Sustainable Packaging

Supporting sustainable packaging in design and production

Guide | EU Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation

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Our team of experts advise global organisations across the packaging value chain, including retailers, manufacturers, brand owners, associations, and NGOs. We specialise in helping clients navigate the balance between the functional and economic needs of their packaging while responding to the evolving sustainability landscape.

We support clients in navigating the balance of functional and economic needs of their packaging with the dynamic sustainability landscape. We build packaging footprints, craft data-led sustainable packaging goals, create holistic and transformational packaging strategies.

Clients’ projects can leverage our packaging engineers and subject matter experts to understand and go across the complexities of upstream and downstream supply chains in global markets. Our global resources can benchmark best practices, spot trends and evolving and fragmented legislation, and help to identify and qualify meaningful packaging sustainability opportunities.

Packaging Sustainability Solutions

Our sustainable packaging consultants provide expertise in building packaging footprints, crafting data-led sustainability goals, and developing holistic packaging strategies that drive long-term transformation. Clients leverage our global team of packaging consultants and subject matter experts to address the complexities of upstream and downstream supply chains across global markets. With a deep understanding of emerging legislation and best practices, we help identify and implement meaningful sustainability opportunities.

Our Approach to Sustainable Packaging

Packaging Footprints & Baselines – Developing a packaging footprint across a client’s packaging portfolio to support understanding of material and environmental impact. Mapping a packaging baseline to understand the client’s material footprint. This is a critical first step for identifying hotspots, establishing a sustainable packaging strategy, as well as for optimising for meeting EPR and broader disclosure requirements.

Strategies & Roadmaps – Building a tailored enterprise position and strategy to address internal ambition and external expectations. Supporting the development of goals and actionable glidepaths through research, analysis and gap to goal scenario modelling.

Policy & Compliance Support – Researching global and local market relevant policies and legislation, conducting risk analysis and recommending strategies for risk mitigation. Interpreting recyclable definitions and recyclable content mandates. Assisting with management and reporting for Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) fees, packaging taxes and labelling regulations.

Life Cycle Analysis – Performing LCA analysis to support packaging environmental footprinting, ecodesign, data-based goals, sustainability communication and green claims. Supported by digital LCA tools to aid packaging engineers in holistic and data led decision making. Identifying innovative material and/or technology solutions, considering cost, feasibility and scalability.

Waste Infrastructure Analysis – Landscape review of existing and upcoming waste infrastructure developments that will support the collection, sorting and reprocessing of packaging waste.

Communication & Green Claims – Developing data-based, substantiated narrative, reporting and infographics to communicate the sustainability attributes of the packaging.

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Case Studies

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Overcoming legal challenges in plastics and packaging with Quadpack

Situation Quadpack, a global cosmetics packaging manufacturer, needed to understand and assess compliance with legal requirements for the plastics and packaging it produces and distributes. Impact Through a thorough identification of the legal requirements across its operating markets, Quadpack has gained the ability to anticipate its clients’ compliance needs. This ensures that client companies meet…

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Developing a Sustainable Packaging Roadmap for a Pharmaceutical Company

Situation An international pharmaceutical company wanted to embed sustainability principles throughout its packaging inception, design, and production. Impact Solutions Packaging Situation An international pharmaceutical company wanted to embed sustainability principles throughout its packaging inception, design, and production. This included improving data quality and quantity to help identify key areas for impact and to monitor progress…

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Developing a Resource Footprint Tracker for WWF

Situation World Wildlife Fund (WWF) launched ReSource: Plastic to close a critical measurement and reporting gap on corporate plastic engagement, helping companies turn their large-scale commitments into meaningful measurable action. Impact The ReSource Footprint Tracker provides data to inform companies where they should focus energy and resources to reduce plastic waste. Solutions Situation In May 2019, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)…

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Conducting Plastic Footprinting for a Global Food Retailer

Situation The global food retailer committed to public targets to deliver increased sustainable packaging by 2025 and is required to report against progress towards these goals each year. Impact The project identified packaging hotspots and the best ways to implement changes to support progress towards the organisation’s goals. Solutions Situation A global food retailer has…

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Expanding Microsoft’s Compliance Platform for Sustainability

Situation Microsoft wanted to integrate new functionality into its compliance platform to better track and measure sustainability. Impact The custom tool efficiently collects, validates, and reports on sustainability and compliance data for Microsoft’s zero-waste commitment. Solutions Situation In 2020, Microsoft committed to ‘zero waste’ by 2030 and also set Cloud Responsible Packaging Goals, to ensure…

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Developing a Plastic Packaging Strategy for a Global Retailer

Situation A large global food retailer set out targets and an ambitious plan to reduce its use of plastic packaging. Impact Set a robust strategy and outlined how to implement the strategy and achieve the retailer’s targets. Solutions Situation A large global food retailer set out targets and an ambitious plan to reduce the plastic used in…

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Collaborating to Create Sustainable Packaging Systems with IGD

Situation IGD wanted to look at all packaging materials and set a common direction of travel that goes beyond legislation and industry commitments. Impact The three key levers to meet the ambition are: removal, increase recycled content and decarbonisation. Solutions Situation In 2021, Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD) convened key stakeholders from across the food…

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