The second one was organization. The two companies are similar in many respects, but they were also very different — and the main difference was organization. WestRock was going very much into a centralization direction, with lots of responsibilities taking away from the operations — whether it's HR, finance, legal, commercial, you name it. And even production, in some cases, had people in the plants that became an administrator of the assets, if you will. The Smurfit Kappa angle was always to try and make ...

The German associations have shared a declaration of intent and position paper to take joint responsibility and contribute to a sustainable solution for textiles with regard to EPR at an early stage. The associations note that the introduction of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for textiles will fundamentally change the textile and fashion industry in the coming years. The six associations include: German Retail Association (HDE) German Textile and Fashion Industry Association (textil+mode) B ...