Mondelēz 2023 Snacking Made Right Report: Aiming To Advance a More Circular Economy for Packaging
Mondelēz International's 2023 Snacking Made Right Report highlights the company's efforts to advance a more circular economy for packaging. The report focuses on three key areas: reducing packaging, evolving packaging, and improving systems. Mondelēz aims to reduce virgin plastic use by 5% by 2025 and has already reduced its plastic packaging footprint by 2.3% versus 2020. The company has made significant progress in designing recyclable packaging, with approximately 96% of its packaging now designed to be recyclable. Mondelēz is also collaborating with industry partners and investing in innovative recycling technologies to improve collection and recycling systems globally.
Il Report 2023 Snacking Made Right di Mondelēz International sottolinea gli sforzi dell'azienda per promuovere un'economia più circolare per il packaging. Il rapporto si concentra su tre aree chiave: riduzione del packaging, evoluzione del packaging e miglioramento dei sistemi. Mondelēz mira a ridurre l'uso della plastica vergine del 5% entro il 2025 e ha già ridotto il suo impatto del packaging in plastica del 2,3% rispetto al 2020. L'azienda ha compiuto progressi significativi nella progettazione di packaging riciclabili, con circa il 96% del suo packaging progettato per essere riciclabile. Mondelēz sta anche collaborando con partner del settore e investendo in tecnologie innovative di riciclaggio per migliorare i sistemi di raccolta e riciclaggio a livello globale.
El Informe 2023 Snacking Made Right de Mondelēz International destaca los esfuerzos de la compañía para promover una economía más circular en el embalaje. El informe se centra en tres áreas clave: reducir el embalaje, evolucionar el embalaje y mejorar los sistemas. Mondelēz tiene como objetivo reducir el uso de plástico virgen en un 5% para 2025 y ya ha reducido su huella de embalaje plástico en un 2,3% en comparación con 2020. La compañía ha logrado avances significativos en el diseño de envases reciclables, con aproximadamente el 96% de sus envases diseñados para ser reciclables. Mondelēz también está colaborando con socios de la industria e invirtiendo en tecnologías innovadoras de reciclaje para mejorar los sistemas de recolección y reciclaje a nivel mundial.
몬델리즈 인터내셔널의 2023 스낵킹 메이드 라이트 보고서는 포장의 순환 경제를 발전시키기 위한 회사의 노력을 강조합니다. 보고서는 세 가지 주요 영역에 집중하고 있습니다: 포장 줄이기, 포장 진화시키기, 시스템 개선하기. 몬델리즈는 2025년까지 재활용되지 않은 플라스틱 사용을 5% 줄이는 것을 목표로 하고 있으며, 2020년 대비 플라스틱 포장 발자국을 2.3% 줄이는데 성공했습니다. 회사는 약 96%의 포장이 재활용 가능하도록 설계하는 데 상당한 진전을 이뤘습니다. 몬델리즈는 또한 업계 파트너와 협력하고 혁신적인 재활용 기술에 투자하여 전 세계적으로 수집 및 재활용 시스템을 개선하고 있습니다.
Le Rapport 2023 Snacking Made Right de Mondelēz International met en avant les efforts de l'entreprise pour promouvoir une économie plus circulaire pour les emballages. Le rapport se concentre sur trois domaines clés : réduction des emballages, évolution des emballages et amélioration des systèmes. Mondelēz vise à réduire l'utilisation de plastique vierge de 5% d'ici 2025 et a déjà diminué son empreinte d'emballage plastique de 2,3% par rapport à 2020. L'entreprise a réalisé des progrès significatifs dans la conception d'emballages recyclables, avec environ 96% de ses emballages désormais conçus pour être recyclables. Mondelēz collabore également avec des partenaires industriels et investit dans des technologies de recyclage innovantes pour améliorer les systèmes de collecte et de recyclage à l'échelle mondiale.
