{"id":72649,"date":"2022-12-05T11:35:53","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T10:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=72649"},"modified":"2023-09-17T13:37:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T11:37:52","slug":"suedpack-environmental-prize-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/suedpack-umweltpreis-auszeichnung-award\/","title":{"rendered":"S\u00fcdpack nominated for environmental award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"72649\" class=\"elementor elementor-72649\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-exad-particle-enable=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-57afaeb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default exad-parallax-effect-no exad-background-color-change-no exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"57afaeb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9363cc4 exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"9363cc4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b5fcec exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9b5fcec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Together with 21 other companies, S\u00fcdpack has made it to the final round of the Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg Environmental Award. The company received a certificate in the category \"Industrial companies with more than 250 employees\".\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9652d3 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9652d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For the 20th time, the coveted environmental award for <strong>notable achievements of companies in the field of environmental and climate protection and sustainable management<\/strong> by the state of Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg. This year <a href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?s=s%C3%BCdpack\">South pack<\/a> with its comprehensive sustainability roadmap, its projects relating to operational environmental protection and, in particular, its sustainability successes to date in the area of internal recyclables management - and reach the final round.<\/p><p>The critical jury, made up of representatives from business organisations, scientific institutions, environmental and nature conservation associations, trade unions, the LUBW State Institute for the Environment and the Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Environment, presents the award each year in recognition of the different ways in which the award is used, <strong>innovative approaches by companies in terms of sustainability<\/strong>. For this, all applicants must not only have a broad <strong>fulfil the requirements profile, but a comprehensive application marathon with intensive interviews plus a company tour<\/strong> run through.<\/p><div class=\"packa-in-post-alle\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"packa-4135795043\"><div id=\"packa-694476393\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"PJ Self-promotion English 03\"><!--noptimize--><img src=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png 840w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-18x5.png 18w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-332x83.png 332w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-664x166.png 664w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-688x172.png 688w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" width=\"840\" height=\"210\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><!--\/noptimize--><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b438d4 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b438d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote><p>\"For many years, we have been investing heavily in our structures, processes and technologies in order to keep existing plastics in the cycle and recycle them sensibly. Our internal recycling management with our own regranulation and compounding as well as our commitment to CARBOLIQ, a pioneering chemical recycling technology, are essential components of our sustainability strategy. The fact that we have come so far with the environmental award is both a well-deserved reward and an incentive for future projects.\"<\/p><p><strong>Carolin Grimbacher<\/strong>Managing Partner S\u00fcdpack<\/p><\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3259769 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3259769\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The awards and certificates were presented to the winners and nominated companies at a ceremony in the White Hall of the New Palace in Stuttgart on the afternoon of 1 December. S\u00fcdpack was represented by Carolin Grimbacher, Valeska Haux, Vice President Strategic Marketing, and Lisa-Marie Schmidberger, Manager CSR &amp; Sustainability. The team was accompanied by Mr Andreas Denzel, Mayor of the town of Ochsenhausen.<\/p><p><em>Source:\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suedpack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South pack<\/a><\/p><div id=\"packa-2897648090\" class=\"packa-inhalt\"><!--noptimize--><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-2686439340972671\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;text-align:center\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2686439340972671\" data-ad-slot=\"6171251825\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><!--\/noptimize--><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-exad-particle-enable=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element 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class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\tAs a packaging developer, Julia Knobloch has been instrumental in the development of sustainable packaging solutions at Werner &amp; Mertz for two years.\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/women-in-packaging-nachhaltige-verpackungen\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Women in Packaging: Shaping sustainable packaging\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\tRead more \"\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-115251 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-verpackungstechnik tag-elried tag-etikettieren-kennzeichnen-codieren tag-interpack tag-lebensmittel cs-entry cs-video-wrap\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" 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href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/loeschpack-innovative-suesswarenverpackung\/\">\n\t\t\t\tNew line seamlessly integrates paper-based packaging\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\tLoeschPack is presenting new system solutions for confectionery packaging at Interpack. The focus is on integrated packaging lines and high-performance machines.\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/loeschpack-innovative-suesswarenverpackung\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about New line seamlessly integrates paper-based packaging\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\tRead more \"\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-115234 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-green-packaging tag-abfalltechnik-und-recycling tag-bde tag-nachhaltigkeit-und-green-packaging tag-packmittel-und-packstoffe cs-entry cs-video-wrap\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/transformationsbooster-fuer-kreislaufwirtschaft\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kreislaufwirtschaft-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-97648\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kreislaufwirtschaft-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kreislaufwirtschaft-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kreislaufwirtschaft-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kreislaufwirtschaft.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/transformationsbooster-fuer-kreislaufwirtschaft\/\">\n\t\t\t\tAlliance calls for transformation booster for the circular economy\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\tAn industry alliance is urging for political measures to strengthen the circular economy. This is intended to secure jobs and make the industry fit for the future.\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/transformationsbooster-fuer-kreislaufwirtschaft\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Alliance calls for transformation booster for the circular economy\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\tRead more \"\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-115238 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-maerkte tag-gesetze-und-verordnungen tag-kunststoff-und-verbunde tag-oesterreich tag-pj_home cs-entry cs-video-wrap\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/steuer-auf-kunststoffverpackungen-gestoppt\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" src=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Austria-Flag-300x163.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-115241\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Austria-Flag-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Austria-Flag-1024x555.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Austria-Flag-768x416.jpg 768w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Austria-Flag-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Austria-Flag-332x180.jpg 332w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Austria-Flag-664x360.jpg 664w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Austria-Flag-688x373.jpg 688w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Austria-Flag-1044x566.jpg 1044w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Austria-Flag.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/steuer-auf-kunststoffverpackungen-gestoppt\/\">\n\t\t\t\tPlastic packaging tax halted\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\tThe national plastic tax, originally planned for 1 October 2026 in Austria, is off the table.\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/steuer-auf-kunststoffverpackungen-gestoppt\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about tax on plastic packaging stopped\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\tRead more \"\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-115228 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-green-packaging tag-abfalltechnik-und-recycling tag-kunststoff-und-verbunde tag-nachhaltigkeit-und-green-packaging tag-packmittel-und-packstoffe tag-werner-mertz cs-entry cs-video-wrap\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/kreislaufwirtschaft-fuer-energiesouveraenitaet\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" src=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wernermertz-flaschen-300x163.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-115230\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wernermertz-flaschen-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wernermertz-flaschen-1024x555.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wernermertz-flaschen-768x416.jpg 768w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wernermertz-flaschen-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wernermertz-flaschen-332x180.jpg 332w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wernermertz-flaschen-664x360.jpg 664w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wernermertz-flaschen-688x373.jpg 688w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wernermertz-flaschen-1044x566.jpg 1044w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wernermertz-flaschen.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/kreislaufwirtschaft-fuer-energiesouveraenitaet\/\">\n\t\t\t\tWerner &amp; 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