Products
Businesses are defined by the products they make and sell. We want to deliver products with purpose, reducing their environmental impact and encouraging consumers to adopt pro-environment behaviours.
Pledges made in 2008
- Reduce PIUK total waste to landfill by a further 20% during 2008.
- Achieve zero landfill waste across our total supply chain within 10 years.
- Commission life-cycle assessments of our major packaging materials to identify optimal choices for greenhouse gas and water reduction.
- All Quaker and Walkers packaging to be renewable, recyclable or biodegradable within 10 years Quaker and Walkers to roll out Forest Stewardship Council paper-based packaging, where appropriate, within 3 years.
- Donate surplus Tropicana, Copella and PJ's Smoothies to breakfast clubs in deprived communities, diverting them from landfill.
- Reduce Walkers packaging weight by a further 10% by 2010.
Key achievements
Since our pledges were introduced we have:
- Stopped sending any waste to landfill at nine of our manufacturing and distribution sites
- Reduced total waste sent to landfill by 88%
- Reduced our Walkers packaging weight by 4%, short of our 10% target
- Reached over 80,000 children through Magic Breakfast
For details on progress again all our pledges, read our latest Environmental Sustainability Report.
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