Mondelēz International Joins Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy Initiative and The UK Plastics Pact to Acce...
March 24 2020 - 3:12PM
Mondelēz International, Inc. today announced that it has joined two
leading initiatives focused on tackling plastic waste and
pollution, as the company accelerates its efforts to reduce its
impact on people and the planet.
Mondelēz International is now a signatory of the Ellen MacArthur
Foundation’s New Plastics Economy Global Commitment, as well as a
participant in the New Plastics Economy Initiative, and a member of
the UK Plastics Pact. The initiatives share a collective ambition
to address plastic waste and pollution at its source, by moving
toward a circular economy where plastic stays in the economy and
out of the environment.
The announcement marks an important step forward in Mondelēz
International’s ambition to create positive impact for people and
planet and achieve zero-net waste packaging. As part of a long-term
commitment to reduce environmental impact, the company set 2025
packaging innovation targets to ensure 100% of packaging is
designed to be recycled, contains on-pack recycling information and
contributes to the company’s commitment to reduce CO2 emissions.
Today, 93 percent of the company’s total packaging, including both
plastic and non-plastic, is designed to be recycled.
Beyond this significant progress the announcement advances the
company’s leadership role in calling for and participating in
sector-wide collaboration to identify and scale up innovation,
harmonize packaging formats to make recycling easier and improve
waste management infrastructure.
“We believe that sector-wide initiatives, in collaboration with
government, are key to reducing the impact of packaging on our
planet” said Christine Montenegro McGrath, Vice President of
Sustainability and Global Impact 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 ambitious
2025 targets which Mondelēz International, along with signatories
from government, business and other organizations, has formally
endorsed. As part of the Global Commitment, Mondelēz International
will work towards the following:
- Take action to eliminate problematic or unnecessary plastic
packaging by 2025
- 100% of plastic packaging to be reusable or recyclable
- Use 5% recycled content (by weight) across all plastic
packaging used
- Take action to move from single-use towards reuse models where
relevant
“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,” said Sander
Defruyt, Lead of the New Plastics Economy Initiative at the Ellen
MacArthur Foundation.
As a member of the UK Plastics Pact, which is the first in a
global network of Pacts which are aligned with, and support the New
Plastics Economy initiative, Mondelēz International commits to
working towards delivering the UK Plastics Pact 2025 targets
by:
- Eliminating unnecessary and problematic packaging and plastic
products
- Ensuring all plastic packaging is recyclable in practice
- Using recycled plastic in our packaging wherever possible
“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,” said Marcus
Gover, CEO WRAP the organization behind the Pact.
Joining these initiatives furthers Mondelēz International’s 2025
sustainability goals which are focused on making snacks with less
energy, water and waste. These goals are designed to address
climate change in a meaningful way and are based on an end-to-end,
science-based approach to reducing the company’s carbon footprint,
including reducing absolute CO2 emissions from manufacturing and
addressing deforestation in key raw material supply
chains.
About Mondelēz InternationalMondelēz
International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDLZ) empowers people to snack right
in over 150 countries around the world. With 2019 net revenues of
approximately $26 billion, MDLZ is leading the future of snacking
with iconic global and local brands such as OREO, belVita and LU
biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Sour
Patch Kids candy and Trident gum. Mondelēz International is a proud
member of the Standard and Poor’s 500, Nasdaq 100 and Dow Jones
Sustainability Index. Visit www.mondelezinternational.com or follow
the company on Twitter at www.twitter.com/MDLZ. About the
Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy
Since 2016, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics
Economy initiative has rallied businesses and governments behind a
positive vision of a circular economy for plastics. Its 2016 and
2017 New Plastics Economy reports captured worldwide headlines,
revealing the financial and environmental costs of waste plastic
and pollution. The initiative is supported by Wendy Schmidt as
Lead Philanthropic Partner, and the Oak Foundation as a
Philanthropic Funder. Amcor, Borealis, The Coca-Cola Company,
Danone, L’Oréal, MARS, Nestlé, PepsiCo, Unilever, Veolia and
Walmart are the initiative’s Core
Partners. www.newplasticseconomy.org | @circulareconomy
About the New Plastics Economy Global
Commitment The New Plastics Economy Global Commitment
unites businesses, governments and other organizations behind a
common vision and targets to address plastic waste and pollution at
its source. It is led by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in
collaboration with UN Environment Programme (UNEP). Launched in
2018, the Global Commitment already has more than 450 signatories
committed to keeping plastic in the economy and out of the
environment, by committing to a set of ambitious 2025
targets. At the heart of the New Plastic Economy Global
Commitment is a vision of a circular economy for plastic, where
plastics never become waste. It is defined by six key
points:
- Elimination of problematic or unnecessary plastic packaging
through redesign, innovation, and new delivery models is a
priority
- Reuse models are applied where relevant, reducing the need for
single-use packaging
- All plastic packaging is 100% reusable, recyclable, or
compostable
- All plastic packaging is reused, recycled, or composted in
practice
- The use of plastic is fully decoupled from the consumption of
finite resources
- All plastic packaging is free of hazardous chemicals, and the
health, safety, and rights of all people involved are
respected
About the UK Plastics PactThe UK Plastics Pact,
led by WRAP and launched in 2018, is the first of the Ellen
MacArthur Foundation’s global Plastics Pact network. The UK
Plastics Pact is a bold and unique initiative that will transform
the UK’s plastic system. By bringing together the entire plastics
value chain behind a common set of ambitious targets, it will move
us towards a system which keeps plastic in the economy and out of
the environment. It will encompass innovation, research and new
business models to rethink and redesign what packaging we put on
the market in the first place, and how we can encourage more re-use
of packaging.
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