Tetra Pak
  • Solutions

    Tetra Pak end-to-end solutions

    Solution

    • Yoghurt blueberries in bowl

      Processing

      Processing solutions and equipment for dairy, cheese, ice cream, beverages and prepared food.

    • three carton packages

      Packaging

      A complete carton packaging range for consuming fresh products, offering user convenience, easy opening and optimal shelf life.

    • women wearing hololens services

      Services

      Tetra Pak® Services helps you improve your performance, optimize costs and ensure food safety throughout the lifecycle of your operation

      • Solutions Overview
      • Aseptic Solution
      • Product Development Centers
      • Automation Solution
  • Insights

    • Food categories
      • Cheese
      • Dairy
      • Food
      • Ice cream
      • Juice & drinks
      • Plant-based drinks
      • Whey powder
      • Cheese
      • Dairy
      • Food
      • Ice cream
      • Juice & drinks
      • Plant-based drinks
      • Whey powder
    • Business areas
      • Processing
      • Packaging
      • Sustainability
      • Services
      • Processing
      • Packaging
      • Sustainability
      • Services
    • Tetra Pak Handbooks
      • Overview
      • Soya Handbook
      • Coconut Handbook
      • Processing Bookstore
      • Tetra Pak Dairy Processing Handbook
      • Orange Book
      • Processing Book Store Help
      • Soya Handbook
      • Coconut Handbook
      • Processing Bookstore
      • Tetra Pak Dairy Processing Handbook
      • Orange Book
      • Processing Book Store Help
    • Tetra Pak Index
      • Overview
      • Tetra Pak Index 2019
      • Tetra Pak Index: Online Grocery
      • Tetra Pak Index - The Connected Consumer
      • Tetra Pak Juice Index
      • Tetra Pak Dairy Index
      • Tetra Pak Index 2019
      • Tetra Pak Index: Online Grocery
      • Tetra Pak Index - The Connected Consumer
      • Tetra Pak Juice Index
      • Tetra Pak Dairy Index
    • Cases & articles
  • Sustainability

    • Our approach
      • CEO reflections
      • Food.People.Planet.
      • Good governance
      • Stakeholder engagement
      • Our sustainability approach
      • CEO reflections
      • Food.People.Planet.
      • Good governance
      • Stakeholder engagement
      • Our sustainability approach
    • Food
      • Engaging customers
      • Food safety, trust and traceability
      • Food quality
      • Food availability
      • Engaging customers
      • Food safety, trust and traceability
      • Food quality
      • Food availability
    • People
      • Safe, healthy workplaces
      • ​Diversity and inclusion
      • Talent
      • Engagement and recognition
      • Communities
      • Safe, healthy workplaces
      • ​Diversity and inclusion
      • Talent
      • Engagement and recognition
      • Communities
    • Planet
      • Responsible sourcing
      • Environmental impact
      • Circular Economy
      • Post-consumer recycling
      • Responsible sourcing
      • Environmental impact
      • Circular Economy
      • Post-consumer recycling
    • Sustainability reports
    • Carton recycling in Canada
  • About Tetra Pak

    • The Company
      • Organisation
      • Global Leadership Team
      • Alumni
      • Tetra Pak in Brief
      • Facts & Figures
      • Trademark & logotypes
      • History
      • ​​​Innovation
      • Our Identity and values
      • Organisation
      • Global Leadership Team
      • Alumni
      • Tetra Pak in Brief
      • Facts & Figures
      • Trademark & logotypes
      • History
      • ​​​Innovation
      • Our Identity and values
    • Careers
      • Jobs & traineeships
      • Meet our people
      • Grow with Tetra Pak
      • Future talent
      • Jobs & traineeships
      • Meet our people
      • Grow with Tetra Pak
      • Future talent
    • News & Events
      • News Room
      • News Archive
      • Actions on COVID-19
      • Events and webinars
      • News Room
      • News Archive
      • Actions on COVID-19
      • Events and webinars
    • ​Press contacts
My Tetra Pak
  • Solutions

    Tetra Pak end-to-end solutions

    Solution

    • Yoghurt blueberries in bowl

      Processing

      Processing solutions and equipment for dairy, cheese, ice cream, beverages and prepared food.

    • three carton packages

      Packaging

      A complete carton packaging range for consuming fresh products, offering user convenience, easy opening and optimal shelf life.

