Category: Press Releases

How2Recycle Label Completes Successful Soft Launch and Welcomes The Kellogg Company

Kellogg’s Joins Leading Brands in Implementing the Sustainable Packaging Coalition’s Recycling Label as Project Enters New Phase CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, March 20, 2013 – The Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC), a project of sustainability nonprofit GreenBlue, today announced the successful completion of the soft launch phase of its How2Recycle recycling labeling system. In addition, major brand name Kellogg’s will be joining the 11 other leading companies already … More

GreenBlue Advisory Services to Offer Standardized Packaging Design Assessment

Organization Leverages Its COMPASS Life Cycle-Based Design Software to Provide Affordable Packaging Analysis CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, February 20, 2013 – Sustainability nonprofit GreenBlue today announced the addition of a new service to its Advisory Services offerings—a standardized packaging design assessment. Companies interested in designing more sustainable packaging can now take advantage of this service to receive an environmental life cycle profile of new packaging formats or … More

GreenBlue Names Katherine O’Dea Director of Innovation

GreenBlue Veteran Joins in New Capacity to Help Lead Organization into Next Phase CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, February 13, 2013 – Sustainability nonprofit GreenBlue has announced the appointment of Katherine O’Dea as Senior Director, Advisory Services and Innovation. O’Dea has been an integral part of GreenBlue for the past six years as a Senior Fellow and Director of Advisory Services. While O’Dea will continue to build GreenBlue’s … More

GreenBlue’s Sustainable Packaging Coalition Announces Spring Meeting 2013 Agenda and Speakers

President of Innovolve Group to Keynote Ninth Annual SPC Spring Meeting with Presentation on What’s Beyond Sustainability CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, February 6, 2013 – Sustainability nonprofit GreenBlue and its Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) today announced the final agenda for the ninth annual SPC Spring Meeting taking place on March 19-22, which will bring together over 300 packaging and sustainability professionals at the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero Center … More

How2Recycle Label Gains More Traction in National Marketplace

Best Buy, Clorox, and Minute Maid to Implement the Sustainable Packaging Coalition’s On-package Recycling Label on Select Products in 2013 CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, November 28, 2012 – The Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC), a project of sustainability nonprofit GreenBlue, is pleased to announce additional participants in the soft launch of its pioneering How2Recycle on-package recycling labeling system. Major brand names, including Best Buy, Clorox, and Minute Maid, … More

GreenBlue Names Nina Goodrich Executive Director

Sustainable Packaging Coalition Director to Lead Innovative Sustainability Nonprofit GreenBlue CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, November 20, 2012 – The Board of Directors of GreenBlue today announced the appointment of Nina Goodrich as Executive Director of the organization. Goodrich will also continue in her current role as Program Director for GreenBlue’s flagship project, the Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC). “We are thrilled that Nina is taking on the role … More

Nina Goodrich Named Sustainable Packaging Coalition Director

Visionary Leader in Packaging and Sustainability to Take the Helm of GreenBlue’s Flagship Project CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, August 30, 2012 – GreenBlue today announced the appointment of Nina Goodrich as Director of its Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC). Goodrich is an internationally recognized leader in the packaging industry with expertise in sustainability, innovation, and organizational development. She was previously Program Director for PAC NEXT in Toronto, an … More

Should Products Be Green or Gorgeous? Both, Please, Says Author

GreenBlue CEO Makes Case for Aesthetics in Sustainable Design with New Book CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, June 11, 2012 — People often equate environmentally friendly cars, buildings, and products with being unsightly. Yet not only can sustainable design be beautiful, argues author Lance Hosey, its beauty can make it more sustainable. “Conventional wisdom portrays green as not just occasionally but inevitably unattractive, as if beauty and sustainability … More

More National Brands Adopt New Easy-to-understand How2Recycle Label

Move by Yoplait, Esteé Lauder Companies, Sealed Air, Ampac, BJ’s Wholesale Club to Help Customers Recycle Their Products CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, May 30, 2012 — Messages about recycling are common, but are often vague, misleading, or just plain incorrect. But now, major brand names Yoplait, Esteé Lauder Companies, Sealed Air, BJ’s Wholesale Club, and manufacturer Ampac seek to change that. This summer, these leading companies join … More

Sustainable Packaging Coalition Announces Final Agenda for Spring Meeting 2012

Eight Annual SPC Spring Meeting Will Bring Together Over 300 Packaging and Sustainability Professionals in Toronto April 23-25 CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, March 19, 2012 ­– The Sustainable Packaging Coalition has announced the final agenda for its Spring Meeting 2012, the group’s largest annual event and one of the longest running sustainable packaging conference. The SPC’s eight annual Spring Meeting will be held April 23-25, 2012 at … More