Organisations

DS Smith is a leading provider of sustainable packaging solutions, paper products and recycling services worldwide. Over the past 80 years our organisation has grown dramatically, as have our services and areas of expertise.
Our story can be traced back to the box-making business started by the Smith Family in East London in the 1940s. During the next half a century we grew our reputation for quality engineering and a dedication to our customers. As we grew our scale, we grew our capabilities – adding papermaking and recycling so we could view our customers’ challenges in the whole and not just one part. In recent times, our business has experienced rapid growth, as well as acquiring businesses across Europe and in North America. This growth saw us become one of the largest companies listed on the London Stock Exchange. Our vision “To be the leading supplier of sustainable packaging solutions” serves us well. We are proud of the progress we have made and the growth we have achieved in our chosen markets.  

Today, we operate in more than 30 different countries, proudly employing over 30,000 people. It’s thanks to the skills and knowledge of our employees that we are able to provide our customers with strategic support across their entire packaging Supply Cycle.

Duedilatte produces sustainable yarns and fabrics based on classic amino acids derived from milk casein and other natural raw materials.

It all started in 2013 when Antonella Bellina, textile researcher as well as CEO and Founder of the Duedilatte project, had the idea of creating a new textile fiber starting from milk. The basis of the idea was an old patent from the 1930s that synthesized a fiber from casein. By innovating that process with modern bioengineering techniques applied to textiles, it is now possible to obtain a fiber of protein origin starting from the amino acids of milk casein, which give the yarn and the resulting fabrics extraordinary properties. The milk market in Italy has about 30 million tons of waste every year. Milk is a raw material that is too precious to be wasted and that is why the Duedilatte project aims to exploit the surplus production of the agro-food chain, transforming it into a new resource in the sustainable textile sector. 

The fashion industry is one of the most polluting in the world and that is why the technology Duedilatte would be inserted, through a process that combines the principles of circular economy and environmental sustainability, with production activities that have low environmental impact and enhance the resources of our territory without exploiting it.

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E6PR is a company driven to affect positive and definitive change
in the packaging industry by designing, developing, and striving for zero-waste packaging solutions for the food and beverage industries.
Our core competencies are product design, material innovation,
and integrated packaging solutions that create a circular economy.

We dedicate our resources to creating 100% biodegradable and compostable packaging to replace the world’s most used six-pack rings, made with single-use plastics.

Our founders come from diverse and complementary backgrounds
in creativity, design, venture building, sustainability, and engineering.
Building upon these strengths, our team strives to become a leader
in packaging innovation and contribute to a brighter future for generations to come.

It's 2017. A video showing researchers removing a plastic straw from a sea turtle's nose has just gone viral with 37M views. The plastic bag ban in California is now in full swing. Society is starting to take notice of the consequences of single-use plastics.

19-year old Marissa Vettoretti is reflecting in her room. What other single-use plastics are hurting our environment? Perhaps plastics that may not be talked about as frequently as straws, plastic bags, and other consumer goods? She decides to enter a circular design challenge focused on plastics to find out more.

During the competition, Marissa discovers that amenity bottles (ie. shampoo, conditioner, body wash) found in hotel bathrooms can't actually be recycled. They are filtered out at recycling facilities because the bottles are too small, have a low quality grade of plastic, and are often still contaminated with soap.

As a result, 5.7 Billion plastic amenity bottles are sent to North American landfills every year. This, is the dirty side of soap. It's a shocking discovery and she gets to work creating a more sustainable solution to this problem.

Fast forward to the start of 2018 when classmate Daniel Moll takes notice. He's passionate about environmental preservation and equally frustrated about the amount of plastic waste produced by the hospitality industry. More importantly, he's had past success running his own startups and building brands. The two decide to join forces.

Together they co-found EarthSuds, a business that believes in a plastic-free economy where sustainability does not compromise quality.

They build a team of superstars in pursuit of an ambitious goal; to replace all single-use plastic bathroom products with sustainable EarthSuds alternatives.

EarthSuds achieves all three dimensions of sustainability; economically it generates and re-invests profits, socially it employs adults with developmental disabilities, and environmentally it eliminates single-use plastics.

Eco-Products is the nation's leading brand of sustainable single-use foodservice products.  For over two decades, we have been providing customers with better choices by producing innovative foodservice products made from renewable resources and post-consumer recycled contents.
 

Ecoembes is the non-profit environmental organization that promotes sustainability through the recycling of household packaging in Spain. A growth engine that has generated 42,600 jobs, representing 12% of total jobs in waste management and 3.2% of total jobs in the green sector. It is headquartered in Madrid and has offices in Barcelona, Seville, Santiago de Compostela and Logroño.

Ecoembes' management model is based on recycling through innovation, sustainability and the search for efficiency. This has enabled Ecoembes to increase its packaging recycling results in Spain year after year, placing it among the top ten countries in Europe in this area.

For the seventh consecutive year, Ecoembes has been chosen by Best Place To Work as one of the 50 best companies to work for in Spain.

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At Ecolean, we turn everyday products into shelf heroes. You know the brands that are lucky enough to be picked by demanding consumers. Quickly and repeatedly, leaving other products on the shelf wondering what they did wrong. Brands that stand out both in terms of product and packaging.

Ecolean was founded in 1996 in Helsingborg, Sweden. Innovation has always been fundamental for Ecolean. The concept of using a minimal amount of raw material to produce a unique flexible lightweight package and efficient filling system has been established by people with great knowledge and long experience within the global packaging industry. Today Ecolean is a fast growing and globally expanding company that continuously develops its products in order to meet new customer and consumer demands.

Ecolean has commercial activities in 30 countries, the largest markets being China, Russia and Pakistan. Ecolean employs close to 400 people. Headquarter is located in Helsingborg, Sweden. provides the world with safe and convenient packaging solutions for liquid food with minimal environmental impact.

Noble Environmental Technologies develops high-value recycling technologies and manufactures the ECOR® product line of advanced green building materials. ECOR is a sustainable alternative to a range of traditional building materials including wood, mdf, foam board and cardboard. It is used by architects, designers, product developers for a range of applications including furniture and fixtures, interior decor, printed graphics, point of sale displays, commercial packaging, decorative wall panels and an array of building products. ECOR offers true competitive advantages over traditional materials, as it is designed to be lighter weight, higher performance, durable, clean (VOC-free), green (made from up to 100% recycled materials + recyclable) and ultimately cost less. Using ECOR instead of virgin materials also saves trees, reduces pollution and landfill waste. Integrated ECOR solutions uniquely provide enterprise, manufacturing and government partners a turn-key solution to recoup substantial revenues from their waste streams by creating a closed-loop system. These solutions are ideal for regional governments and manufacturers that want to engage in the circular economy, reduce their environmental impact and convert their waste into wealth.

Ecovative uses biology to solve fundamental human needs at industrial scales and in consumer applications. Ecovative uses mycelium to grow category defining products ranging from leather like textiles to sustainable packaging to high performance foams for apparel and beauty. Ecovative has been widely recognized for its technical and environmental contributions by organizations like the World Economic Forum and in the media including Wired Magazine, Forbes, and Time.