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SIG Combibloc signs world-wide
traceability of wood fibres used
Along with other manufacturers of beverage cartons, SIG Combibloc has made a self commitment
as part of a ten-year programme to ensure that only wood fibre from legal and accepted sources
is used to produce beverage cartons and that traceability back to the forests of origin is guaranteed.
Within the event to publicise this self commitment in Brussels Rolf Dieter Rademacher,
CEO of SIG Combibloc, met members of the European Parliament as well as EU Environment
Commissioner Stavros Dimas and Commission Vice-President Günter Verheugen, who welcomed
the initiative.
Forests play a key role in maintaining
biodiversity and a balanced climate on Earth.
Sustainable managed forests provide continuously
– besides a range of other positive
environmental effects – an important, renewable
raw material used for the production of
carton packs.
SIG Combibloc and the beverage carton
sector want to ensure with this self commitment
that appropriate traceability systems
will guarantee that neither illegally-felled
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Supporting world-wide traceability of wood fibre in
the beverage carton sector: Rolf Dieter Rademacher
(2 nd from left), as CEO of SIG Combibloc, signs the
self commitment together with the CEOs of Tetra Pak
and Elopak. Lena Ek, Member of the European
Parliament (MEP), supports the world-wide initiative
by the beverage carton sector.
wood nor wood from unacceptable sources
is used in its product chains.
“What is important”, according to Rolf
Dieter Rademacher, “is that our commitment
not only covers European suppliers, but that
it applies to all our board suppliers worldwide.
By this, we as an industrial entity go
far beyond the direct legislative influence
of the EU and show how the value chain of
an entire sector can work together to meet
important global political goals and broader
goals of society.”
Preference of FSC certification
To guarantee a high credibility level of
the traceability system, it is important that it
bases on international standards, the compliance
of which is regularly reviewed and
certified by independent experts.
SIG Combibloc prefers the standards
of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC),
especially because these are accepted and
supported by international environmental
organisations.