Significant progress has been
made by The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE) beverage
carton manufacturers towards achieving full certification of the wood fiber
used in cartons demonstrating legality and traceability, and of the factories
that produce them worldwide.
Some 63% of the converting
plants owned by Tetra Pak (www.tetrapak.com), Elopak (www.elopak.com) and SIG Combibloc (www.sig.ch) are now FSC
Chain of Custody (CoC) certified. This is double the number of plants certified
in 2010, with 33 of the 52 plants now holding certificates. In addition, 2.02
million tonnes or 78% of the fibers purchased by the three companies are now
FSC-certified or FSC-controlled wood.
This is the conclusion of
ProForest, an independent verifier of natural resource management, in its
fourth annual report on the chain of custody commitment made globally by the
three companies in 2007.
Their commitment is two-fold.
First, the companies undertake by 2015 to reach 100% chain of custody
certification of all wood fiber used in mills producing paperboard for the
three beverage carton manufacturers. Second, they commit to secure by 2018
chain of custody certification for all their manufacturing plants.
Thanks to the good progress
made in 2010, ProForest is confident that ACE beverage carton manufacturers
will be able to meet their commitments within the specified timeframe.
“We are very pleased with our
progress towards meeting our commitments” comments Katarina Molin, new
Director-General of ACE. “We are confident of our ability to build on the very
positive results reported by ProForest. An increase from 16 to 33 FSC CoC
certified plants is an impressive step forward and demonstrates again the
commitment of the industry for a full traceability of our raw material, and its
strong support for the new EU timber regulation. ”
Beverage carton industry on track to meet global wood traceability commitment
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