SECTION 1: Commit (Part 1 of 1) SECTION 2: Act (Part 0 of 5) SECTION 3: Advocate (Part 0 of 2) Commitment & Policies Objective: Company has a comprehensive commitment or policy to address plastic pollution that informs their business operations and has established mechanisms for implementation. Select a score of 1 to 8 based on your company’s current progress. Company has no intention to introduce any formal policy or commitment to address plastic pollution.Company has no formal policy or commitment in place to address its contribution to plastic pollution.Company has no formal policy or commitment in place but has taken some actions to address plastic pollution across its operations.Company has a formal policy or commitment in place and has taken some actions to address plastic pollution across its operations, but the policy/commitment does not broadly conform with WWF's No Plastics in Nature (NPIN) goals, Malaysia Plastic Sustainability Roadmap 2021-2030 or EMF's Global Commitment.Company has a formal policy or commitment in place that broadly conforms with WWF's NPIN goals, Malaysia Plastic Sustainability Roadmap 2021-2030 or EMF's Global Commitment, is communicated both internally (to staff across relevant departments) and externally (to suppliers and customers/consumers).Company has a formal policy or commitment in place that broadly conforms with WWF's NPIN goals, Malaysia Plastic Sustainability Roadmap 2021-2030 or EMF's Global Commitment, is communicated both internally (to staff across relevant departments) and externally (to suppliers and customers/consumers). Company has identified specific, measurable actions and targets and set timelines within which these will be achieved.Company has a formal policy or commitment in place that broadly conforms with WWF's NPIN goals or EMF's Global Commitment, is communicated both internally (to staff) and externally (to suppliers and customers/consumers). Company has identified specific, measurable actions and targets and set timelines within which these will be achieved as well as identified a person/taskforce to lead on the implementation.Company has a formal policy or commitment in place that broadly conforms with WWF's NPIN goals, Malaysia Plastic Sustainability Roadmap 2021-2030 or EMF's Global Commitment, is communicated both internally (to staff) and externally (to suppliers and customers/consumers). Company has identified specific, measurable actions and targets and set timelines within which these will be achieved as well as identified a person/taskforce to lead on the implementation. Company annually reports on progress, summarising goals achieved and identifying planned future actions. DID YOU KNOW? 34% of dead leatherback sea turtle have ingested plastics. Sharp plastics can rupture internal organs and bags can cause intestinal blockages leaving turtles unable to feed, resulting in starvation. SECTION 1: Commit (Part 1 of 1) SECTION 2: Act (Part 1 of 5) SECTION 3: Advocate (Part 0 of 2) Packaging Design & Procurement Objective: Company designs and sources packaging responsibly against comprehensive sustainability criteria. Select a score of 1 to 8 based on your company’s current progress. Company has no awareness on environmental or sustainability criteria related to packaging and its packaging designs.Company has some awareness/knowledge but does not have any environmental sustainability criteria against which they source packaging.Company has only informal environmental sustainability criteria against which they source packaging, or their formal criteria only address legal requirements and/or only address a limited set of environmental sustainability criteria.Company has formal procurement criteria for packaging which comprehensively address environmental sustainability issues including pollution (e.g. problematic/unnecessary/unrecyclable plastics) and resource use (e.g. post-consumer recycled content, energy and water use impacts).Company has formal procurement criteria for packaging which comprehensively address environmental sustainability issues including pollution (e.g. problematic/unnecessary/unrecyclable plastics) and resource use (e.g. post-consumer recycled content, energy and water use impacts). Company has a complete, up-to-date list of materials and quantities for all packaging sold.Company has formal procurement criteria for packaging which comprehensively address environmental sustainability issues including pollution (e.g. problematic/unnecessary/unrecyclable plastics) and resource use (e.g. post-consumer recycled content, energy and water use impacts). Company's product range are reviewed against criteria, packaging not consistent with criteria have been removed.Company has formal procurement criteria for packaging which comprehensively address environmental sustainability issues including pollution (e.g. problematic/unnecessary/unrecyclable plastics) and resource use (e.g. post-consumer recycled content, energy and water use impacts). Company's product range are reviewed against criteria, packaging not consistent with criteria have been removed. All new products are designed in accordance with relevant criteria and sustainable design guidelines.Criteria are fully implemented and regularly reviewed against the best available information. All new products are designed in accordance with relevant criteria and sustainable design guidelines. Company has initiated research/innovation/trials to develop more sustainable packaging solutions, including options for reuse and alternative delivery systems. DID YOU KNOW? Plastics impair the growth of oxygen-producing microorganisms. Chemical leachates from plastic bags impair the growth of the world’s most important microorganisms, Prochlorococcus, a marine bacterium that provides up to 20% of the world’s oxygen. SECTION 1: Commit (Part 1 of 1) SECTION 2: Act (Part 2 of 5) SECTION 3: Advocate (Part 0 of 2) Plastic Waste Management Practices Objective: Company has comprehensive waste management systems to manage plastic packaging waste generated internally and is engaging to improve downstream waste management. Select