Tetra Pak

Review summary

Tetra Pak has submitted its Approach to Nature to ‘It’s Now for Nature’ and met all the review criteria.

Reviewed June 2024

Tetra Pak’s materiality assessment addresses nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities across the value chain.
Drivers of nature loss in Tetra Pak’s value chain include: land use change, direct exploitation of natural resources, climate change and pollution.
Sourcing of raw materials– particularly paperboard, other packaging materials, polymers, and aluminum foil – were found to have the most significant negative impacts on nature.

The company’s 23 SMART targets cover sustainable sourcing, supplier initiatives and increasing traceability and transparency, and operational improvements in water, waste, and air pollution.
Tetra Pak is also focusing on developing less impactful materials, engaging customers, and enhancing recycling.
For example, by 2025, 100% of Tetra Pak’s raw materials with the most significant land footprint will originate from certified or controlled sources.
Another example is that by 2030 Tetra Pak will eradicate waste-to-landfill from its production sites.

Targets are accompanied with a description of implemented actions for each target.
Actions mostly relate to impact mitigation (land use change, direct exploitation of natural resources, climate change and pollution), and to raw materials, water dependencies and risks.
For example, Tetra Pak will continue to ensure that the 100% paperboard they source originates from FCS-certified forests and FCS-controlled wood sources.
Another example is that Tetra Pak works to improve collection and recycling to reduce the negative nature impacts of used beverages cartons and to increase circularity of materials.

The Nature Approach is an inherent part of Tetra Pak strategy owned and approved by their executive leadership team which oversees its implementation.