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RINASCIMENTO
Winner of Packaging Première's Avant-Garde 2024 Award in the Sustainability category
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ICMA for the Environment
Discover how we take care of the world around us through concrete actions and sustainable collections.
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DISCOVER OUR RANGEKind / Linen
OUR MANIFESTO COLLECTION
KIND/LINEN is born from a season of research and creativity driven by a commitment to ethical and sustainable development, an approach that led ICMA to become a Benefit Corporation in May 2020.
Crafted exclusively from 100% recycled materials, these papers are shaped through minimal processing.
Linen embossing and mélange colouring add texture and depth to simple, frugal bases, resulting in bespoke papers that are honest, refined, and “Kind”.
Our 100% Recycled Collections
ICMA’s commitment to sustainability is expressed through a continuous journey of research and innovation, leading to the development of a range of collections made with 100% recycled bases.
In 2020, KIND was launched as a manifesto collection, embodying a minimalist concept of beauty achieved through subtraction: the “right” materials, natural textures, and carefully crafted papers that are good, honest, and truly kind.
In 2024, WABI-SABI was introduced, inspired by the Japanese philosophy and aesthetic that combines two concepts: Wabi, the appreciation of beauty and serenity through simplicity and calm, and Sabi, the charm of objects marked by the passage of time.
Today, this journey continues with KIND/LINEN, the new collection unveiled at Packaging Première 2026, a natural evolution of the highly appreciated KIND range.
Wabi-Sabi
THE BEAUTY OF IMPERFECTION
With its WABI-SABI collection, ICMA wants to revolutionize the way we see paper: on two 100% recycled bases, the little imperfections resulting from the variability of the pulp add value, giving rise to a new aesthetic that prioritizes the responsible use of materials and resources over “industrial perfection”.
The term “WABI-SABI” expresses beauty, serenity, simplicity, and calmness, as well as the charm underlying the imperfection of objects marked by the passage of time. This is reflected in the choice of subtle contrast and embossing patterns that allude to fabric and natural materials, including unprecedented textures such as “riso” (rice).
A study of ICMA’s historical archives and the selection of several new emboss-printed patterns has enabled this collection to infuse the material with a unique, sober appearance and a simple, modest essence, all while keeping the environmental impact as low as possible.
Rinascimento
WINNER PACKAGING PREMIERE AVANT-GARDE AWARD - SUSTAINABILITY 2024
Rinascimento turns waste paper from client companies into elegant recycled creative paper— the protagonist of the companies’ own packaging projects.
Compared to recycled paper for luxury packaging, the unique elements of Rinascimento are:
Short geographical supply chain, 100% made in Italy, from waste to box, reducing transport-related emissions by up to 79%.
Short production chain, the paper is produced directly from waste paper and not, as usual, from recycled cellulose sheets, halving the emissions linked to the production process.
The environmental impact of the project is quantitatively measured using LCA software for the calculation of CO2E emissions "from cradle to gate" (from the collection of the waste paper to the exit of the paper from the Icma gates).
The LCA analysis
The LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) analysis evaluates a product’s environmental impact in terms of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e).
Today, all outgoing paper from ICMA is traced in accordance with the LCA method “from cradle to gate”, that is, from the tree (or from the waste for recycled papers), to the point of exit through ICMA’s gates. For each paper, including those manufactured through the Rinascimento service, we can measure the CO2-equivalent emissions and, with our customers, set up action plans for their reduction, meeting the requirements of all brands concerned with their environmental impact.