Packaging and material efficiency
We aim to reduce the negative environmental impact of our packaging, and address identified risks, along the entire value chain. This applies to any packaging that Lindt & Sprüngli distributes. Our vision is to support a circular economy and address environmental risks by employing packaging solutions that can help us achieve our ambitions. We proactively challenge our entire packaging portfolio, and endeavor to reduce the amount of packaging materials used. Our focus areas are the use of recycled materials, and design for recyclability. The sourcing of pulp- and paper-based materials that are PEFC or FSC certified will help us to improve our negative supply chain impacts.
Lindt & Sprüngli Sustainable Packaging Initiative
We aim to continuously and proactively challenge our entire packaging portfolio (consumer, transportation and display packaging) and strive to reduce packaging materials used by 2025.
Our Sustainable Packaging Initiative considers impacts throughout the life cycle of the packaging, from raw material sourcing to designing for recycling. We integrate environmental criteria into the packaging design process in line with our Sustainable Packaging Handbook, along with other criteria, for instance related to food safety, quality, and cost. Changes in material composition to (re)design our packaging to make it recyclable, as well as to use recycled materials, are checked and approved by external laboratories and consultants, e.g., for external certification of sorting and recycling compatibility. Food safety aspects are analyzed via external research to ensure that new materials and packaging solutions do not negatively impact our chocolate products.
Our five Sustainable Packaging Commitments to support the circular economy
- We aim to source 100% of our pulp- and paper-based packaging from a certified supply chain by 2025.
- We aim to make at least 45% of all our packaging from recycled materials and to reduce our relative share of virgin plastic use by 10% (versus 2020) by 2025.
- We aim to continuously and proactively challenge our entire packaging portfolio and strive to reduce packaging materials used by 2025.
- We aim to design over 70% of our plastic packaging to be recyclable by 2025.
- We aim to design over 90% of packaging to be recyclable by 2025.