08.30.19
Tetra Pak has now delivered more than 500 billion packages labeled with the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) logo globally, marking a milestone in the company’s journey to promote responsible sourcing and contributing to a low-carbon circular economy.
With the launch of the world’s first FSC-certified Tetra Pak package with J Sainsbury in 2007, the number of cartons bearing the FSC logo increased steadily each year, accelerating in the last three years.
The environment is top of mind for consumers and is expected to be an even more relevant topic in the years ahead. Tetra Pak’s recent environmental research shows that there is an ever-growing trend of consumers interested in environmental issues, one in two consumers now look for environmental logos on the products they buy.
Consumers looking for environmental logos when shopping is a growing trend, rising from 37% of consumers saying they are always and often looking for environmental logos on the products they buy in 2013, to 54% in 2019 [per Tetra Pak Environment Research 2019].
“Responsible sourcing is a growing area of synergy with our customers,” said Igor Popovic, Global Account Director PepsiCo at Tetra Pak. “We set a roadmap towards 100% FSC certified volumes with PepsiCo that we have completed earlier this year. These actions allow both companies to contribute to sustainable forest management and actively engage consumers in this journey.”
“Having achieved full FSC Chain of Custody certification for all our operations, we can supply FSC labeled packages from anywhere in the world," said Mario Abreu, VP Sustainability at Tetra Pak. "Climate change and resource scarcity are impacting society and the food industry. FSC directly supports the sustainable forest management target under Sustainable Development Goal 15, while also contributing to targets under 14 other SDGs. Going forward we will ensure every supplier is committed to increase and maintain FSC certified volumes above 70%.”
With the launch of the world’s first FSC-certified Tetra Pak package with J Sainsbury in 2007, the number of cartons bearing the FSC logo increased steadily each year, accelerating in the last three years.
The environment is top of mind for consumers and is expected to be an even more relevant topic in the years ahead. Tetra Pak’s recent environmental research shows that there is an ever-growing trend of consumers interested in environmental issues, one in two consumers now look for environmental logos on the products they buy.
Consumers looking for environmental logos when shopping is a growing trend, rising from 37% of consumers saying they are always and often looking for environmental logos on the products they buy in 2013, to 54% in 2019 [per Tetra Pak Environment Research 2019].
“Responsible sourcing is a growing area of synergy with our customers,” said Igor Popovic, Global Account Director PepsiCo at Tetra Pak. “We set a roadmap towards 100% FSC certified volumes with PepsiCo that we have completed earlier this year. These actions allow both companies to contribute to sustainable forest management and actively engage consumers in this journey.”
“Having achieved full FSC Chain of Custody certification for all our operations, we can supply FSC labeled packages from anywhere in the world," said Mario Abreu, VP Sustainability at Tetra Pak. "Climate change and resource scarcity are impacting society and the food industry. FSC directly supports the sustainable forest management target under Sustainable Development Goal 15, while also contributing to targets under 14 other SDGs. Going forward we will ensure every supplier is committed to increase and maintain FSC certified volumes above 70%.”