a score of 1 to 8 based on your company’s current progress. Company has no recycling/reuse/composting collection systems in place for plastic packaging waste generated during its operations.Company is planning to introduce recycling/reuse/composting collection systems for plastic packaging waste generated during its operations.Company has limited recycling/reuse/composting collection systems in place for plastic packaging waste generated during its operations.Company has limited recycling/reuse/composting collection systems in place for plastic packaging waste generated during its operations and is tracking actual volumes of packaging waste recycled/reused/composted.Company has recycling/reuse/composting collection systems in place for 50% (by number of products) of plastic packaging waste generated during its operations and is tracking actual volumes of packaging waste recycled/reused/composted.Company has recycling/reuse/composting collection systems in place for all plastic packaging waste generated during its operations and is tracking actual volumes of packaging waste recycled/reused/composted.Company has recycling/reuse/composting collection systems in place for all plastic packaging waste generated during its operations and is tracking actual volumes of packaging waste recycled/reused/composted. Company engages with retailers, waste management operators and customers to increase recycling/composting of all its products and packaging sold.Company has recycling/reuse/composting collection systems in place for all plastic packaging waste generated during its operations and is tracking actual volumes of packaging waste recycled/reused/composted. Company engages with retailers, waste management operators, and customers to increase recycling/reuse/composting of all its products and packaging sold. Customers are provided with incentives to encourage recycling/reuse/composting of packaging. DID YOU KNOW? You could be eating one credit card a week. On average people could be ingesting around 5 grams of plastic every week, which is the equivalent weight of a credit card. Our study suggests people could be consuming on average over 100,000 microplastics every year. That's approximately 21 grams a month, just over 250 grams a year. SECTION 1: Commit (Part 1 of 1) SECTION 2: Act (Part 3 of 5) SECTION 3: Advocate (Part 0 of 2) Labelling Objective: All packaging is accurately and comprehensively labelled to enable consumers to make informed purchasing decisions and recycle more materials. Select a score of 1 to 8 based on your company’s current progress. Packaging products do not carry any information about after-use disposal and company has no plans to include information on after-use disposal.Packaging products have yet to carry any information about after-use disposal but company is planning to introduce labelling on after-use disposal.Packaging products carry limited information about packaging materials (e.g. Polymer Identification Numbers).Company has voluntarily agreed to implement on-pack recycling labels (OPRL) for the labelling of packaging products but has only applied OPRLs to a limited number of products.Company is implementing on-pack recycling labels (OPRL) for the labelling of packaging products but has only applied OPRLs to a limited number of products. Company has consumer awareness materials (online and/or in-store) explaining how the OPRL system works and is actively engaging consumers to improve understanding.Company is implementing on-pack recycling labels (OPRL) for the labelling of packaging products, OPRLs have been applied to 50% of products. Company has consumer awareness materials (online and/or in-store) explaining how the OPRL system works and is actively engaging consumers to improve understanding.Company is implementing on-pack recycling labels (OPRL) for the labelling of packaging products, OPRLs have been applied to all products. Company has consumer awareness materials (online and/or in-store) explaining how the OPRL system works and is actively engaging consumers to improve understanding.Company is implementing on-pack recycling labels (OPRL) for the labelling of packaging products, OPRLs have been applied to all products, Company has consumer awareness materials (online and/or in-store) explaining how the OPRL system works and is actively engaging consumers to improve understanding. A list of local recycling collection points, and what they collect, is available online to all consumers. DID YOU KNOW? Half of packaging waste is recyclable. The rate of packaging waste recycling has been on in the increase in recent years. As of 2017, packaging waste that ends up in our recycling in North America tops at 51 percent. The combustion of packaging waste takes up 23 percent and landfills receive the remaining 26 percent. SECTION 1: Commit (Part 1 of 1) SECTION 2: Act (Part 4 of 5) SECTION 3: Advocate (Part 0 of 2) Training Objective: All relevant staff (designers, buyers and sales personnel ) have a good understanding of the company's packaging policy and related sustainability issues. Select a score of 1 to 8 based on your company’s current progress. No company staff have been trained in packaging sustainability issues.Some company staff have basic awareness on packaging sustainability issues and may have attended webinars/forums/conferences related to packaging sustainability issues.Most staff are aware of company's packaging policy and commitments and have a general awareness of packaging sustainability issues but have not attended any formal training.Company has held in-house communication session with staff about company's packaging policy and commitments and issues relating to packaging sustainability issues.Managerial staff have attended a formal training session on packaging sustainability issues.All staff involved in design, procurement and sales have attended a formal training session on packaging sustainability.Company has appointed in-house staff member to oversee packaging sustainability issues, including training.Company has developed in-house training programme on packaging sustainability