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the pace that organizations setting targets back in 2017 and 2018 had hoped for,” said Blake. “Orga- nizations face operational and financial challeng- es that were discovered only through the attempt to deliver their goals, but meaningful progress on sustainability can still be made with more realistic frameworks in place. Smurfit Kappa Invest In Green Energy At Paper Mill Smurfit Kappa will invest 6 million euros at its Sanguesa paper mill in Spain, which will see the construction and installation of up to 12,000 solar panels on land adjacent to the mill. The solar panels will reduce CO2 emissions by more than 3,200 tons annually. Once operational, it is estimated that the panels will generate more than 10 GWh of power annually, which will reduce the current external electricity consumption and dependency by 7 percent. The Spanish solar energy project is the latest for Smurfit Kappa, which has launched similar initia- tives in other plants in Spain, Colombia and Mexico to generate sustainable energy. Construction on the solar panels is expected to be completed by the end of this summer.
transition into 100 percent reusable, recyclable, or compostable packaging by 2025 will not meet their targets; this is expected to motivate a widespread shift in approach. Although this is also thought to result in greenwashing allegations, Gartner sug- gests that companies pushing for stakeholders, customers, and investors to embrace life cycle as- sessment (LCA) as a sustainability metric will have the relevant data to support their contributions to reducing emissions and climate change. LCAs For Packaging John Blake, senior director analyst with the Gart- ner Supply Chain practice, maintains that previ- ous attempts to popularize LCAs for packaging fell short due to the complexity of the data analysis and a lack of relevancy to general attitudes at the time. However, newer developments in data analysis tools are increasing the accessibility of such testing. Therefore, it is anticipated that future sustainable packaging initiatives will take the form of material reduction or adopting materials that are produced, transported, and processed efficiently – all of which are said to be financially viable ways for companies to lower their carbon footprints. “The packaging ecosystem has not advanced at
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