    • women wearing hololens services

      Services

      Tetra Pak® Services helps you improve your performance, optimize costs and ensure food safety throughout the lifecycle of your operation

      • Solutions Overview
      • Aseptic Solution
      • Product Development Centers
      • Automation Solution
  • Insights
  • Sustainability
  • About Tetra Pak
  • Contact Us
  • Canada (English)
  • My Tetra Pak

Choose Your Market

  • Global
  • Argentina
  • Australia
  • Belgium
  • Brazil
  • Canada (English)
  • Canada (Français)
  • Central America & Caribbean
  • Chile
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Croatia
  • Czech Republic
  • Ecuador
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany, Austria, Switzerland
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Iran
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Latvia
  • Maghreb
  • Malaysia
  • Mexico
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Pakistan
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Serbia
  • Singapore
  • Slovakia
  • South Africa
  • South Korea
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Taiwan
  • Thailand
  • Turkey
  • USA
  • United Kingdom
  • Venezuela
  • Vietnam

Sustainability
  • Our approach
    • CEO reflections
    • Food.People.Planet.
    • Good governance
    • Stakeholder engagement
    • Our sustainability approach
    • CEO reflections
    • Food.People.Planet.
    • Good governance
    • Stakeholder engagement
    • Our sustainability approach
  • Food
    • Engaging customers
    • Food safety, trust and traceability
    • Food quality
    • Food availability
    • Engaging customers
    • Food safety, trust and traceability
    • Food quality
    • Food availability
  • People
    • Safe, healthy workplaces
    • ​Diversity and inclusion
    • Talent
    • Engagement and recognition
    • Communities
    • Safe, healthy workplaces
    • ​Diversity and inclusion
    • Talent
    • Engagement and recognition
    • Communities
  • Planet
    • Responsible sourcing
    • Environmental impact
    • Circular Economy
    • Post-consumer recycling
    • Responsible sourcing
    • Environmental impact
    • Circular Economy
    • Post-consumer recycling
  • Sustainability reports
  • Carton recycling in Canada
Home Sustainability Planet Responsible sourcing Aluminium
Aluminium for Tetra Pak Aseptic cartons

ALUMINIUM

Aluminium is included in aseptic cartons because it prevents oxidation and light damage, keeping perishable food safe without refrigeration and preservatives for months.

The aluminium challenge

On the inside of our aseptic cartons, a layer of aluminium eight times thinner than a human hair provides vital protection from oxygen and light, keeping perishable food safe without refrigeration for months. We are continually innovating to make this layer as thin as possible, while investigating alternative barrier materials.

Although the aluminium layer used in our aseptic packaging is minute, it is also responsible for about a third of the climate impact of our base materials. We set tough CO2 emissions targets for our aluminium foil suppliers and are continually innovating to reduce how much we use, while investigating alternative barrier materials.​

Aluminium is included in aseptic cartons because it prevents oxidation and light damage. However, its production can be associated with environmental and social issues, ranging from land use and hazardous by-products; to working conditions, health and safety. Furthermore, because aluminium is traded in an open market, it can be difficult to trace back to the original source. Addressing these challenges is complex and requires continuous research and innovation, as well as working with multiple stakeholders​.

Multi-business partnerships​

As a founding member of the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI), we aim to address sustainability topics related to aluminium at an industry level. Along with Rio Tinto Aluminium, BMW, Nespresso, WWF and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, we are working to establish a global standard that raises the bar for aluminium production, environmentally and socially. We are also certified to the ASI's Production Standard, which defines 59 environmental, social and governance principles and criteria.

In 2019, we helped ensure that a further six of our ten aluminium suppliers also became certified. Along with the two suppliers already certified, this means that 90% of all our aluminium volumes were covered by this standard by year-end. The final two suppliers are due to be certified in 2020.​

Furthermore, in 2019, we helped ensure that four of these suppliers were also certified for ASI Chain of Custody (CoC), which enables a link between verified ASI Performance Standard practices at successive steps of the supply chain. This means that this CoC certification covered 75% of our volume by year-end. We expect ASI CoC certification to extend across all our aluminium suppliers by the end of 2020.

 

ASI logo

Looking ahead

We are working towards developing an aseptic package that uses an alternative to aluminium for its barrier layer. In 2019, we delivered our first ever filling machine for aluminium-free aseptic packages and the solution is now being field-tested. Our goal is to begin a market trial of an aseptic package made fully from renewable sources by 2022.

Tetra Pak certified by the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative

​The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) has announced Tetra Pak as the sixth company, and third end user of aluminium to become ASI Certified, less than a year after the certification programme was launched.

Read ASI press release: Aluminium Stewardship Initiative certifies Tetra Pak against the ASI Performance Standard

Related links

Paperboard Polymers Sustainable packages
Our Partners to raise awareness of sustainability The low-carbon circular economy
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative - ASI Tetra Pak certified against ASI Performance Standard
Tetra Pak Logo
  • Legal Information
  • Contact Us
  • Tetra Laval Group
  • 沪ICP备17056308号-1
Go to Top

We are using cookies. By continuing to use our website without changing the settings, you're agreeing to our use of cookies. Learn more about our cookie policy