Responsible sourcing is one of our strategic action areas. By 2030, we intend to establish full transparency regarding the sustainability of our supply chains, and we aim to increase the share of bio-based or recycled materials to 70%. Ideally, we are also able to prove the responsible origin of the raw materials with accredited certifications. To do so, we primarily count on the FSC® standard for paper products.
Certification matters
Sustainability
As responsible sourcing is an important pillar of our strategy, it is ideal to have a certification that proves the authenticity of our product claims.
FSC® - the standard for paper products
FSC® is a global, non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of responsible forest management worldwide. Well recognized all over the world and with a strong endorsement by many environmental groups, FSC® defines standards based on agreed principles for responsible forest stewardship that are supported by environmental, social, and economic stakeholders. Since paper and cardboard are key raw materials for tesa, how we source them has a significant impact on our sustainability performance. Therefore, we aim to purchase all the paper and cardboard we use in FSC® quality.
INGEDE – to safeguard and improve paper and cardboard recyclability
Achieving a higher level of sustainability is an important goal for many of our customers – as it is for us. tesa aims to offer sustainability-focused innovations to ensure that our that our customers enjoy benefits such as the end-of-life recyclability of a product.
INGEDE method 12 is the only standard available to determine the recycling behavior of pressure sensitive adhesive tapes (PSAs, e.g., labels and stickers). At tesa, we use for the assessment of the recyclability of packaging applications.
During the paper recycling process, adhesive applications disintegrate upon pulping to stickies (also known as adhesive residues). INGEDE method 12 has been designed to provide an assessment of the removability of adhesive applications in the paper recycling process.
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The method provides a removability rating between -20 and 100 points, depending on how well the adhesive residues can be removed.
The main goal of INGEDE methods is to safeguard and improve paper and cardboard recyclability, based on the general requirement that it should be possible to separate adhesive applications mechanically.
