Alyssa Caddle, director of sustainability at Bemis, explained that customers’ requests for more sustainable options had led to the partnership.

She said: “This product offers an opportunity to explore new ways to expand the portfolio of environmentally preferable adhesive options as we work towards our aspiration that all products demonstrate a measurable environmental benefit as compared to their predecessor by 2025.”

Bio-based Sewfree 3700 adhesive is engineered to replace elastics and seams in garments and is manufactured at the Bemis facility in Massachusetts, which purchases renewable energy to match 100% of the facilities’ annual electricity load.