Der 2023 Snacking Made Right Bericht von Mondelēz International hebt die Bemühungen des Unternehmens hervor, eine zirkulärere Wirtschaft für Verpackungen voranzutreiben. Der Bericht konzentriert sich auf drei Schlüsselaspekte: Verpackung reduzieren, Verpackung weiterentwickeln und Systeme verbessern. Mondelēz hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, den Verbrauch von neuem Plastik bis 2025 um 5% zu reduzieren und hat bereits seinen Plastikverpackungs-Fußabdruck im Vergleich zu 2020 um 2,3% verringert. Das Unternehmen hat bedeutende Fortschritte beim Design von recycelbaren Verpackungen gemacht, wobei etwa 96% seiner Verpackungen jetzt so gestaltet sind, dass sie recycelbar sind. Mondelēz kooperiert auch mit Branchenpartnern und investiert in innovative Recyclingtechnologien, um die Sammel- und Recyclingsysteme weltweit zu verbessern.
- Reduced plastic packaging footprint by 2.3% versus 2020
- Approximately 96% of packaging designed to be recyclable
- Eliminated over 12,000 metric tonnes of plastic packaging
- Joined Ocean Plastics Leadership Network to combat plastic pollution
- Launched products with recycled plastic packaging in UK and Norway
- Investing in advanced recycling technology in Australia
- Still working towards 5% reduction goal in virgin plastic use by 2025
- Challenges in developing roadmaps across many countries and shifting complex supply chains
- Costly materials and infrastructure development needed for circular economy
Insights
Mondelēz International's 2023 Snacking Made Right Report showcases significant progress in sustainable packaging initiatives. The company's three-pronged approach—reducing, evolving and improving packaging systems—demonstrates a comprehensive strategy towards circular economy goals.
Key achievements include:
- Reduction of plastic packaging footprint by
2.3% versus 2020 96% of packaging designed to be recyclable- Elimination of over 12,000 metric tonnes of plastic packaging
These efforts position Mondelēz as an industry leader in sustainable packaging. However, challenges remain in scaling new materials and technologies across complex supply chains. The company's collaboration with industry peers and investment in advanced recycling technologies signal a long-term commitment to overcoming these hurdles.
For investors, this proactive approach to sustainability could translate to reduced regulatory risks and enhanced brand value in an increasingly eco-conscious market.
Mondelēz's engagement in policy development and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes is a strategic move in the evolving regulatory landscape. Their participation in the UN Global Treaty for Plastic Pollution and membership in the Circular Action Alliance demonstrate proactive involvement in shaping future regulations.
The company's support for infrastructure development to increase plastic collection is crucial, as it addresses a major bottleneck in achieving circularity. Their investment in Circulate Capital's funds, including expansion to Latin America, shows a commitment to tangible action beyond policy advocacy.
However, the report lacks specific metrics on the impact of these policy engagements. Investors should monitor how these initiatives translate into concrete regulatory advantages or risk mitigation in key markets. The company's ability to navigate and influence the complex policy environment will be critical for long-term sustainability compliance and cost management.
Mondelēz's sustainable packaging initiatives present both opportunities and challenges for the company's market position. The transition to more sustainable materials, such as recycled PET in Cadbury selection boxes, aligns with growing consumer demand for eco-friendly products. This could potentially enhance brand loyalty and attract environmentally conscious consumers.
However, the costs associated with these initiatives, including investments in new technologies and materials, may pressure profit margins in the short term. The company's ability to balance these costs with pricing strategies will be crucial.
The report's focus on collaboration, such as the partnership with Amcor and Licella for advanced recycling in Australia, indicates a strategic approach to sharing development costs and risks. This could accelerate innovation while distributing financial burden.
Investors should closely monitor how these sustainability efforts impact product pricing, market share and overall financial performance in the coming years. The company's success in leveraging these initiatives for competitive advantage will be a key factor in its long-term growth prospects.
NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / September 17, 2024 / We work hard to use packaging that does more than protect our products and delight our consumers. At Mondelēz International, we strive to continually improve our packaging with the long-term aim of advancing our support for a more circular economy for packaging.
We believe that by continuously improving our packaging and measuring our performance, we can work towards our long-term aim of advancing our support for a more circular economy for packaging. For us, this is based around a three-part approach that helps us utilize packaging that is both light and right. The three parts are:
Reducing Packaging by aiming to utilize packaging that is light, safe and, when appropriate, can be reused or recycled.
Evolving Packaging involves evolving our packaging so that it's designed to be recyclable, and utilizes recycled plastic content, where appropriate, to help drive down packaging waste. Our key goal is to use packaging that is designed to be recyclable and continue our use of recycled content.
Improving Systems means supporting the development of infrastructure and capabilities with a goal of being able to collect as much plastic as we put into the environment. As part of this, we are supporters of policy development and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes to cover the development of systems supporting collection of all types of plastic packaging, and are involved in ongoing collaboration with governments, peers and others.
Significant progress has been made across the global business to integrate our Global Sustainable Packaging Strategy into our local business strategies and roadmaps. Over the past 18 months we have worked with our local market teams through bespoke workshops, capability building and training to develop comprehensive, locally-relevant programs for more sustainable packaging that recognize the local market environment.
We also recognize that cross-functional collaboration is critical to our success and to our ability to deliver more sustainable solutions for packaging, now and in the future, especially in the areas of:
New innovative materials that support increased circularity and provide sufficient quality and safety for our products.
Sourcing of new technologies such as materials made from recycled plastic waste.
Globally consistent support for policy development and advancement of infrastructure.
As we continue to build on our strong foundations, we move closer to meeting our goals and advancing our support for a circular economy for packaging.
REDUCING PACKAGING
We remain on track to achieve our 2025 goal of
Mondelēz International is one of the founding business signatories to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF)'s Global Commitment, which unites organizations behind a common vision of a circular economy for plastics. Of the 123 businesses that contributed data for the EMF's 2023 Global Commitment Progress Report, we were delighted to be singled out as the brand that reported the highest tonnage elimination of plastic packaging: over 12,000 metric tonnes. This was achieved by moving about
"With the launch of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's Global Commitment, leaders within the plastic packaging industry joined forces to drive action and achieve systems change. Five years later, it is clear that voluntary action can make meaningful progress, but more has to be done to end plastics waste and pollution. Despite outperforming the rest of the market, signatories are expected to miss some of their 2025 targets. We therefore welcome Mondelēz International's efforts to eliminate problematic or unnecessary plastic packaging. In our 2023 Progress Report, Mondelēz International was the brand reporting the highest elimination of plastic packaging, or 12,825 metric tonnes. We need more brands to follow their lead."
Aisha Stenning
Programme Manager for Plastics
Ellen MacArthur
EVOLVING PACKAGING
We continue to make meaningful strides in the evolution of our packaging material. As of the end 2023 approximately
We continue working across our markets to recognize local requirements, educating suppliers on Mondelēz International and industry standards, and collaborating with our peers amongst other actions. To account for various strategic and operational factors including but not limited to our mergers and acquisitions strategy and growth, as well as external factors like evolving regulatory requirements, we are updating our goal to: We aim to have approximately
We continue to collaborate within the industry and across sectors to ensure that the actions we take can have the scaled impact we need to see. In 2023, we became members of the Ocean Plastics Leadership Network (OPLN), a global multi-stakeholder community dedicated to ending plastic pollution in our oceans. With OPLN we are working with our peers along the value chain to produce responsible production guidelines for advanced recycling.
Further, with the CGF we continue to support advancement of the Golden Design Rules, and as co-chairs of the CGF Plastic Waste Coalition of Action's Flexibles Working Group we work with our peers to help advance circularity for flexibles, such as EPR for flexibles.
