Corrugated packaging: Climate-friendly and circular
For us, corrugated packaging is more than just a box.
We can help you meet your sustainability goals, and your customers’ demands for climate-friendly packaging.
Corrugated packaging:
Helps combat global warming with a reduced carbon footprint.
Is a recycling champion and is designed for circularity.
Is an climate-friendly alternative to fossil plastic.
Is made of renewable wood fibers from sustainable, FSC® or PEFC certified sources.
Is hygienic and safe to use in food contact applications.
Corrugated packaging helps you meet your CO2 targets
- We set ambitious CO2 reduction targets for our operations and report on our progress. Read more here
- Packaging optimization services can help you reduce CO2 emissions related to transport, for example. Read more about
Packaging Design
Corrugated packaging is a recycling champion, designed for circularity
- Corrugated packaging is collected and recycled all over Europe.
- Paper and board packaging has a very high recycling rate, on average over 80%*
- We design for circularity, for example by designing out waste and designing for functionality and recyclability. Read more about circular bioeconomy
- Fibers can be recycled 7-9 times, and in some cases even more. Recycled fibers are used to make new corrugated packaging. Read more about recycling.
* European Recovered Paper Council (ERPC) Monitoring Report 2018
Is a climate friendly alternative to fossil plastic
- Regulatory changes, for example the European Union ban on single use plastic items increases the need for more eco-friendly and circular solutions.
- To prove the benefits of corrugated solutions compared to alternatives, we carry out Life-Cycle Analysis (LCA) as a sustainability service
- A Life-Cycle Analysis analyses the selected life cycle stages of a material, product, or service, revealing its potential environmental or human health impacts. They can be used when designing a new product or evaluating an exisisting one.
- Our LCA study performed on EcoFishBox, shows that it achieves at least 40% lower emissions compared to EPS boxes regarding greenhouse gas emissions.
Wood fibers from 100% sustainable sources
- The raw material for corrugated solutions comes from sustainably managed forests.
- Our products are recyclable and produced under FSC® and PEFC™ Chain of Custody system. Certified products are available on request. Stora Enso Communications’ FSC® trademark license number: FSC-N001919.
- We always ensure that the forests and plantations we harvest wood from are duly regenerated.
- Read about our commitment to biodiversity
- Read more about our commitment to sustainable forestry
*Certifications are available at request. Stora Enso Communications’ FSC® trademark license number is FSC-N001919.
Hygienic packaging for uncompromised food safety
- We ensure the hygiene and safety of food packaging from sourcing to delivery.
- We are proud to say that our corrugated mills in Finland and our Mosina mill in Poland are certified according to the more demanding food safety management system:
FSSC 22000 Food Safety Management Certification Scheme. This enables a number of new use cases in order to reduce plastics within the food industry. - All our Stora Enso Packaging Solutions European mills’ food contact materials and articles comply with the Regulation (EC) 1934/2004 and are produced according to Regulation (EC) 2023/2006.
- Our suppliers are obliged to comply with our requirements.
Are you ready to join the movement towards a circular bioeconomy?
Circular Design Guide for Packaging
In our Circular Design Guide for Packaging, you will find
- An overview of circular bioeconomy
- An introduction to how to communicate the benefits of renewable and circular materials effectively
- Answers to the most frequently asked questions on circular packaging design
- Insight on the operating environment and key terms
Read on, and let’s make the right choices together.
