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2023

• Delivering a healthier and more sustainable future: the role of the European Soft Drinks Industry
  The Parliament

 

• European soft drinks industry remains committed to pursue the healthier path
  Travel Tomorrow

 

2022

• Sustainability and holistic health: trends driving the soft drinks sector
  Food Ingredients (Fi) Global Insights

 

2021

• European soft drinks industry remains committed to pursue the healthier path
  Travel Tomorrow

 

• Soft drink industry beats EU sugar reduction targets – but challenges remain
• Food Ingredients (Fi) Global Insights

 

• The future of sustainable food systems is in our hands
• Travel Tomorrow

 

• Soft drinks sector targets sustainable transition, healthier lifestyles
• Food Ingredients (Fi) Global Insights

 

• European consumers are changing preferences towards more healthier drinks
• Travel Tomorrow

 

2017

• European soft drinks industry to reduce added sugars by 10 per cent by 2020
• The European Parliament magazine

2023

• Delivering a healthier and more sustainable future: the role of the European Soft Drinks Industry
  The Parliament

 

• Leaked EU Green Claims legislation signals start of “crackdown” despite omitting textile industry downcycling
  Packaging Insights

 

2022

• Recycled PET “as expensive as gold” says UNESDA in appeal to EU for priority access
  Packaging Insights

 

• Sustainability and holistic health: trends driving the soft drinks sector
  Food Ingredients (Fi) Global Insights

 

• Fully circular beverage packaging by 2030 might be compromised without a strong EU support
• Travel Tomorrow

 

• How the soft drinks industry is responding to the “record” high prices of rPET
• Packaging Europe

 

• Recycled plastic prices soar as rival industries dip into beverage producer’s supply
• Packaging Insights

 

2021

• The future of sustainable food systems is in our hands
• Travel Tomorrow

 

• Soft drinks sector targets sustainable transition, healthier lifestyles
• Food Ingredients (Fi) Global Insights

 

• European consumers are changing preferences towards more healthier drinks
• Travel Tomorrow

2023

• EU policy support is pivotal to industry’s ability to offer more sustainable packaging and support healthier lifestyles
• Euractiv

 

• How the industry and public authorities can support Europeans’ journey towards healthier lifestyles
• The Brussels Times

 

2022

• Driving Europe towards a healthier soft drink environment
• Euractiv

 

• Europe’s soft drinks sector has accelerated its actions to reduce sugar to create a healthier drink environment
• UNESDA LinkedIn

 

2021

• Europe’s soft drinks industry is committed to making the healthier choice, the easy choice
• Politico Europe

 

• Sports drinks: dynamic segment for dynamic consumers
• UNESDA LinkedIn

 

2019

• How Europe’s soft drinks industry is supporting EU priorities
• Politico Europe

 

2017

• Why we are taking sugary drinks out of EU secondary schools
• Politico Europe

 

• Why the soft drinks industry is committing to reduce added sugars by a further 10 percent
• Politico Europe

2023

• How the European Parliament and the Council can develop rules for a more pragmatic and realistic introduction of reuse
• Euractiv

 

• Will the European Parliament use the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation to set the right course for fully circular beverage packaging?
• Euractiv

 

• It’s crunch time for Parliament to support industry with circular beverage packaging
• The European Parliament magazine

 

• How improving the EU packaging legislative framework can mark a turning point for the circularity of beverage packaging
• UNESDA LinkedIn

 

2022

• Fully circular beverage packaging is already a reality: Don’t destroy it
• The European Parliament Magazine

 

• Target packaging waste, not packaging circularity
• The European Files magazine

 

• Target packaging waste, not packaging circularity
• Travel Tomorrow

 

• Over-ambitious packaging reuse targets mustn’t kill off recycling
• Politico Europe

 

• Over-ambitious packaging reuse targets mustn’t kill off recycling
• EU Observer

• Over-ambitious reuse targets must not be the enemy of recycling for beverage packaging
• Euractiv

 

• Over-ambitious reuse targets must not be the enemy of recycling for beverage packaging
• The Brussels Times

 

• Expecting to see more recycled soft drinks bottles in the EU? Let us first get the amount of recycled plastic we need
• The Brussels Times

 

• Why SMEs in the beverage industry call for a fairer access to the recycled PET coming from their packaging
• Euractiv

 

• PET downcycling is not circularity – the case for closed-loop recycling
• Euractiv

 

• How Europe can make the circular economy a reality
• The Brussels Times

 

2021

• Stop downcycling our bottles: Why Europe’s non-alcoholic beverage industry needs fair and necessary access to its recycled packaging
• Politico Europe

 

• Give us our recycled bottles back – what Europe’s non-alcoholic beverage industry needs, to make its packaging fully circular
• The Brussels Times

 

• Want to achieve circularity of beverage packaging? Wider roll-out of Deposit Refund Systems is a very good option
• Euractiv

 

• Discover the world of fully circular beverage packaging
• Travel Tomorrow

 

2020

• From linear to circular – a roadmap for Europe’s soft drinks industry
• Euractiv

 

2019

• How Europe’s soft drinks industry is supporting EU priorities
• Politico Europe

2021

• How the soft drinks industry’s recovery should taste
• Travel Tomorrow

 

2019

• How Europe’s soft drinks industry is supporting EU priorities
• Politico Europe

 

2018

• Europe’s soft drinks industry: Rooted in the European economy
• The European Parliament magazine

2022

• Discussing sustainability and more with UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe
• Packaging Europe