Prosperity

There's always a better way of making our customers' solutions more sustainable. From substitutes for plastic packaging to biodegradable lids for coffee capsules, our fiber-based materials are helping power a green revolution and facilitate a sustainable everyday life. As a global leader in sustainable specialty materials, we tailor-made value for our customers by combining new and breakthrough technologies with materials that we ensure are responsibly sourced. This also includes innovating with customers and partners across the value chain to provide a positive impact as part of the end product or solution.

Sustainable Innovations Target 2021-2025

 

All new products in development are assessed with the EcoDesign Tool

 

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Creating Sustainable Products

In 2018, Ahlstrom developed a new and much expanded version of its EcoDesign Tool. The new tool was implemented in 2019 as an important part of the company’s sustainability strategy. The principle is simple: new products should provide a more sustainable solution than the existing products. This is achieved by using the EcoDesign Tool to evaluate the performance of the potential new product against a set of criteria and by comparison with an existing product.

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Ahlstrom is supplying a very wide range of products that brings innovation and greater sustainability to the industry. Working to ensure that Ahlstrom delivers products that have a positive EcoDesign score allows for the value chain to have a more positive impact.

Sustainable Innovations Target 2021-2025

 

All new products have a positive EcoDesign score by 2025

 

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Ahlstrom is an active member of a number of coalitions to support the circular bioeconomy.

The long-term collaboration in product development with customers forms the basis for developing the capacity of what fiber-based materials can do. Through an academic network, Ahlstrom participates in research programs within themes of high strategic importance to the group:

4evergreen, Sustainable Packaging Coalition, F3 - Films for Future, Soteria Battery, Innovation Group, Cellulose Valley, CELAB

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