Forestry and FSC™

At Tetra Pak we favour renewable resources as they can grow and be regrown indefinitely without depleting our natural resources when they are managed with care. This makes them an ideal environmental and business choice. Not only do they regrow as trees, but as forests they provide life to fauna and flora, and are themselves living systems. Since the forests our suppliers source from are growing year on year, and providing habitats to diverse plant, animal and insect species, they contribute beneficially to the planet's ecology and climate.

Our carton packages are primarily based on wood fibres, but we don't own the forests we source from, nor do we make paper. To ensure sound forest management practices, we have an engaged approach to sourcing and work closely with suppliers, non-governmental organizations and other stakeholders globally.

To ensure that the forests we source from are indeed growing, and managed in a way that promotes biodiversity and social fairness, we have instituted a Forestry Guideline (see section Forestry Guideline). The guidelines define our requirements and ambitions as well as ensure transparency of our activities and achievements. We have our performance independently audited to ensure accountability. The objectives, actions and communications of these work plans constitute our forestry programme. The programme's focus is on traceability of supply and sustainable forest management. The aim is to ensure that the sources of our fibre are good – and accepted as such.

Our ultimate goal is that the wood fibre used in our packaging comes from responsibly managed forests certified to the highest standards, currently set by FSC.

Read more about renewable energy in the Climate section