As the French and European regulatory framework for packaging continues to evolve, Manufactors Invest is further structuring its approach to anticipate new requirements and support their implementation across the Group. Extended Producer Responsibility for professional packaging and the European PPWR are now two major areas of focus. In response, Manufactors Invest has initiated a progressive approach, beginning with an essential first step: developing a comprehensive mapping of the packaging used for products marketed by its MOLINEL and ROBUR brands.
Understanding and anticipating a changing regulatory framework
Packaging regulations are undergoing significant change, both in France and across the European Union. Extended Producer Responsibility for professional packaging aims to increase the responsibility of companies placing packaged products on the market while encouraging packaging prevention, reuse, collection and recycling. At the same time, the European Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) establishes a harmonised framework designed to reduce the environmental impact of packaging throughout its life cycle.
For Manufactors Invest, these developments require a detailed understanding of the packaging concerned, its composition and characteristics, as well as the associated volumes. They also require the Group to structure and strengthen the reliability of the data needed to monitor packaging placed on the market and progressively incorporate new requirements into its processes.
Comprehensive packaging mapping as the foundation for a structured approach
The first step undertaken by Manufactors Invest is to establish a comprehensive mapping of the packaging used across the Group. Covering the various types of packaging associated with finished products from MOLINEL and ROBUR, this initiative involves collecting, consolidating and analysing data from the different stakeholders involved.
Group teams, MOLINEL and ROBUR, are mobilised to identify packaging types, materials, characteristics and associated quantitative data. Data collection is already underway and will provide the essential foundation for establishing a consolidated overview, assessing impacts, identifying priority actions and preparing the next stages of regulatory compliance. Beyond meeting regulatory requirements, this mapping will also enable the Group to strengthen its long-term knowledge and management of packaging.
Turning new requirements into an additional driver of our CSR strategy
For Manufactors Invest, this initiative is fully aligned with the Group’s broader CSR strategy. Reducing the impact of packaging, improving the management of resources, increasing recyclability and, where relevant, encouraging reuse are all part of a more responsible approach to product life cycles.
The professional packaging EPR framework and the PPWR therefore represent a further step in the Group’s ongoing journey. They are driving Manufactors Invest to further strengthen its understanding of material flows, the quality of its data and the integration of environmental considerations into its processes. This momentum is supported by the active involvement of teams throughout the organisation and by a progressive, structured and sustainable approach serving MOLINEL and ROBUR, their customers and all Group stakeholders.
Anticipating today to shape tomorrow’s practices
By initiating this packaging mapping and data collection process today, Manufactors Invest aims to turn new regulatory requirements into an opportunity to drive progress and strengthen the management of its environmental impacts.
This approach reflects the Group’s commitment to combining regulatory anticipation, operational performance and environmental responsibility. It marks another step forward in Manufactors Invest’s CSR strategy and demonstrates a clear ambition: to continuously improve its practices and those of its MOLINEL and ROBUR brands in a changing regulatory and economic environment.
