1. The Global Packaging Project:
A Global Language for
Packaging and 2010 Conference
Sustainability Malaysia
Nigel Bagley
Peter Alvarez
A framework and a measurement
system for our industry
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2. Over-Packaging
or Good Packaging?
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3. Project Sponsors
Paul Polman
CEO, Unilever
Sir Terry Leahy
CEO, Tesco
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4. Deliverables
Framework: The Holistic View
The Role of
Packaging -Protect
-Promote
-Inform
-Convenient
-Unitisation
-Handling
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5. Framework: The Holistic View
The Role of
Packaging -Environmental
-Economic
The Principles of
Sustainability -Social
-Life Cycle
Approach
Framework: The Holistic View
The Role of
Packaging
The Principles of
Sustainability
How Packaging Can
Contribute to Improving
Sustainability
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6. Optimum Packaging
Negative
environmental impact
OPTIMUM PACK
DESIGN
MINIMUM
EVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
UNDERPACKAGING OVERPACKAGING
Increasing packaging material
weight or volume
MINIMUM MATERIAL
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The Innventia AB model
Deliverables
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7. Example: For each indicator…
Indicator Life Cycle Green House Gas Emissions
Type Core (supporting and correlating indicators linked)
The mass of GHGs released to the atmosphere during the sourcing or raw,
Definition recycled and reused materials and the production, filling, transport and/or disposal
of packaging materials, packaging components or units of packaging.
Mass released per functional unit of final packaging material, packaging
Metrics components, packaging or time (expressed in CO2 equivalency).
• Kilograms / kilograms of final packaging material
Examples • Kilograms / 1000 units of packaging
• Metric tons / year (based on production rate)
Measure all direct and indirect GHG emissions released during the growth, harvest or extraction and processing of raw materials,
collection and processing of recycled or reused materials, production of final packaging materials, conversion of final packaging
materials into packaging components, assembly of packaging components into units of packaging, filling of packaging units,
What to transport of raw, recycled and/or reused materials, final packaging materials, packaging components and/or units of packaging
and the end-of-life processing of packaging. Include direct and indirect GHG emissions from energy sources used to heat, cool
Measure and illuminate any facility space in which any of the operations specified above are performed. For additional guidance, refer to
ISO standards 14040 and 14044, the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories and PAS 2050.
Do not include direct or indirect GHG emissions released during the transport of packaging that contains product. Do not include
What not to GHG emissions released as a result of heating, cooling and illuminating facility space that is not used for packaging-related
functions or activities, e.g., administrative offices, unless the facility is used exclusively to produce final packaging materials,
measure packaging components or units of packaging.
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8. Published
June 2010
Consumer Goods Forum Strategic Pillars
Knowledge
Knowledge
Emerging
Emerging Sustaina-
Sustaina- Safety &
Safety & Operational Excellence
Operational Excellence Sharing
Sharing
Trends
Trends bility
bility Health
Health New Ways of Working Together
New Ways of Working Together & People
& People
Development
Development
2020 H&W
H&W
2020
Future Global
Global Principles
Principles Global
Global
Future GFSI
GFSI
Value Packaging
Packaging Commit-
Commit- Summit
Summit
Value
Chain ments
ments
Chain
Climate
Climate Information
Information Future
Change
Change Future
&
&
Work:
Work: Leaders
Leaders
Education
Education Connect
•Carbon Connect
•Carbon Focus Business
Measure- Focus Business Prepare Share our
Measure- on Infor- Prepare Share our
ment on Infor- our Supply
ment Con- mation our Supply
•Defore Ageing
Ageing Con- mation People Chain
•Defore sumer People Chain
station Population
Population sumer
station
•Refrige-
•Refrige-
ration
ration
•Consumer
•Consumer
Engage-
Engage-
ment
ment
GSCP
GSCP
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9. The CGF/GPP and GS1
• Retailers and
manufacturers want
to leverage GS1
standards to support
the Sustainability
initiative.
• We need to work together to ensure the
standards properly support the Global Packaging
Project (GPP) business requirements.
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How do we move from pilots
to practice?
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10. The Framework is in Place
The Framework is in Place
So, what
else is
needed
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11. Business requirements
• The Consumer Goods Forum Global
Packaging Project will identify the
business requirements and direction.
• GS1 will use the requirements to ensure
the standards meet the user business
requirements.
• The GS1 Global Standards Management
Process (GSMP) provides a mechanism
to ensure GS1 standards properly reflect
the ongoing needs of the community.
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GS1 Progress to date
• Completed scorecard
analysis, GS1 Canada and
US
• GS1 Briefing Paper for
Member Organizations
• GDSN initial assessment of
capabilities
• Change Request entered into
the GSMP (CR 10-169)
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12. Conclusions
• GPP is a building block for the wider
Sustainability Work in the Consumer
Goods Forum
• It’s success depends entirely on the
willingness of our industry to work together
and use the framework and measurement
system as the basis for dialogue
The Global Packaging Project:
A Global Language for
Packaging and
Sustainability
Nigel Bagley
Peter Alvarez
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