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Australia Post: Commitment to environmental sustainability

admin — Fri, 08 Oct 2021 03:51:23 +0000

Australia Post Group’s commitment to environmental sustainability

Australia Post is Australia’s largest retailer and electric vehicle fleet operator for last mile delivery. We have a crucial role to play in building a sustainable future, and as one of Australia’s most trusted brands our power to make a positive difference is more important than ever.

To read more about our our 2025 environmental targets, emissions profile, milestones key achievements and actions on environmental sustainability. Please download our our commitment to environmental sustainability plan

Afterpay: Environmental Sustainability

admin — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 22:47:52 +0000

Afterpay is committed to environmental sustainability and recognises the direct impact of our business. To demonstrate this commitment, we have begun the process of joining the Race to Zero via The Climate Pledge, a UN-backed global campaign that aims to build momentum around the shift to a decarbonised economy and halve all global emissions by 2040.

In addition, we are independently calculating our carbon footprint across global operations. We are currently working towards achieving carbon neutral certification from Climate Active by the end of this calendar year.

Alongside the business becoming carbon neutral, our co-CEOs Anthony and Nick will also become carbon neutral in their personal capacities. They have started the process to join Leaders For Climate Action, a global coalition of entrepreneurial leaders who are passionate about fighting climate change.

Afterpay is a platform that connects consumers with merchants. We recognise the important role we have in understanding and influencing the indirect environmental impacts generated by the retail industry.

We empower our customers to make informed decisions about fashion brands through our ongoing partnership with Good On You, the world’s leading sustainable and ethical fashion brands rating system. In addition, our partnership with Thread Together has resulted in tonnes of new clothing being diverted from landfill. This is the best possible response to Australia’s textile waste problem.

For Earth Month, Afterpay introduced a ‘top-up’ program that allowed customers to donate to Magpies & Peacocks, a non-profit design house disrupting the cycle of waste in the fashion industry, and Surfrider, a non-profit environmental organisation focused on protecting clean water and healthy beaches.

We also integrated a live shopping technology platform in partnership with MagicLinks, a B-Corp Certified social commerce company, to inspire customers to ship more consciously. Customers are able to watch their favourite influencers and shop live for their favourite eco-friendly brands.

Signet: Packaging is changing in 2025…are you ready?

admin — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 22:45:29 +0000

Packaging is changing in 2025…are you ready?

Packaging as you know it is changing in 2025 and National Packaging Targets have been implemented to deliver a new and sustainable approach to packaging. The 2025 National Packaging Targets are supported by the Australian government and industry bodies, and apply to all packaging made, used, and sold within Australia

2025 Packaging Targets

Target 1: 100% reusable, recyclable, or compostable packaging

The first step to reducing waste and achieving a circular economy is ensuring all packaging items can be reused, recycled, or composted. This target ensures that by 2025 all packaging meets one of these three eco-friendly characteristics

Target 2: 70% of plastic packaging is being recycled or composted

Plastic packaging has some of the lowest recovery rates of any material. This target aims to significantly improve the volume of plastic packaging that is successfully recycled or composted for future use

The 2025 targets require Australians to change the way we create, collect, and recover product packaging and is an essential step on Australia’s journey towards a circular economy for packaging. APCO has set our four main packaging targets, and these are as follows.

Target 3: 50% of average recycled content is included in packaging

Recycling isn’t truly complete until packaging is successfully recovered and used again as recycled content. This target aims to ensure that 50% of recycled content is reused in packaging.

Target 4: Phase out of problematic and unnecessary single-use plastics packaging

Phasing out problematic and unnecessary single-use plastic packaging is essential to shift Australian’s away from single-use disposable plastic packaging to more durable reusable and recyclable packaging.

Signet’s Eco Journey

As a signatory to APCO, we are on a journey with many Australian businesses to achieve the 2025 National Packaging Targets.

We are committed to reducing waste and achieving a circular economy by providing our customers with environmentally friendly packaging and solutions that have minimal impact on the environment. We have created an eco-friendly packaging range where each product holds environmental characteristics such as compostable, recyclable, reusable and biodegradable to help our customers choose packaging that positively impacts their business and the environment. Below is a breakdown of each environmental characteristics of the products within this range.

Through TPO Signet helped Australia’s leading grocery retailer Metcash, reduce plastic usage by over 100 tonnes by optimising their pallet wrap while increasing efficiency by 42%.

To find out more about Signet’s range of eco-friendly packaging, contact our team on 13 7446 or visit signet.net.au.