ISO 14001 certification
Tetra Pak uses environmental management systems to assess and manage the environmental impacts of its activities, to achieve local and global environmental goals, and to make continuous improvements.
Tetra Pak aims to certify all manufacturing plants to ISO 14001. By the end of 2009, 89% of all our manufacturing plants had environmental management systems certified to ISO 14001.
| Carton packaging material |
37 |
36 |
97% |
| Closures, straws, strips and film |
14 |
10 |
71% |
| Processing equipment and packaging machines |
12 |
10 |
83% |
Legal compliance
Legal compliance is a basic element of our ISO 14001 environmental management systems and local legal requirements are a minimum standard.
Tetra Pak reports incidents when sites have been subject to official notices of deficiency or non-compliance (e.g. notice of violation, improvement notice, prohibition notice) from authorities. In addition, fines are separately reported.
Six sites were issued with a notice of deficiency from authorities and two of the sites had to pay fines in 2009.
| Official notice of deficiency from authorities |
7 |
9 |
6 |
| Fines and penalties |
2 |
0 |
2 |
Environmental incidents
Reported environmental incidents include release, or threatened release, of a chemical, physical or biological agent that may cause harm to the external environment.
Environmental incidents reported for 2009 include for example events such as mineral oil leakages in factories premises and breakdown of engine connected to water treatment.
All factories have procedures in place to handle incidents and prevent them from reoccurring.
| Environmental incidents |
45 |
60 |
40 |