From:Packaging News

SIG Combibloc has announced all its sites in Europe, South America, China and the Asia-
Pacific region will be supplied totally by so-called ‘green electricity’.

This is electricity can be proven to come from renewable energy sources such as wind, sun, hydropower, biomass or biogas.

In Europe and America, renewable electricity can be procured on the free market.
The carton packaging and filling machines company said in Asia, SIG obtained green electricity from local suppliers certified according to the recognised ‘GoldPower’ standard.

Arnold Schuhwerk, SIG Combibloc global category manager, said: “Obtaining source-identified green electricity in Asia is a huge achievement, as these capacities are very scarce and up to now have been acquired almost exclusively by large multinationals. We’re delighted to have reached this goal so quickly”.

SIG Combibloc is one of the world’s leading system suppliers of carton packaging and filling machines for beverages and food. In 2015 the company achieved a turnover of €1.7bn with around 5,000 employees.