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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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