UPM Raflatac to offer product footprints in customer quotes

Label Solutions Packaging Solutions

UPM Raflatac is now embedding product footprint data directly into customer quotes. These product footprints, known as product passport prototypes (PPPs), provide label converters with transparent environmental data, helping them to make informed material choices and to reduce Scope 3 emissions at source.

The PPPs are automatically linked to the company’s quote documents, giving its customers a full assessment of their label material’s environmental impact. Each PPP offers an array of environmental metrics over the entire lifecycle of the label, enabling converters to assess and minimise their footprint, even at the early purchasing stage. With raw materials accounting for 70 to 90% of converters’ total environmental impact, access to real time footprint data is critical for helping them make more sustainable decisions. PPPs also give converters a competitive edge by helping them respond quickly to customer inquiries about sustainability.

‘The new feature is a gamechanger for how we evaluate sustainable performance of materials and make better, more informed choices on the right environmental selection for our customers and our vision of no waste,’ said Jason Fuller, procurement category manager of Coveris, a leading European packaging company.

As corporate sustainability regulations tighten, access to comprehensive environmental data is more crucial than ever. The Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) will soon require certain products sold in the EU to include a digital product passport (DPP). This makes the introduction by UPM Raflatac even more timely. The PPPs featured in quotes are generated by the company’s lifecycle analysis service, Label Life, which has been externally validated by DEKRA.