“As a leading producer of food packaging, we set standards for sustainable raw material sourcing,” said Sven Weidemann, MD of Tetra Pak Germany and Switzerland. “FSC certification represents another step in Tetra Pak’s ongoing commitment to support responsible forest management and drive environmental performance, and a milestone in reliable and informative package labelling.
“Our ultimate goal is to have all supply certified to the highest standard, currently set by FSC. We’re committed to increasing the number of Tetra Pak beverage cartons made from FSC-certified material as the availability of certified board increases.”
On the raw material front, Tetra Pak works closely with its paperboard suppliers to ensure that all supply comes from known and acceptable sources. Only 5% of the global forest stocks are FSC certified, and Tetra Pak is working with its partners to support an increase in supply.
Since the introduction of the world’s first FSC-labelled liquid food cartons in the UK in 2007, Tetra Pak has introduced FSC-labelled cartons in several markets around the globe, with the total number exceeding 2.3bn in 2009. Tetra Pak in Germany and Austria join the company’s operations in China, France, the UK and the Benelux in offering customers FSC certified packaging.
The FSC label guarantees that the wood fibres in the package are traceable all the way through the supply chain back to the forest and that the paperboard used in the package comes from FSC-certified forests and other controlled sources.
Source: Tetra Pak
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