In the U.K. for Christmas 2023, we evolved our core Cadbury selection boxes to include trays made with about
In Norway in 2023, we also announced the launch of Kvikk Lunsj made with recycled plastic packaging. The outer packaging of the chocolate sold in 3-, 4- and 6-packs now consists of majority ISCC mass balance certified recycled plastic.
Bureau Veritas UK Limited (Bureau Veritas) was engaged by Mondelēz International to provide limited assurance of its 2023 performance on their plastics and packaging material consumption and targets included in the above chart. This assurance statement can be found in our ESG Reporting & Disclosure Reporting Archive.
"Our strategy is based on reducing the amount of packaging we use, simplifying materials so they can be recycled and using recycled materials where we can. But progress demands much more. I'm proud of the leadership role we're playing as we continue to call for and invest in innovation and partnerships that can create lasting solutions and of the significant collaboration realized across MDLZ teams to integrate our global strategy into local business roadmaps. Building these capabilities across our business helps us to go further, faster with comprehensive, locally relevant programs for more sustainable packaging."
Emma Beard
Vice President, Global Sustainable Packaging,
Mondelēz International
IMPROVING SYSTEMS
Systems and infrastructure are critical for packaging materials to be recycled in practice. As such, along with local market engagement in policy design and informal and formal development, we continue to play an active role in the UN Global Treaty for Plastic Pollution via the Business Coalition. We are active members of its policy working group, which aims to harmonize regulation on reduction, circulation and prevention. The group is also part of the EMF and World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) joint working group on policy development. In 2024 - a decisive year - the group aims to align on a treaty seeking to end plastic pollution by 2040.
In the Philippines, meanwhile, we partnered with PCX with a goal for the recovery and diversion of all of the equivalent of our in-market yearly plastic packaging output. PCX partners with organizations that collect and divert post-consumer waste in a credible, traceable, transparent and socially-responsible manner.
In 2023 we expanded our investment in Circulate Capital beyond Southeast Asia and India to the newly established Latin America Fund. The fund aims to enhance focus on the physical collection of flexible films - lightweight, multi-layer plastics used by the snacking industry - that have traditionally been more difficult to collect, sort, recycle and ultimately reuse.
Since the Circulate Capital fund was launched in December 2019 and by December 2022 they have invested more than
CIRCULARITY IN PRACTICE
Working towards a circular economy will demand infrastructural development, widespread investment, an enabling policy and regulatory environment, and cooperation between multiple stakeholders over the long term.
There are many challenges, due to the need to develop roadmaps across many countries, shift complex supply chains and source highly sought-after and costly materials.
Collaboration is key, and we are committed to working closely with our peers and other stakeholders, particularly on innovation to replace challenging materials with more sustainable alternatives. Progress via collaboration isn't always as rapid as we'd like, but our steady advancement together is helping drive positive change across many markets.
As part of our commitment to working in collaboration with others across the sector, in 2023 we became a Founding Member of the Circular Action Alliance (U.S.). In this Alliance, alongside 18 other Founding Members, we work together as producers to help improve systems consistent with meeting EPR obligations as a step forward in seeking a more circular pack economy.
In 2023 we joined forces with leaders in the packaging supply chain to further advance a more circular economy for plastic packaging in Australia. Together with Amcor, a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions, Mondelēz International is investing in advanced recycling technology pioneer Licella. Our investments aim to help Licella progress construction of one of the first advanced recycling facilities in Australia. Licella aims to use its innovative Catalytic Hydrothermal Reactor (Cat-HTR™) technology to recycle end-of-life plastic back into a crude oil substitute suitable for producing new food-grade plastic packaging. Mondelēz International has already launched Cadbury Dairy Milk packaged with
"Investing in the latest technology helps accelerate our transition to a more circular pack economy. Cadbury in Australia is fueling a focus on soft plastic increased circularity, now using more recycled content."
Darren O'Brien
President, Australia, New Zealand & Japan,
Mondelēz International
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