More Sustainable Product Packaging: Hilscher Gradually Transitions Its Cartons

World Environment Day takes place every year on 5 June and serves as a reminder that environmental and climate protection happen on many levels: globally, politically, socially, and within companies. For businesses, this also means reviewing existing processes on a regular basis and improving them wherever concrete changes are possible. For Hilscher, the transition of its product cartons is one such step within its own area of responsibility.

“World Environment Day makes it clear that environmental and climate protection require many concrete contributions. For us, that also means critically reviewing existing elements, such as packaging, and improving them step by step. The transition of our cartons is a practical example of how we want to embed sustainability in our everyday business,” says Fabian Debus, Chief Operations Officer (COO) at Hilscher.

Hilscher does not view the packaging transition as a completed sustainability measure, but as one of many practical steps through which existing processes are reviewed and improved.

These measures also include:

• replacing PU foam with recyclable PE foam in packaging 
• expanding power generation from renewable energy sources 
• investing in modernization of the building climate control system 
• promoting electric mobility and cycling 
• designing the Hilscher headquarters grounds in a more nature-oriented way, for example with an insect hotel