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Astrid Mitchell

31 May 2023

1 min read

New Service to Help Explore Biodegradability of Banknotes

Blendpaper was one of the presenters in the second episode of the Cash & Payments Sustainability Forum™ online seminar series on repurposing unfit cotton banknotes.

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Astrid Mitchell

24 May 2023

4 min read

Koenig & Bauer Invests in the Green Future of Currency

As noted in the April issue of Currency News™, in which we covered Koenig & Bauer’s annual results for 2022, Koenig & Bauer Banknote Solutions (KBBNS) is demonstrating its commitment to the future of currency through a range of new investments in processes, technologies and services.

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Astrid Mitchell

24 May 2023

3 min read

Unfit Banknotes Transformed in Brazil

In 2020 Fedrigoni sold its Brazilian paper mill and Blendpaper / BP Security were created. The mill was originally founded in 1889 as Papel de Salto but was taken over by ArjoMari/Papel Simão in 1976, by Arjowiggins in 1997, and finally by Fedrigoni in 2015.

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Astrid Mitchell

1 March 2023

3 min read

Using Unfit Cotton Banknote Shreds to Grow Trees

Composting unfit cotton banknotes that have been shredded sits higher in the waste disposal hierarchy than sending it to landfill or burning it for energy recovery.

Sustainability

Astrid Mitchell

1 March 2023

4 min read

The Challenge of Sustainability in Procurement

Annemieke de Gooijer from the Dutch National Bank (DNB) presented in November at the Cash & Payments Sustainability Forum™ in Edinburgh on the Dutch experience of including sustainability in its procurement processes.

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Astrid Mitchell

27 Dec. 2022

4 min read

Sustainability: A Part of Life at Australia’s Banknote Precinct

Sustainability as a concept has been best defined by the United Nations Brundtland Commission as 'meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs'.

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Astrid Mitchell

22 Dec. 2022

4 min read

Unfit Banknote Recycling Solutions – a Study from Kusters

Kusters, a family-owned company founded in 1911, has been at the forefront of destruction and shred handling equipment for both banknotes and coins since the 1970s, and has an installed base of more than 700 systems in various applications in over 80 countries.

Banknotes Sustainability

Astrid Mitchell

22 Dec. 2022

3 min read

Coin and Banknote Suppliers Examine Environmental Impact of Payments

A group of organisations from both the coin and banknote sectors have joined forces to support a first-of-its-kind in-depth study into the environmental impact of cash versus digital payments.

Sustainability

Astrid Mitchell

2 Dec. 2022

1 min read

Energy Management Award for CCL Secure

CCL Secure has won an Energy Management Award, together with its sustainability partner Verco, at the 23rd Energy Institute Awards ceremony, which was held on 23 November in London.

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John Winchcombe

2 Dec. 2022

4 min read

Hot Air, or Cool Progress?

A year ago, the white paper, ‘Cash: A Roadmap to Sustainability,’ recorded a pleasing level of activity and progress across the cash industry on environmental sustainability, with plenty of evidence of organisations striving and achieving to do better.

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Astrid Mitchell

2 Dec. 2022

2 min read

Crane Invests in Sustainability

Crane Currency has inaugurated a new filtration system that will reduce water consumption by as much as 500,000 cubic meters per year and remove more cotton fibres for reuse in paper production at its paper mill in Tumba, Sweden.

Companies Sustainability

Astrid Mitchell

2 Dec. 2022

8 min read

What Goes Round Comes Round – Creating Value from Cotton Banknote Waste

To coincide with the Cash & Payments Sustainability Forum™ in mid-November, Reconnaissance issued a whitepaper – ‘What Goes Round Comes Round’.

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Astrid Mitchell

2 Dec. 2022

2 min read

De La Rue SBTi Targets Approved

The Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) has approved De La Rue’s near-term science-based emissions reduction target.

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Astrid Mitchell

4 Oct. 2022

2 min read

Sustainability Centre Stage in Edinburgh

This year the profile of sustainability has increased, with climate volatility evident in many countries. Last year’s white paper on the cash industry's work showed that much has been done and this industry has been doing good work for some time.

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Astrid Mitchell

30 Aug. 2022

4 min read

Transferring Technology from Security to Sustainability

Companies in our sector are not only working to reduce their environmental footprint and contribute to a greener future, in some cases their solutions are being used to further it.

Sustainability

Astrid Mitchell

29 June 2022

5 min read

A Vision of a Circular Economy for Banknote Waste

Not many people know that Royal Dutch Kusters Engineering (Kusters) used to make fluorescent lamp recycling equipment for the electronics giant Philips, glass recycling for the brewer Heineken and coffee pod recycling for Sara Lee.

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Astrid Mitchell

29 June 2022

2 min read

CCL Secure Reduces CO2 Emissions by 26% in UK

CCL Secure has achieved a 26% reduction in carbon emissions per tonne of product at its Wigton site in England since 2018. With the support of sustainability consultants Verco, CCL Secure has reduced manufacturing emissions across all three scopes of greenhouse gases, without the inclusion of carbon offsets and market based instruments.

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John Winchcombe

1 June 2022

3 min read

Cash and Payments: The Sustainability Forum

The inaugural Cash & Payments Sustainability Forum, which will take place 15-16 November in Scotland’s capital city, Edinburgh, will share best practice, promote cooperation and address specific environmental challenges and solutions in the cash and payments arena.

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Astrid Mitchell

1 June 2022

4 min read

The Green Banknote – Sustainability at Every Level

Giesecke+ Devrient launched its Green Banknote Initiative earlier this year. At the Global Currency Forum, it followed this up with the presentation of the Green Banknote - a physical token of this initiative printed on Hybrid ADDvance®.

Sustainability

Astrid Mitchell

1 May 2022

4 min read

Moving Sustainability Centre Stage

Across industry publications, conferences and reporting, sustainability now sits alongside other key topics such as security, technical excellence, efficiency, value for money etc. This industry has done a great deal of work and made a real difference in its operations across the key areas where it affects the environment.

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