Sonoco Europe VP: "Sustainability is here forever, we've got to wake up to that"
25 Jun 2020
Even during the global pandemic, Sonoco Europe is working to ensure that environmental sustainability remains a priority. Vice President and General Manager Sean Cairns tells PackagingInsights that the short-term consequences of COVID-19 have been “dramatic” but that Sonoco has secured enough back-up and R&D investment to ensure it can ride the waves of uncertainty. Cairns further explains what challenges the coronavirus outbreak has put on packaging production and how it has accelerated the growth of the e-commerce sector.
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