{"id":16573,"date":"2020-07-06T07:59:27","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T04:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/?p=16573"},"modified":"2020-07-06T11:44:11","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T08:44:11","slug":"henkel-concludes-5-year-70m-plastic-waste-reduction-bond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/en\/weben\/henkel-concludes-5-year-70m-plastic-waste-reduction-bond\/","title":{"rendered":"Henkel Concludes 5-year $70m Plastic Waste Reduction Bond"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\"><p>D\u00fcsseldorf based diversified product manufacturer, Henkel, has become \u201cthe first company globally\u201d to conclude a plastic waste reduction bond. The company said that to achieve this it has combined attractive corporate financing instruments with progress in sustainability to conclude the bond, a private placement with Japanese insurance companies Dai-ichi Life and Dai-ichi Frontier Life, which will be specifically allocated to projects and expenditures related to Henkel\u2019s activities to reduce plastic waste. The bond has a total volume of $70 million and a maturity of five years.<\/p>\n<p>The bond proceeds will contribute to finance key projects and activities in line with Henkel\u2019s packaging targets for 2025. By then, 100% of the company\u2019s packaging will be recyclable or reusable*, the amount of fossil-based virgin plastics will be reduced by 50% and Henkel wants to help prevent waste from being disposed in the environment.<\/p>\n<p>Next to developing sustainable packaging solutions, Henkel is engaged in several partnerships and cross-industry initiatives that aim to drive innovation in packaging development and the transition towards a circular economy. For example, the company is a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) and partner of the Plastic Bank.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/waste-management-world.com\/a\/henkel-concludes-5-year-70m-plastic-waste-reduction-bond\">Waste Management World<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D\u00fcsseldorf based diversified product manufacturer, Henkel, has become \u201cthe first company globally\u201d to conclude a plastic waste reduction bond. The company said that to achieve&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26456,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":null,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":null,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[40],"tags":[2007,452,1199,4782,1475],"class_list":["post-16573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weben","tag-bond","tag-finance","tag-henkel","tag-insurance","tag-plastic-waste","wpcat-40-id"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rsz_vaulogo.jpg?fit=100%2C58&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16573"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16575,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16573\/revisions\/16575"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}