Unilever’s commitment to put sustainable and equitable growth at the heart of its business model is helping to drive increased sales while reducing costs and risks, according to the second Unilever Sustainable Living Plan Progress Report published on 22 April.
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Since 2008 leading supplier Unilever has achieved a CO² reduction of over one million tonnes from its manufacturing and logistics operations, as a result of improvements in manufacturing activities and making global logistics operations more efficient.
Cleaning up the nearly 20 000kg of waste from the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon, recently held in Cape Town, was no sweat for Nampak Liquid and Plastics SA. Together, they supported the extensive clean-up operations that formed part of the event’s successful management strategy.
PETCO announced that post-consumer plastic beverage bottle recycling volumes in South Africa grew by 18 per cent year-on-year in 2012. The recycling rate rose from 42 per cent in 2011 to 45 per cent in 2012, while the local market consumption of PET grew from 145 000 to 166 000 tonnes.
According to The Glass Recycling Company (TGRC), the latest glass recycling rate in South Africa is 40.1 per cent – having seen a 230 per cent growth in annual volumes recycled since the inception of TGRC six years ago. As evidenced in the shift in consumer behaviour, between July 2011 and June 2012, over 338 000 tonnes of post-consumer waste glass was diverted from landfill, saving raw materials and cutting carbon emissions. TGRC, South Africa’s official non-profit organisation mandated to increase glass recycling facilities and to educate South Africans through marketing and communication campaigns, reported these positive figures at its recently held annual AGM for the 2011/2012 fiscal.
