Essity celebrates sustainability awards
Tork manufacturer Essity’s sustainability credentials have been recognised in a flurry of recent awards and accolades.
The company is featured in the 2022 FTSE4Good global sustainability index and was awarded a ‘Platinum Medal’ in the 2022 Ecovadis CSR Rating. This places Essity in the top 1% of all companies assessed by Ecovadis.
Essity also won joint first prize in the Sustainability – Best Practice category at the European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards held in Brussels in April. The company was further recognised at this year’s Interclean Amsterdam, with an award in the Sustainability and Environment category.
Reneé Remijnse, Essity’s Professional Hygiene, Sustainability Communications Director, commented: “Sustainability is at the core of our business strategy, so we are delighted to have been in receipt of these prestigious awards and accolades.
“As a global leader in professional hygiene it is our mission to facilitate a sustainable life while you are away from home. This we do by coming up with circular solutions, creating more from less and by improving the wellbeing of employees in the workplace.”
Essity won both the Sustainability and Environment award as well as the overall Innovation award at Amsterdam Interclean for its Tork Heavy-Duty Cleaning Cloth 99% Biobased product. This cloth is made from 99% plant-based fibres that have been sustainably sourced. Besides helping companies to reduce their environmental impact, it is also low-linting and offers improved performance for absorption, durability, and solvent consumption.
Essity’s Tork PaperCircle was also highly commended in the Recycling section of the 2022 Paper Industry Gold Awards in May, as well as being shortlisted for a 2022 Footprint Award for sustainability excellence in June.
New Country Manager for Tennant UK
Tennant UK has welcomed Peter Tye as the new Country Manager following the retirement of Nick Hayes.
Peter joins the Tennant family from Renault Trucks UK and Ireland, where he was the Used Truck and Rental Director. He was responsible for the strategy, sales, operations and remarketing within the Used Truck Division which, under his direction, achieved significant growth and profitability.
A qualified accountant, Peter has strong commercial skills and significant experience in leading both franchised and owned multi-site operations, driving innovation and growth through focused investment in people, customers, distribution networks and new services.
Peter joined Tennant Company on 1 July and has worked closely with Nick Hayes to ensure a smooth transition. Nick, who retired on 1 August after 12 years of service to Tennant,
Tork PaperCircle – the world’s first recycling service for paper towels – enables businesses to reduce their environmental footprint by 40% by creating a closed loop system for used washroom hand towels. These towels are collected by Tork PaperCircle sustainability partners and taken to local recycling centres, where they are turned into other tissue products.
AstraZeneca – the multinational pharmaceutical company behind one of the world’s most widely-administered COVID-19 vaccines – was among the UK’s first Tork PaperCircle customers. In November 2021 the service was showcased at COP26, the leading global climate change summit held at Glasgow’s Scottish Event Campus.
Other sustainability accolades recently received by Essity include the highest rating in the MSCI ESG Ratings and a silver medal in the Household Products category of the S&P Global’s Sustainability Yearbook 2022. This review of more than 7000 global companies lists Essity as one of the 150 most sustainable companies in the world.
www.essity.com was actively involved in Peter’s recruitment.
Peter said: “I’ve already met with a number of key people within Tennant Company, and there is a collective expertise and passion that runs throughout the company. I’m very excited to be a part of such a recognised leader in the cleaning machine industry and I’m looking forward to being part of the team that delivers our products and services to our customers.”
Prior to Renault Trucks, Peter held board level roles at ATS Euromaster as Operations Director, where he led the Retail Division within the UK, and before that Goodyear Dunlop UK in the role of Retail Director, where he managed the distribution network of HiQ.
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