Determine your Sustainable Sensitivity

Here are 3 questions that can help determine your sustainable sensitivity:

• Do your customers grade you?
  • Wal Mart scorecard
  • Costco
  • Sams
• Do you currently have an internal sustainability program?
• Do you have influence on your customer's need or desire for sustainable programs?

If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, Shorr Packaging can help you!

But What Is Sustainability?

The Sustainable Packaging Coalition "envisions" a world where all packaging is…

• Sourced responsibly
• Designed to be effective and safe throughout its life cycle
• Meets market criteria for performance and cost
• Made entirely using renewable energy
• Once used, is recycled efficiently to provide a valuable resource for subsequent generations 

The Sustainable Packaging Coalition Further Defines Sustainability as

• Beneficial, safe & healthy for individuals and communities throughout its life cycle;
• Meets market criteria for performance and cost;
• Is sourced, manufactured, transported, and recycled using renewable energy;
• Maximizes the use of renewable or recycled source materials;
• Is manufactured using clean production technologies and best practices;
• Is made from materials healthy in all probable end of life scenarios;
• Is physically designed to optimize materials and energy;
• Is effectively recovered and utilized in biological and/or industrial cradle to cradle cycles.

As you can see there is more than just a little gray area in this definition. The most important issue to your customer is  to show awareness and demonstrate continual improvement. Shorr Packaging partners with customers and vendors in creating sustainable packaging program improvements.

We can help you and your customers take steps toward continual improvement in sustainable packaging. Please contact us for Eco-Sensible™ assistance.

To learn more about the Sustainable Packaging Coalition use this link http://www.sustainablepackaging.org