The FPA Sustainable Packaging Task Group will oversee a two phased research project on Sustainable Packaging.  The first phase will include an explanation of the current state of the sustainable packaging movement including when and how it will impact flexible packaging manufacturers.  The research will include a survey of consumer product companies sustainability efforts, thoroughly examine the Wal-Mart Scorecards and provide guidance for FPA members on how to participate in the Wal-Mart Scorecard process. The results of the first phase will be presented to the FPA membership at the FPA Annual Meeting on February 28, 2007. The second phase of the project will  include development of information that will provide data on the sustainability of flexible packaging including the gains that have been made over the last several years. The results of the second phase will be presented to the FPA membership during the FPA Fall Executive Conference in October 2007.

• Sustainable Packaging Task Group Members
• Sustainable Packaging Steering Commitee Members
• LCA/LCI Task Group Members
• Sustainable Flexible Packaging Value Proposition Task Group Members

Minutes & Memos

• Wal-Mart Sustainable Packaging Network Meeting, December 4 & 5, 2007
  
  
• Sustainable Packaging Steering Committee Recommendations, June 2007
  
  
• Wal-Mart Sustainable Packaging Network Meeting, May 9 & 10, 2007
  
  
• December 1, 2006, conference call minutes
  
  
• November 8, 2006, conference call minutes
  
  
• Wal-Mart's Sustainable Scorecard- Memo, November 3, 2006

FPA's Sustainability/Wal-Mart Scorecard Update

The FPA Sustainability Update is an electronic newsletter designed to provide FPA members with the latest industry-related news on sustainability.

• FPA Wal-Mart Scorecard News
  ECRM/Thumbprint, the developers of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Package Modeling software, released a major system update on June 3, 2008 with additional functionality and system corrections provided on June 16, 2008.
  
  
• February 2008
  
  
• December 2007

Research Documents/Information

• Wal-Mart Sustainable Packaging
  • Goals
  • Networks
  • Packaging Attributes
  • Scorecard Metrics
  • Deadline
  • Scorecard Materials
    
    
• Wal-Mart Packaging Materials Brief
  
  
• Wal-Mart Announces Partnership with Carbon Disclosure Project to Measure Energy Used to Create Products
  
  
• Wal-Mart Buyers Put Packaging Scorecard into Practice
  
  
• Packaging Scorecard Q&A
  
  
• Sustainable Packaging Terms & Definitions
  
  
• Sustainable Packaging Coalition Definitions
  
  
• FPA Majority Material Guidance
  
  
• FPA Sustainable Packaging Report
  
  
• Brand Owner and Retailer Sustainable Packaging Report
  
  
• Presentation from the Sustainable Packaging Workshop for the Flexible Packaging Industry- December 13, 2007
  
  
• FPA Sustainability and Flexible Packaging and FPA's Sustainability Solutions: Examples of the Environmental Advantages of Using Flexible Packaging Brochures
  

Sustainable Packaging Initative Presentations

• Brand Owners & Retailers Sustainable Packaging Survey
  
  
• March 1, 2007: Understanding and Importance of the State of Sustainable Packaging in the USA and the Wal-Mart Scorecard and Virtual Packaging Trade Show Process: Implications, Issues and Opportunities for the FPA
  
  
• January 8, 2007
  
  
• December 1, 2006

Sustainability Updates/Articles

• Packaging Digest's Sustainable Packaging- November 2008
  
  
• Amcor Makes Dow Jones Sustainability Index
  
  
• DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol LLC Breaks Ground for First Biofuels Pilot Facility
  
  
• Amcor Flexibles' 2008 Sustainability Report
  
  
• Amcor Recognised Among Global Leaders in Corporate Sustainability
  
  
• Rohm and Haas, Nordmeccanica Group and Paperplast International Collaborate to Speed Packaging Lamination and Lower Costs through Sustainable Technologies
  
  
• Metabolix Demonstrates Viability of Bioplastic Production in Switchgrass Plants
  
  
• Light-Weighting is Key Sustainability Driver for Sonoco
  
  
• Summit Publishing Company Announces Greener Package Website and Sustainable Packaging Awards Competition
  
  
• Sonoco Issues First Annual Sustainability Report
  
  
• Metabolix Announces that Mirel™ Bioplastics is Selected by Heritage Plastics for New BioTuf™ Compostable Film
  
  
• Ampac Flexibles Solventless Laminations Provide Sustainable Alternative to Packagers
  
  
• EPA Climate Protection Award Cites MEGTEC Systems’ Patented Technology, and Global Efforts to Transform Methane Gas
  
  
• Plastic: The Elephant in the Room
  
  
• FTC’s Review of its Environmental Marketing Guides (“Green Guides”)
  The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) conducted a workshop on April 30, 2008 that focused on “green” packaging claims, with discussion of whether the terms currently in the “Green Guides” are accurately described, what terms should be added and what level of substantiation is necessary for green packaging claims. 
  
  
• Click here to read Hogan and Hartson summary of the workshop
  
  
• The transcript and workshop presentations are posted on the FTC web site, please click here.
  
  
• S.F. Bay Area Passes Carbon Tax
  
  
• P&G VP Of Sustainability Discusses Green Initiatives
  
  
• IBM Unveils New Carbon Management Analysis Tool to Optimize Supply Chain Efficiencies

FPA Member Sustainability Initiatives & Activities

The flexible packaging industry continues to develop flexible packages that are sustainable and safe for the environment. Please click here to view the packaging efforts and activities of FPA members, and see how they are contributing to the sustainable packaging movement.