Climate Change Data

Tetra Pak

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2018)

Reporting Period: 2018

Environmental Metrics

Renewable Energy Share:50%

ESG Focus Areas

  • Food
  • People
  • Futures

Environmental Achievements

  • 13% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions despite a 19% increase in packages sold (2010 baseline)
  • 50% renewable electricity use
  • Delivered over half a billion fully renewable packages
  • Produced 350 billion FSC-labelled packs (92 billion in 2017 alone)

Social Achievements

  • 100% manufacturing site compliance to global occupational health and safety standard OHSAS18001
  • 95% of employees had a performance evaluation
  • ~29 average learning hours per employee
  • Launched myFuture, a new approach to people management
  • Diversity and Inclusion Panel developed an action plan to improve diversity and inclusion

Governance Achievements

  • Established a Sustainability Forum
  • Received a Gold rating from EcoVadis
  • 100 percent manufacturing site compliance with the global OHS standard OHSAS 18001

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • 100% renewable materials in packaging portfolio
Medium-term Goals:
  • Reach 100% renewable electricity by 2030
  • Double the global recycling rate of Tetra Pak cartons to 40 percent by 2020
Short-term Goals:
  • Increase recycling rate in Mexico to 35-40% by 2020
  • Certify another 50 schools as “Promotion Model Schools” by the end of 2018
  • Reach a further 200 farms with Dairy Hub initiative in Honduras in 2018
  • Hire another 218 graduates in 2018

Environmental Challenges

  • Plastic waste and littering
  • Need to improve recycling of polymers in packaging
  • Challenges in ensuring full safety for drinking milk in schools in China
  • Food security and nutrition challenges in various countries
  • Skills shortages in science, technology, engineering, and maths
Mitigation Strategies
  • Committed to developing a paper straw
  • Pledged support for the EU’s Plastics Strategy
  • Working with partners to improve waste management and recycling infrastructure
  • Investing in recycling infrastructure (€17 million since 2012)
  • Collaborating with companies recycling beverage cartons
  • Developing Dairy Hub model to link smallholder farmers to dairy processors
  • Implementing a global OHS assessment programme for non-manufacturing sites
  • Global Future Talent Programme to address skills gap

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: 98% of suppliers (by spend) signed the Supplier Code in 2017

Responsible Procurement
  • Supplier Code of Conduct based on the 10 principles of the UN Global Compact
  • Encouraging suppliers to invest in their own sustainability agendas

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI Standards

Certifications: OHSAS 18001, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, FSC Chain of Custody and Quality Assurance Management

Third-party Assurance: Ecofys (GHG emissions data)

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • SDG 2
  • SDG 6
  • SDG 7
  • SDG 8
  • SDG 9
  • SDG 12
  • SDG 13
  • SDG 15
  • SDG 17

The report maps the company's strategy to the UN SDGs where it believes it can have the greatest impact.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Tetra Rex Bio-based
  • Tetra Brik Aseptic 1000 Edge with Bio-based LightCap 30

Awards & Recognition

  • CDP Supplier Climate A list (twice)
  • CDP A-List Forests Programme (two years)
  • EcoVadis Gold rating