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Consumer Goods companies release first GPPS
The Consumer Goods Forum has released the Global Protocol on Packaging Sustainability (GPPS) to enable the consumer goods industry to better assess the relative sustainability of packaging.
The GPPS is part of the sustainability work stream at the Consumer Goods Forum, which is sponsored by two of the organisation’s board members, Philip Clarke, CEO of Tesco and Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever.
“Tesco is a responsible retailer and understands that packaging is important to its customers,” said Philip Clarke. “We’re working hard with our suppliers to minimise the impact of our packaging on the environment.
“Having a common language will allow us to have the right conversations with our diverse supply chain. We can then work with suppliers to reduce the environmental impact of packaging whilst making sure it still does the essential job it needs to do to protect the products we sell.”
The aim of the Protocol is to help companies reduce the environmental impact of their packaging by providing a common language to address a range of business questions about packaging sustainability, either within a company or between business partners.
The Protocol was designed collectively by a group of retailers and manufacturers aided by packaging material suppliers and packaging manufacturers and led by a steering team that included representatives from retailers Walmart, Target and Tesco, and manufacturers Kraft Foods, Procter & Gamble, Nestlé and Unilever.
Source: GPPS
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