Spray Patterns BY AVA CARIDAD Editorial Director Newsweek magazine’s Green Rankings, in partnership with Corporate Knights Capital and leading sustainability experts, ranked Ball Corp. third among the 500 largest U.S. companies on overall environmental performance. The company was evaluated based on eight key indicators, including: energy productivity; greenhouse gas emissions; water & waste; reputation; board committee; and third party verification of environmental metrics. Fusion Packaging’s Scene bottle was recently awarded the 2014 Cosmetic Package of the Year by the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP) AmeriStar competition. Scene is a patent-pending bottle featuring a shatterproof, crystal-clear shade base for true color indication. It combines two resins, polypropylene and PCTG, in a lightweight, single-walled package that is highly customizable. The package was also announced as a finalist for the IoPP’s Best of Show, Sustainability and Design Excellence Awards. 94 Spray July 2014 Swiss fragrance and flavor firm Givaudan announced the creation of The Givaudan Foundation, founded in Geneva as an independent non-profit organization. It will initiate and support projects, as well as grant donations, in the areas of humanitarian action, health, nutrition, science, education, environment and sustainable development. The Foundation will focus on three main areas: Communities at Source (support of local communities from which Givaudan sources natural ingredients), Blindness and Family Nutrition. The Givaudan Foundation has already launched several projects in Haiti, Laos, Madagascar and Comoros Islands with plans to develop new projects in the future. International tennis star Maria Sharapova will join the Avon fragrance family as the face of Avon Luck, two new fragrances for men and women. The fragrance will launch in Europe in September followed by North America in October and Asia-Pacific in November exclusively through Avon Representatives and www.avon.com. Students at Dorsett Shoals Elementary School in Douglasville, GA gave “2 Thumbs Up for Healthy Hands.” That led to national recognition for their handwashing awareness efforts by the “Healthy Schools, Healthy People, It’s a SNAP” program, a joint initiative of the American Cleaning Institute (ACI) and the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC). Hand hygiene education efforts included handwashing posters made by the school’s Art Club and a school-wide assembly about hand hygiene (part of the “2 Thumbs Up for Healthy Hands” program). Students from nearby Alexander High School came by to help run four learning stations that taught different lessons on the importance of handwashing, including a “glow in the dark” station that enabled students to see how many germs were left on their hands after washing with soap and water. Representatives from ACI and CDC recognized the students during their award ceremony in May. The school received a check for $5,000 and handwashing products to support good hand hygiene. The cash award and hand hygiene products were donated by Arylessence, Colgate-Palmolive, Ecolab, GOJO Industries, Henkel Consumer Goods and Water Journey.
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