Environmental Sustainability

"It's all about action"

Farnell Packaging Limited's long-term objective is to integrate environmental sustainability and economic prosperity. We continue to demonstrate our leadership which initially grew out of the founder's beliefs and values of what was right and made good business sense: Recycle, Reduce, Reuse, invest in distillation equipment to reclaim solvents from waste inks, R&D investment for biodegradable film products, and re-visit efficient water and energy practices.

 

Reducing Our Carbon Footprint

Farnell has a long history of best practices in reducing our carbon footprint as recognized by our community and industry awards:

• 2011
• BMQ Certification - Farnell Compostable Film Product
• Eco Efficiency Centre 2011 Success Story and Continuous Improvement Award

• 2010
• Gold Award, "Most Environmentally Progressive Packaging Company in Canada" - Hosted by Print Action

• 2009
• Print Action, Environmental Printing Award, "Most Environmentally Progressive Printer in Canada" (100+ employees) Bronze

• 2008

• Sustainable Packaging Leadership Awards, Sponsored by the Packaging Association of Canada
• Category: Process/Facility, Packaging Converter

• 2007
  • Packaging Association of Canada - National Packaging Competition Special Commendation "Environmental Commitment"
• Flexographic Technical Association, NA, Environmental Excellence Award, "Technical Innovation" for its work in developing biodegradable film products.

• 2006
  • Print Action, Environmental Printing Award "Most Progressive Environmental Packaging Project" for its involvement in the Canadian Plastics Sector Council, "There's a future in Plastics" campaign.

• 2004
  • Canadian Plastics Industry Association "Leader of the Year" National Award

• 2003
  • Eco-Efficiency Centre Award for "Continuous Environmental Commitment"

• 2002
  • Farnell biodegradable film products receive "US Composting Council Certification".
  • Farnell biodegradable film products are granted use of the Biodegradable Products Institute's logo. Our North American award-winning compostable film product is designed to break down completely into H2O and carbon according to ASTM standards.

• 2000
  • Eco-Efficiency Centre Award for "Environmental Excellence in Water Efficiency"

 

 

We Are All In This Together

Today, more than ever before, the selection of a flexible packaging supplier involves many considerations beyond the actual performance of a particular product. The ability of a supplier to support your sustainability objectives is an important piece of the puzzle, leading to success. We work closely with customers exploring ways in which we can be more efficient and cognizant of our shared business in order to reduce our carbon footprint - material down-gauging, pack size, freight utilization, end-use waste... we are all in this together.

Farnell Packaging Limited - Environmental Protection Policy

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