The Value of a Sustainability Audit

While many companies have used sustainability influencers like the Sustainable Packaging Coalition and the Ellen McArthur Foundation to determine what areas they wanted to focus on to improve their sustainable operations, measuring their progress toward goals like designing for recovery, eliminating unfavorable materials and increasing recycling can be complicated.

Many companies have multiple divisions, several packaging lines, and thousands of different SKUs that require unique packaging. Many companies that have goals set, have vague targets and an undefined path to achieve those goals. Not to mention, determining how sustainable each type of packaging and component is and what actions need to be taken to make those sustainable is a big job. To accomplish this, companies can leverage a sustainability audit.

A sustainability audit is a tool that allows companies to evaluate their sustainability goals and objectives, stage-gate progress toward those goals and objectives, and determine what actions will result in significant progress toward those goals.

These are the steps we take to help our clients get to an informed place to make decisions about what project comes next:
 

If this position sounds familiar, you’re interested in evaluating your progress or you’d like to identify quick wins to help you move the needle toward your goals, contact us!