Mondelēz International has introduced that it has joined two main projects involved in tackling plastic waste and air pollution, as the corporate hurries up its efforts to scale back its affect on folks and the planet.
Mondelēz International is now a signatory of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy Global Commitment, in addition to a player within the New Plastics Economy Initiative, and a member of the United Kingdom Plastics Pact. The projects proportion a collective ambition to handle plastic waste and air pollution at its supply, through transferring towards a round financial system the place plastic remains within the financial system and out of our surroundings.
The announcement marks the most important step ahead in Mondelēz International’s ambition to create sure affect for folks and planet and reach zero-net waste packaging. As a part of a long-term dedication to scale back environmental affect, the corporate set 2025 packaging innovation goals to make sure 100% of packaging is designed to be recycled, comprises on-pack recycling data and contributes to the corporate’s dedication to scale back CO2 emissions. Today, 93 according to cent of the corporate’s overall packaging, together with each plastic and non-plastic, is designed to be recycled.
Beyond this crucial development the announcement advances the corporate’s management position in calling for and taking part in sector-wide collaboration to spot and scale up innovation, harmonise packaging codecs to make recycling more uncomplicated and reinforce waste control infrastructure.
“We believe that sector-wide initiatives, in collaboration with government, are key to reducing the impact of packaging on our planet” stated Christine Montenegro McGrath, vp of sustainability and international affect at Mondelēz International. “Through our partnership with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and in joining The UK Plastics Pact, we are accelerating our work toward creating zero net waste packaging and improving recycling globally, and we are fully committed to their vision.”
The New Plastics Economy Global Commitment has set formidable 2025 goals which Mondelēz International, together with signatories from govt, trade and different organisations, has officially recommended. As a part of the Global Commitment, Mondelēz International will paintings against the next:
– Take motion to do away with problematic or needless plastic packaging through 2025
– 100% of plastic packaging to be reusable or recyclable
– Use 5% recycled content material (through weight) throughout all plastic packaging used
– Take motion to transport from single-use against reuse fashions the place related
“The New Plastics Economy Global Commitment unites businesses, governments and others behind a clear vision of a circular economy for plastic. We are pleased Mondelēz International is joining us as a New Plastics Economy Participant and Global Commitment signatory, by setting concrete 2025 targets. Our vision is for a world where plastic never becomes waste or pollution. It will be a challenging journey, but by coming together we can eliminate the plastics we don’t need and innovate, so the plastics we do need can be safely and easily circulated – keeping them in the economy and out of the environment,” stated Sander Defruyt, lead of the New Plastics Economy Initiative on the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.
As a member of the United Kingdom Plastics Pact, which is the primary in an international community of Pacts which can be aligned with, and strengthen the New Plastics Economy initiative, Mondelēz International commits to running against turning in the United Kingdom Plastics Pact 2025 goals through:
– Eliminating needless and problematic packaging and plastic merchandise
– Ensuring all plastic packaging is recyclable in observe
– Using recycled plastic in our packaging anywhere imaginable
“We are delighted to have Mondelēz International sign up to The UK Plastics Pact. Through our first-of-a-kind Pact we are working together with governments, citizens and business to transform the way we make, use and dispose of plastic so that we retain its value, but prevent it from polluting the environment,” stated Marcus Gover, CEO WRAP the organisation in the back of the Pact.
Joining those projects furthers Mondelēz International’s 2025 sustainability objectives which can be involved in making snacks with much less power, water and waste. These objectives are designed to handle local weather trade in a significant approach and are according to an end-to-end, science-based strategy to lowering the corporate’s carbon footprint, together with lowering absolute CO2 emissions from production and addressing deforestation in key uncooked subject material provide chains.
