERREC says it intends to help verify companies’ on-pack environmental claims with randomized recyclability testing and an instant link to product information via QR code.
This month Klöckner Pentaplast (kp) claimed it had become the first food packaging business to receive RecyClass’ Traceability Certification at its production site in Pravia, Spain, with a module focused on closed loop for its recycled PET (rPET). The company recently launched what it says is the market’s first food packaging trays comprising 100% rPET, derived exclusively from trays.
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