issues which is regularly updated and thorough which all necessary staff are regularly trained. DID YOU KNOW? Packaging waste is worse than cars for greenhouse gases. Roughly 1.9 million tonnes of packaging waste produces the same amount of greenhouse gas as 860,000 cars. Every year, trillions of tonnes of packaging waste is produced worldwide. SECTION 1: Commit (Part 1 of 1) SECTION 2: Act (Part 5 of 5) SECTION 3: Advocate (Part 0 of 2) Supplier Communication Objective: Company's suppliers are adequately informed about environmental issues associated with packaging and are also engaged in efforts to align their business with sustainable packaging practices. Select a score of 1 to 8 based on your company’s current progress. Company has no intention or plans to communicate sustainable packaging policy, commitments and procurement criteria to suppliers.Company has yet to communicate packaging policy, commitments and procurement criteria to suppliers.Company has communicated packaging policy, commitments and procurement criteria to suppliers but has not sent out packaging sustainability questionnaires to suppliers to gather information on the packaging products that they supply.Company has sent out questionnaires to suppliers but has not received feedback from suppliers on any of the products.Company has received feedback from sustainability questionnaires on at least 50% of the packaging products sold.Suppliers are adequately informed and are providing the company with all of the required information on packaging.Suppliers are adequately informed about environmental issues associated with packaging. Company engaging with suppliers through workshops to address sustainability issues associated with packaging.Company is encouraging innovation and research for more sustainable packaging solutions with suppliers through supporting pilots and trials of alternative packaging materials. DID YOU KNOW? Most of the world’s plastic waste comes from single use items. In 2015, half of all plastic waste was from packaging alone; while according to a 2018 estimate, single-use plastics account for 60-95% of global marine plastic pollution. SECTION 1: Commit (Part 1 of 1) SECTION 2: Act (Part 5 of 5) SECTION 3: Advocate (Part 1 of 2) Consumer Awareness Objective: Company is raising awareness of consumers around packaging sustainability issues in order to increase recycling/reuse/composting of packaging. Select a score of 1 to 8 based on your company’s current progress. Company has no plans to engage with consumers around sustainability issues (e.g. impacts of plastic pollution, guidance around recycling/OPRL etc, reduction/reuse options etc...).Company does not currently engage with consumers around packaging sustainability issues (e.g. impacts of plastic pollution, guidance around recycling/OPRL etc, reduction/reuse options etc...).Company currently only engages reactively with consumers around packaging sustainability issues.Company displays/distributes awareness-raising information about packaging sustainability issues in stores/outlets or in client interactions.Company has incorporated consistent packaging sustainability issues messaging into as many different mediums as possible (website, adverts, websites, invoices, etc.).Company has produced their own awareness-raising materials and uses them to engage the public/consumers on a consistent basis.Company is actively engaged in raising consumer awareness around packaging sustainability issues through outreach and education programmes (eg. kids education, consumer groups, etc.).Company is engaging in joint awareness campaigns with the broader sector in order to increase consumer awareness of packaging sustainability issues. DID YOU KNOW? Plastic pollution is hitting mangroves particularly hard. The complex root systems of mangroves, which are essential for maintaining marine biodiversity, have been measured to have some of the highest plastic densities in the world, and we know plastic pollution inhibits plant growth. SECTION 1: Commit (Part 1 of 1) SECTION 2: Act (Part 5 of 5) SECTION 3: Advocate (Part 2 of 2) Sector Engagement Objective: Company is actively engaged in initiatives across the sector to help improve the sustainability of the packaging. Select a score of 1 to 8 based on your company’s current progress. Company has no plans to engage in any packaging sustainability related initiatives.Company has not engaged in any packaging sustainability initiatives.Company is only engaged in packaging sustainability initiatives within its own operations.Company is an active member of relevant producer responsibility organisations (e.g. Malaysian Recycling Alliance (MAREA) in Malaysia) for packaging materials.Company contributes to local industry/governmental working groups on packaging sustainability.Company is engaging directly with regional/local municipalities and waste management companies to improve waste management systems.Company is participating in national and global initiatives to improve packaging such as the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's New Plastics Economy Global Commitment, Malaysia Plastic Sustainability Roadmap 2021-2030 and other similar commitments or targets.Company is part of sector-wide collective that is working together in a pre-competitive space to address shared challenges in the packaging, this includes co-investing in research and innovation projects. DID YOU KNOW? The additional threat to corals from plastic pollution has reached alarming levels. Coral disease increases significantly where plastic trash gets caught. Plastic tarps or fishing gear cause covered polyps to die or coral structures to break. Corals ingest microplastic with negative effects on symbiotic algae and their chances of survival, enhancing coral bleaching. ONE MORE THING... Before we get to your results, please fill in the information below.Found0 / 320 By submitting your self-assessment, you agree to share your information with WWF-Malaysia who agrees to use it according to our Privacy Policy. Click to read the WWF Plastic Circularity Toolkit Disclaimer. Submit