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contained in each drinks carton.
More than 63% of the beverage cartons in France are processed at Essity’s factory in Hondouville, northern France. The facility also recycles paper fibres from documents, magazines and newspapers.
ESSITY INVESTS €11M IN ENHANCED RECYCLING
FACILITIES Tork manufacturer Essity has stepped up its contribution to a circular society by investing €11m in enhanced recycling facilities at one of its French factories.
The move will allow Essity to increase its beverage carton recycling capacity by up to 24,000 tons per year. And thanks to a new process, the plant will now be able to recover and recycle up to 98% of the fibre
MRI SOFTWARE ACQUIRES FSI MRI Software, a specialist in real estate software, has announced it has acquired FSI, a UK-based provider of enterprise-class facilities management (FM) software solutions.
The addition of FSI’s cloud-based platform bolsters MRI’s overall solution portfolio and enhances the company’s ability to better serve owners, occupiers and contractors by delivering cutting-edge technology to effectively manage and maintain their facilities.
“Facilities management teams play a critical role in making sure offices are running safely and efficiently as people begin returning to workplaces around the globe,” said Dermot Briody, MRI’s Senior Vice President and Executive Managing Director of EMEA and Occupier Solutions.
“This latest acquisition significantly enhances our facilities management capabilities with a comprehensive, modern software solution that
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“This €11m initiative brings a new dimension to recycling and circularity,” said Eric Kleinpeter, Commercial Director Professional Hygiene France at Essity. “It will allow us to substantially increase the amount of recycled beverage cartons used to manufacture our professional hygiene products. And by investing in technologies that reduce environmental impact, we at Tork are offering solutions that meet our customers’ own sustainable development goals.”
helps clients ensure their buildings and campuses are clean, properly equipped and well-maintained for their visitors and employees.”
FSI complements MRI’s Integrated Workplace Management System (IWMS) solution and strengthens the company’s position as a PropTech provider that powers the entire workplace. The comprehensive solution will benefit clients in several ways:
Delivers end-to-end data visibility and IoT connectivity: Connects systems from every part of a building, enabling facilities managers to centralize operational control and gain actionable insights that improve performance, proactively pre-empt costly failures and power smarter buildings.
Enables a connected, digital- first experience: Offers mobile applications that allow providers to easily manage an on-the-go workforce from anywhere in the
Magnus Groth, President and CEO at Essity, said: “This improves our contribution to a circular society while also taking an important step towards our target of ensuring that all production waste will be subject to material or energy recovery by 2030.”
Paper fibres recovered from drinks cartons will be used to make Tork branded toilet paper, hand towels and industrial wiping papers. The enhanced recycling system will be fully operational in the first half of 2022.
Sustainability forms a crucial part of Essity’s remit. Early in 2020 the global hygiene and health company company unveiled its new Sustainable Life Away from Home strategy to help customers reduce their environmental footprint both at work and in the public arena.
In December 2020, Essity qualified for inclusion in the 2020 Dow Jones Sustainability Europe Index in the Household Products category, receiving high scores for its environmental and social reporting plus its work with suppliers, innovation and climate strategy.
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world, while also giving occupiers a better experience by being able to input and track service requests.
Improves sustainability and energy- efficiency: Promotes sustainability by empowering FM teams with the tools to accurately monitor energy consumption across properties and make data-driven adjustments that cut carbon emissions, improve equipment life expectancy and at the same time reduce costs.
John Moriarty, FSI’s Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, commented: “MRI offers a scale and global reach that will enable us to accelerate growth in our existing markets and new territories. We share MRI’s vision of an open and connected solution set that will empower our clients to speed up digital transformation – the importance of which has become abundantly clear as the COVID-19 crisis has evolved.
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