HUNTINGTON, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 10, 2026--
Emerald Ecovations today introduced SUSTAIN™ Tree-Free CPG Board. The first of its kind renewable fiber Tree-Free packaging board designed for brands in cosmetics, personal care, pharmaceuticals, and dry food packaging.
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Made from a blend of bagasse, a rapidly renewable, Tree-Free fiber and FSC-certified fibers, SUSTAIN™ board delivers the print surface and structural performance brands expect from conventional paperboard - without relying on virgin trees.
The board features both uncoated and coated (C1S) at 85 brightness, giving brands a clean, bright print face for cartons, sleeves, and rigid packaging. By offering a Tree-Free innovation, it provides a solution for the growing number of consumers demanding sustainable and healthier solutions.
“Today’s consumer wants packaging that lines up with their health and wellness objectives. For too many years, consumer packaging has endured conflicting and confusing messaging around sustainability. With the launch of Sustain, brands can highlight their commitment to sustainability and the growing demand in the health and wellness movement,” said Ralph Bianculli, CEO of Emerald Ecovations.
Leveraging Emeralds Ecovations renewable fiber technology, SUSTAIN™ is a major advancement for CPG packaging board. It utilizes bagasse, which is a sugarcane byproduct, and FSC fiber, without reliance on virgin trees.
What the SUSTAIN™ board offers
“Packaging has become a place where brands show what they stand for,” Bianculli added. “The companies that get out front on this - Tree-Free, no PFAS added, and made to perform - are the ones customers are going to trust. This board lets them lead instead of catching up.”
The SUSTAIN™ board is launching in a limited initial release. Production for the first run is being allocated on a first-come basis, and brands that want material for early programs are encouraged to reserve their allocation.
Brands interested in early access and allocation contact sustain@emeraldecovations.com.
About Emerald Ecovations
Emerald Ecovations is a U.S.-based manufacturer of sustainable foodservice, janitorial, packaging for consumer products, offering more than 370 solutions and serving large organizations across the United States. Many of the company’s products are made from rapidly renewable plant fibers rather than trees or petroleum-based plastics. Beyond products, Emerald Ecovations delivers education through the Emerald Sustainability Academy and provides Environmental Impact Reports that help organizations measure and communicate their sustainability progress. For more information, visit EmeraldEcovations.com.
Sustain Tree-Free CPG Packaging Board by Emerald Ecovations
NEW YORK (AP) — Technology stocks are continuing to fall on Wednesday, and the S&P 500 index is on track for its first back-to-back drop in three weeks.
The main measure of Wall Street’s health slipped 0.6%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 314 points, or 0.6%, as of 9:35 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.8% lower.
More drops for stocks swept up in the artificial-intelligence boom dragged indexes lower. After roaring to records and pulling the market up with them, AI stocks took a sudden turn lower last week. Among the worries is that their prices have simply shot too high, too fast.
Super Micro Computer, which sells AI servers, tumbled 13.5% after saying it plans to raise $7 billion in cash by selling shares of stock and convertible preferred stock. Such moves raise the most money for companies when their stock prices are high, and they can dilute the ownership stakes of existing shareholders.
Micron Technology fell 2.8%, chipping more away from its tremendous gain for the year so far. A week ago, the computer memory maker’s stock was up nearly 280%. Now, its year-to-date gain is down to 218.2%.
U.S. tech stocks had appeared to be heading for even sharper losses early Wednesday, based on futures contracts, but an update on U.S. inflation that arrived an hour before trading began helped pare the losses.
The report said inflation accelerated to its highest level in three years, but that was exactly what economists had forecast. An important underlying measure of inflation, meanwhile, slowed by slightly more in May from April than economists expected.
That helped Treasury yields ease a bit in the bond market, which in turn relaxed some of the pressure that’s built up on the stock market.
High bond yields can slow entire economies and undercut prices for all kinds of investments, including stocks and cryptocurrencies. They particularly hit investments seen as the most expensive, and some critics are calling AI a bubble where investment inflated too far.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury edged down to 4.52% from 4.53% just before the inflation report’s release. The two-year Treasury yield, which more closely tracks expectations for what the Federal Reserve will do with its overnight interest rates, eased to 4.11% from 4.13% just before the report.
Traders have been building bets recently that the Fed will have to hike its main interest rate at least once this year, given how high inflation is and how strong the U.S. job market remains. Wednesday’s inflation update caused them to trim their bets, but only by a smidgen, according to data from CME Group.
Keeping things uncertain are continued swings for crude oil prices, which have been rising and falling with hopes that the United States and Iran can reach a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to oil tankers.
The price for a barrel of Brent crude oil rose 1.1% to $92.43 after President Donald Trump warned Iran would “pay the price” for stalled negotiations between the two on their war.
In stock markets abroad, indexes in Europe pared their losses following the update on U.S. inflation. In Asia, the losses were sharper.
South Korea’s Kospi dropped 4.5%, hurt by losses for tech giants Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix.
Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 sank 1.9% after data showed Japan’s producer price index, a measure for prices at the wholesale level, rose in May at the fastest pace in more than three years. Shares of technology and telecommunications giant SoftBank Group, which has a strong AI focus, lost 8.3%.
AP Business Writers Chan Ho-him and Matt Ott contributed to this report.
Options traders Steven Rodriguez, left, and Marty Handler work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Options trader Ravi Bhandari works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Currency traders pass by a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Currency traders work near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
A currency trader talks on the phone near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
