Tetra Pak’s sustainability report FY23 shows a 20 per cent reduction in value chain GHG emissions and a 47 per cent reduction in GHG emissions across its own operations since 2019. — Photo Tetra Pak
Tetra Pak has launched its 25th Sustainability Report showing big progress being made in terms of dangerous emissions across its production chain.
The report tracks the company's progress against its sustainability agenda, focusing on five interdependent areas, food systems, circularity, climate, nature and social sustainability.
The company’s sustainability report FY23 shows a 20 per cent reduction in value chain GHG emissions and a 47 per cent reduction in GHG emissions across its operations since 2019.
The latter puts Tetra Pak on track to meet its net zero GHG emissions target in its operations by 2030 and supports the company’s long-term ambition to work with suppliers, customers and other stakeholders and achieve net-zero GHG emissions across the value chain by 2050.
Another major milestone saw the launch of an aseptic beverage carton featuring a paper-based barrier, reducing its carbon footprint by a third and bringing the company a step closer to developing the world’s most sustainable food packaging. This world-first was a result of a 100 million investment in packaging research and development in 2023, with the same investment planned annually for the next five to ten years.
Tetra Pak’s Sustainability Report FY23 also highlights further company achievements in the past year and its ongoing initiatives to protect food, people and the planet. Through expanding the school feeding programmes, the company helped 64 million children in 49 countries to get access to milk and other nutritious beverages. By accelerating recycling programmes, the amount of carton packages collected and sent for recycling across the world rose by 7 per cent compared to 2022.
Getting recognition, again, for Leadership in Corporate Transparency and Performance: For the eighth consecutive year, Tetra Pak was included in the CDP Forests ‘A List’. Additionally, the company received an ‘A-‘ rating in water security, despite it being the first year of reporting in this area.
In Việt Nam, Tetra Pak has implemented a variety of long-term initiatives to contribute to Việt Nam’s circularity. The company has expanded its School Recycling Programme to two provinces of Bắc Ninh and Bình Dương to help instill the habit of waste classifying and carton collecting for recycling among millions of school children in nearly 1,200 schools.
Tetra Pak is also actively engaged in helping its clients to comply with EPR regulations via its cooperation with such recyclers as Đồng Tiến to improve capacity and efforts to expand public drop-off stations to reach a network of roughly 150.
Within 2023, approximately 1,400 tonnes of used beverage cartons, equivalent to about 139 million carton packs were collected and recycled by various partners of Tetra Pak. Recently, Tetra Pak also announced its additional investment of 97 million euros to expand the Bình Dương factory with changes implemented under Tetra Pak's dedication to environmental responsibility and corporate stewardship. — VNS