AFSP news & events

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News

• Afera consolidates sustainability efforts by integrating advocacy workstream into regulatory affairs working group
• AFSP milestones presented at the 1st European Tape Week
• Collaboration drives sustainability innovation in adhesive tapes industry: Carboledger podcast serves as masterclass
• Afera PPWR decision trees
• Launching TACK, a unified PCF Calculation Tool for adhesives and tapes
• Live demo of TACK PCF calculation tool for adhesives and tapes: Afera-IVK members webinar
• Over 160 industry professionals engage in Afera-IVK webinar showcasing TACK, a collaborative tool for PCF calculation
• Launching TACK, a unified PCF Calculation Tool for adhesives and tapes
• Afera nominated for 2024 Mans Lejeune Award for Flagship Sustainability Project achievements
• Afera releases new guidelines on sustainable use of adhesive tapes
• Afera releases new position paper on PCF calculation of adhesive Tapes
• Afera releases new position paper on mass balance chain of custody
• Successful completion of the workshop series hosted by Afera and IVK paves the way for the development of the PCF tool in 2024
• Joint workshop hosted by Afera and IVK facilitates discussions on calculation methodology, scope, and features of the new PCF tool 
• More than 165 participants attend Afera and IVK Webinar on new PCF calculation tool
• Afera Releases New Position Paper: Impact of Release Paper Liner Colour on Material Circularity
• Afera Releases New Guidance Paper: ISCC PLUS Certification for Tapes
• Impact of SUPD on Tapes

Sustainability stories

• Sustainable tape solutions in construction: Driving circularity and performance
• Translating the E.U. PPWR for the adhesive tapes industry
• Driving defossilisation in the adhesive tape industry
• Unlocking sustainable design for repair and recycling with debonding on demand adhesive tapes
• Navigating regulatory changes: A tape industry perspective
• Accelerating collaborative sustainability in the tapes industry
• How adhesive tapes support the clean energy transition
• Sustainable tape Solutions for the EV batteries market
• Harmonised PCF data: Addressing the complexity of Scope-3 accounting
• Tape liner waste management: Tracing the path to circularity
• Sustainable pathways for adhesive tapes: Interview with Evert Smit
• Packaging sustainability: The role of adhesive tapes
• Eco-design of adhesive tapes: Towards circularity
• EU Green Deal: Analysing the regulatory impact on tapes industry

AFSP Newsletters

• Afera Issue 19, 19 December 2025: Sustainability edition
• Afera Issue 17, 7 November 2025: Sustainability edition
• Afera Issue 12, 10 July 2025: Sustainability edition
• Afera Issue 8, 15 May 2025: Sustainability edition
• Afera Issue 2, 4 February 2025: Sustainability edition
• Afera Issue 10, 18 October 2024: Sustainability edition
• Afera Issue 5, 12 July 2024: Sustainability edition
• Afera Issue 3, 15 May 2024: Sustainability edition
• Afera Issue 1, 10 January 2024: Sustainability edition
• Afera Issue 5, 24 October 2023: Sustainability edition
• Afera Issue 4, 6 July 2023: Sustainability edition
• Afera Issue 2, 14 April 2023: Sustainability edition
• Afera Issue 8, 21 December 2022: Sustainability edition
• Afera Issue 6, 4 November 2022: Sustainability edition
• Afera Issue 4, 1 July 2022: Sustainability edition
• Afera Issue 2, 1 March 2022: Sustainability edition

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Webinars

• 27 March 2025: Empowering sustainable transformation: How industry associations can lead the way
• 20 March 2025: Afera's PCF calculation tool TACK live demo session
• 27 February 2025: Election 2024: Public policy implications for the U.S. adhesives and sealants industry
• 6 June 2023: More than 165 participants attend Afera and IVK Webinar on new PCF calculation tool
• Q1 2022: AFSP Webinar Series Q1 Summary