Elevate Your

Sustainability Strategy
with the Right Packaging.
Introduction.
As the need for sustainability becomes more urgent, brands are
encouraged to intensify their collaboration with suppliers and retailers
to share knowledge and define standards for sustainability. With most
brands defining their sustainability targets and ambitions, partnerships
are a game-changer in today’s food and beverage industry.

The need for sustainability is reflected by growing consumer demand,

with 88%1 of consumers saying that if a brand has environmentally-sound
packaging, they are more likely to consider that brand, while 91% of
consumers look for environmental logos on the products they buy when
shopping .

“In the last three years – with all of the movement around climate change,
biodiversity and circularity – businesses see sustainability credentials as
a license to operate and grow in the food and beverage industry”
– Francesca Priora, Global Collection Programmes Director at Tetra Pak.
Why Collaborate
At Tetra Pak, we see collaboration as the
cornerstone of success. It allows us – as a packaging
company – to transform to transform the sustainably
sourced materials we source into into sustainable
packaging solutions. But there is so much more
involved in the collaboration process; together with
our customers, we drive collection and recycling
programs to get more and more used beverage
cartons to be recycling, so that the useful raw
materials can be used to give life to new products.
How our Portfolio
can Enhance Your
Sustainability Strategy
Tetra Pak offers a wide portfolio of sustainable
carton packaging, mainly made from plant-based
materials, that can help our customers reduce
their environmental footprint and meet consumer
expectations in terms of sustainability.

How We Collaborate
Tetra Pak collaboration with customers covers
a wide spectrum. One example would be the
journey (or process) to make sure packaging
is recycled, we include customers in research,
development and testing of new products, scaling
up collection and recycling in the markets where
they operate and working with them in global
and regional industry initiatives.

With our global network, pool of research

information and in-house experts, we help
brands not only anticipate and meet legal
requirements, but also build a sustainability
strategy that withstands the test of time
and earn the trust of their consumers.

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Tetra Pak Packaging
Solutions – a Sustainable
Environmental Choice.
Tetra Pak offers a wide portfolio of sustainable carton
packaging, mainly made from plant-based materials,
recyclable, responsibly sourced, reducing their climate
footprint. Here are just a few examples:
Tetra Rex® 1L Base
Plant-based Package,
with Tetra Pak® Craft
Packaging Material Effect
Already six years ago we pioneered the industry
by launching a beverage package entirely made
from plants. We are the only ones offering this
world’s first solution in the market.

This package for chilled products combines

plant-based coating, a plant-based cap and Tetra
Pak Craft packaging material for a more natural
look and feel, of bare paperboard with wood fibres.

Key product features:

• Fully made from plant-based materials

(paperboard and sugarcane plastic)

• No fossil plastic

• 60-80% less plastic when switching from

plastic bottles

• FSC™-certified, guaranteeing the

paperboard is sourced from responsibly
managed forests and other controlled sources

• Bonsucro-certified, which means the

sugarcane plastic in our packs if fully
traceable through the certification.

• Recyclable

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Tetra Brik® Aseptic
1000 Edge Package with
Plant-based LightCap™ 30
and the Tetra Pak® Craft
Packaging Material Effect
This ambient solution visually enhances the
beverage carton’s environmental credentials.

Key product features:

• 89% plant-based material

(paperboard and sugarcane plastic)

• Benefit from the removal of clay coating

on the paperboard, which gives the
package the natural look

• Carries the Bonsucro label, certifying

the responsible sourcing of sugarcane

• Benefit from having up to 23% reduction

in CO2 emissions compared to a standard
Tetra Brik® Aseptic package

• Utilise a paperboard from FSC™-certified

and other controlled souces

• Meet consumers’ demand by delivering

a package that can be recycled

• Utilise a Plant-based LightCap™ 30 (made

from polymers derived from sugarcane)

• Recyclable

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Tetra Prisma® Aseptic
1000 Square Package with
Plant-based HeliCap™ 27
and the Tetra Pak® Craft
Packaging Material Effect
This ambient solution combines plant-based
coatings, a plant-based cap and the Tetra Pak® Craft
packaging material to visually enhance a beverage
carton’s environmental credentials.

Key product features:

• Benefit from the removal of clay coating

on the paperboard that gives the package
the natural look of bare paperboard with
wood fibres

• Optimised structure delivering lighter

overall package weight vs a standard
Tetra Prisma® Aseptic package

• Combine Tetra Pak® Craft packaging

material effect with polymers derived
from sugarcane to further strengthen
the package environmental profile

• Carry the Bonsucro label, certifying

the responsbile sourcing of sugarcane

• Utilise paperboard from FSC™-certified

and other controlled sources

• Meet consumers’ demand by delivering

a package that can be recycled

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The Value of Third-Party
Certifications.
Forest Stewardship
Council™ (FSC™)
All the paperboard used to produce our carton
packages comes from FSC™ Forest Stewardship
Council™ certified forests and other controlled sources.
FSC is a credible universal standard and we actively
encourage our customers to display the logo on their
packages. Tetra Pak was the first in our industry to
introduce this certification in 2007, and since then, we
have produced over 500 billion FSC-labelled packs.
FSC makes sure forests are managed in a way that
secures their future, preserves wildlife and benefits
the lives of local people and workers. New trees
replace the ones that are cut, and harvested areas
are allowed to regenerate. This process makes sure
the store of atmospheric carbon in the forest is not
diminished.
Today, all our packages use FSC-certified paperboard.
Offering consumers FSC-certified packages means
our customers are helping them make a good choice
and look after the future of the world’s forests for
future generations.
The FSC license code for Tetra Pak is FSC™ C014047
Bonsucro
Tetra Pak® packages are mostly made of paperboard
from trees, with only thin layers of aluminum and
plastic that protect the contents.
We’re not only reducing our use of fossil plastic, but
we’re also using more and more plant-based plastic
made from sugarcane, both in the layers of our packs
and for the caps.
Just like trees, sugarcane absorbs CO₂ from the air
as it grows. So, using it to make plastic - instead of
using fossil resources - reduces climate impact.
Last year, Tetra Pak became the first company in the
food packaging and processing industry to source
plant-based plastic responsibly using the Bonsucro
Chain of Custody Standard. And since March 2020, all
the plant-based plastic we use is Bonsucro-certified.
This means the sugarcane plastic in our packs is
fully traceable through the Bonsucro Chain of
Custody. . This certification promotes sustainable
sugarcane production, processing and trade around
the world and enables our customers to make
stronger and more comprehensible sustainability
claims about their products.
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Partner up
with Tetra Pak.
Sustainability has been high on our agenda for many years.
And we are not on this journey alone. As we make progress,
we will be helping food producers, consumers and the entire
value chain improve their environmental footprint, mitigate
climate change and protect what’s good.

References
1,2 Tetra Pak Environmental Research 2019

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Tetra Pak® and PROTECTS WHAT’S GOOD™
are trademarks belonging to the Tetra Pak Group.
www.tetrapak.com

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