The climate crisis is one of the most defining issues of our time. Its global effects are far-reaching and impact both individuals and Essity’s business. As one of the world’s leading hygiene and health companies, we have the scale and reach to take action and contribute to collective transformation. Biodiversity is crucial for the environment and human health and well-being. Our operations impact biodiversity in all parts of the value chain – particularly our activities related to sourcing of raw materials, green- house gas emissions, water consumption and effluent water,…
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Industry receives funding to demonstrate switch to hydrogen
Global manufacturers Kellogg’s, Essity and Novelis have been selected to receive funding by the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero to undertake demonstrations in which they will switch their fuel to hydrogen at their North West plants. This will enable the three companies to demonstrate that they can reduce their carbon footprint by using low carbon hydrogen to manufacture their products such as Kellogg’s Cornflakes, Plenty towels, and high quality rolled aluminium products for the automotive market and beverage cans. The programme running the demonstrations, named ‘HyNet Industrial Fuel…
Read MoreEssity Annual and Sustainability Report: Biodiversity and Ecosystems
Essity respects biodiversity and ecosystems by promoting sustainable forestry operations, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and plastic waste, and improving water use and water quality. As part of a major analysis of our impact on biodiversity, biodiversity was integrated into Essity’s overall risk management in 2021. Reduced material use and alternative materials As a means of reducing wood fiber purchases, we strive to reduce material use in our solutions. We are investing in new technology to increase the possibility of utilizing a larger share of recycled and alternative materials. One step…
Read MoreEssity Launches Green Hydrogen Pilot for CO\2\-free Tissue Production
Hygiene and health company Essity is launching a pilot project to run a paper machine CO2-free with green hydrogen in the company’s production facility in Mainz-Kostheim, Germany. For this purpose, natural gas is successively replaced by green hydrogen on the site’s largest paper machine during ongoing production. The project is the first of this magnitude in the paper industry. Essity’s investment in the pilot project amounts to EUR 4m (approximately SEK 40m). Essity is starting to use green hydrogen in its production processes. The Essity site in Mainz-Kostheim is testing…
Read MoreCredit Suisse, Essity and Heineken sign up to WFA’s Planet Pledge
Credit Suisse, Essity and Heineken have signed up to the World Federation of Advertisers’ Planet Pledge, a commitment to using the power of marketing as a force for positive change both internally and with the consumers who buy their products and services. The scheme now covers 25 multinationals, including Bayer, Danone, Diageo, Ikea, L’Oréal, Mastercard, Mondelez, PepsiCo, Pernod Ricard, Sanofi and Unilever representing an estimated $43bn in global ad spend. At the same time, two more national advertiser associations – RVD (Turkey) and OWM (Germany) – have joined forces with the…
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