SPIES Packaging works every day to become more efficient, more sustainable and more innovative. Our latest success story shows how we have achieved these goals together with our partner MPDV Mikrolab GmbH.
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I am Denis Müller, 27 years old, and I have been working as the new Sustainability Manager at SPIES since June 1, 2024. I am delighted to introduce myself here in the “Mission: Sustainability” blog and give you an insight into my tasks and goals.
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Together with Melle's mayor Jutta Dettmann and many other project participants, packaging manufacturer SPIES Packaging and renewable energy specialist JUWI opened a regional flagship project for green energy generation on Tuesday.
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SPIES is officially certified to the ISO 9001 standard
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The construction of the Gesmold solar park is making great progress.
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In 2019, SPIES, was one of the first in our industry to receive the ISCC Plus certification
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Significant milestone Succesful semi-industrial validation of detection sorting unit
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SPIES Packaging is one of the leading companies in the production of injection-molded plastic packaging based in Melle. With the start of construction of the "Solarpark Gesmold" Spies is setting the course for a more sustainable future and is taking another major step towards supplying green energy.
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An empty PET drinks bottle? Put it in the deposit machine! Why not do the same with other food packaging?
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I am Carolin Buddenkotte, Head of Transformation & Communications, and as someone who has been helping to shape SPIES' development towards a more sustainable company for four years now, I am delighted to take over the responsibility for our corporate blog "Mission: Sustainability" on an interim basis.
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At SPIES Kunststoffe GmbH, sustainability is at the focus of everything we do. The search for the perfect addition to our team continues.
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We at SPIES Packaging are proud to announce that we have been awarded EcoVadis Silver status for the second year running.
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I would like to use this last blog post of mine to take a look back at the last 2 years of sustainability at SPIES.
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At a time when politicians are increasingly taking measures to minimize packaging waste, the debate surrounding plastic packaging in particular is coming into focus. Policymakers are pursuing various approaches, including the PPWR (Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive), to help reduce waste and conserve resources.
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There are a variety of ways to address sustainability in an organizational context. A right or wrong probably does not exist and depending on the company, different approaches can be the most effective. In this blog post, we give you an insight into what our approach is like at SPIES.
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What is that actually? Our sustainability manager Nina Franke in conversation with our team leader of the "Products & Innovations" division and CEO Christof Spies.
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Does the ultimate sustainable packaging exist? Let's take a closer look at that now.
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How we find our way through the jungle of sustainability assessment.
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With great pleasure Guido Pöhls and Carolin Jonas from SPIES together with the CEO of the cooperation partner kooky., Torge Barkholtz, were able to accept the Fair-Inno-Pack Award 2023 from the company Emmi.
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One of the most important departments for the topic of sustainability is energy management. Due to the fact that we are a producer of plastic packaging, we have a high energy consumption. We asked our energy management officer Christian Kuß what is being done in this area for better energy efficiency and thus climate protection.
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Tetra, the global leader in aquatics, and SPIES Packaging, a leading manufacturer of plastic packaging for the food industry, have cooperated to introduce a new sustainable packaging for Tetra's pond fish food products.
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In conversation with materials expert Jens Huchzermeier and recycling expert Ralf Abeln, as well as sustainability manager Nina Franke.
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As part of a materiality analysis, the most relevant sustainability issues are identified with all divisional management. Two different perspectives are adopted in order to meet the requirements of dual materiality: Outside-in and Inside-out.
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What does "sustainable" actually mean? There was unanimity on this question among the almost 40 participants of the network meeting on March 21 in Melle. The big buzzwords of the evening were sustainability, innovation and digitalization.
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“More beautiful than having visions is realizing them” (Lisz Hirn).
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How do you effectively connect young people who are about to take their first step into working life with companies that offer a wide range of opportunities for a career start?
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After the initial evaluation by EcoVadis last year, we are pleased to have been able to build on this result, improve and develop in a targeted manner, and secure silver status this year. With this rating, we are one of the top 25% rated companies.
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Networking is always valuable. But especially in the field of sustainability, where there is a lot of news, this can be very helpful.
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SPIES has been a member of the EcoVadis platform since 2021. But what is that actually?
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Hello and welcome to the sustainability blog of SPIES. Sustainability at SPIES - what do we do?
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SPIES and IG Metall agree on overall solution. After 10 rounds of negotiations, a joint collective agreement has been reached at SPIES Packaging in Melle. At the specialist for plastic packaging in the food industry with approximately 450 employees at the Gesmold site, a joint IG Metall collective agreement applies for the first time.
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"Plastics and sustainability? Are not exclusive"
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Sustainability, innovation and functionality in harmony
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SPIES has been evaluated for the first time this year and achieved Bronze status, a satisfactory result for the premiere.
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Go Live - was the motto of last Friday at SPIES Packaging. While numerous interested participants attended the first SPIES webinar "Route to Renewables - Towards Sustainability with the SPIES CC", the new online platform "Sustainability Space by SPIES" also went live.
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... for the 2nd place at the photo and video clip competition 2021 "Training in the industry".
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SPIES Packaging, in cooperation with booth operator NETSTAL and other system partners, will present a sustainable packaging solution for the first time at the FAKUMA trade fair.
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The market is changing, sustainability is becoming increasingly important. Focused on this, we are constantly modifying our product portfolio and creating sustainable and renewable packaging solutions.
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New business models, exciting product innovations and crazy ideas that offer great results, including constructive discussions at eye level - all this was part of the first SPIES Future Day on June 9, 2021.
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SPIES receives again the award as "International Preferred Supplier
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Plastic is not waste, but an important resource. How it can be recycled better is explained in an interview by Christof Spies, CEO, and Marie Hühne, Sustainability Manager at SPIES Packaging.
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Innovative! Our dispensers for corona rapid tests are in use after only two weeks development time.
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"Fit for the future - sustainability & innovation at SPIES" was the topic of the event "Spätschicht: Industrie!" last Thursday (April 29, 2021). For this event, we were pleased to welcome well over 100 participants to a digital look behind the scenes at SPIES.
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Did you know that the honey bee is considered the third most important farm animal in this country after pigs and cattle? Fascinating animals that are enormously important for our ecosystem and which we would like to support.
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In 2019, SPIES received the ISCC PLUS certificate for the first time as one of the first in the industry. With this certificate, the responsible handling of fossil raw materials is now certified again.
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Event on the packaging market of the future, visit the shop floor of Europe's cutting-edge injection moulding plant - our Plant III, expert speakers
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These days you would notice a lot of hustle and bustle on the new site of Spies Kunststoffe GmbH (38,000 sqm) immediately to the north of the motorway on the Gesmold industrial site...
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The speedy, flexible and absolutely reliable availability of goods is more important than ever in times of individualised consumer markets...
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