The UP Scorecard Blog provides the latest updates and insights in and around the UP Scorecard project.
SUM’D members meet for the first time and present UP Scorecard at the SPLC Summit in Atlanta; provides opportunity to share insights with over 300 procurement and sustainability professionals across various sectors; open house event enables interested stakeholders to provide feedback and learnings
Sustainable packaging is becoming a top issue, but which leverage points actually exist on the path toward sustainable packaging? Learn how the UP Scorecard allows you to test different measures, which packaging options are preferable, and why reusables usually get top marks.
Sustainable packaging is the future, but getting there is challenging; Head of Sustainability at the Swiss-based food service SV Group discusses the related challenges, possible ways forward from a practical perspective, and how the UP Scorecard can help
A circular economy aims to preserve the value of products and to close materials loops. The UP Scorecard grades foodware and food packaging products on six sustainability metrics. Clearly, sustainability and circularity are related. But how do measures of circularity actually affect products’ performance in the UP Scorecard?
Newly released packaging sustainability framework incorporates the UP Scorecard’s Chemicals of Concern (CoC) metric for “avoid harmful substances” principle; Interview with project lead shares more about the framework and offers insights into the challenges and opportunities of its use
The FCOC List is an integral part of the chemicals of concern metric within the UP Scorecard, but did you know you can also use it as a stand-alone tool to help advance your projects related to safer packaging?
The UP Scorecard is a free, easy-to-use web-based tool to assess the impacts of foodware and food packaging on human and environmental health.
