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Impact Report
Our focus on the social and environmental impacts of our products and value chain drives innovation and sparks hard conversations – the results of which we hope will lead to solutions that can tackle the climate crisis and lead to a more circular, socially just, and vibrant future.
In our annual Impact Report we reflect upon our impact on the planet and our communities, disclose progress on impact related goals, and give a nod to how we plan to continue to evolve to meet the future needs of our communities and the planet.
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2024 IMPACT REPORT
Welcome to the 2024 Eco-Products Impact Report, our 12th consecutive annual report reviewing social and environmental impacts and opportunities.
As a business unit within the Novolex® family of brands, Eco-Products publishes a separate annual Impact Report to address the unique aspects of our business model, supply chain, raw material inputs, and product end-of-life approach.
Despite these differences, Eco-Products remains firmly aligned with many of the overarching policies and practices established across Novolex. It is important to note that the social and environmental, as well as governance, metrics detailed in this report are consistent with Novolex disclosures, including product and raw material classifications and greenhouse gas emission calculation methodologies.
Read more about the Novolex sustainability approach and reporting here.
Impact at Eco-Products
These five pillars ground our company in its core values and are critical to the unique Eco-Products approach. This is an approach that we believe can transform the world of foodservice packaging and its responsible sourcing, circularity, and climate-fighting potential.
These five pillars ground our company in its core values and are critical to the unique Eco-Products approach. This is an approach that we believe can transform the world of foodservice packaging and its responsible sourcing, circularity, and climate-fighting potential.
As a proud member of the Novolex family of brands, Eco-Products benefits from Novolex’s trusted Governance policies and strategies.
Our Products & Supply Chain
How our products impact people and the planet.
We seek to understand the social and environmental impacts of our products and supply chain, aiming to mitigate Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, restore biodiversity, and focus on regenerating ecosystems.
Zero Waste Infrastructure
How we support increase circularity for packaging.
We are passionate about circularity and its role as part of the solution to climate change. We engage with industry partners, customers, and communities to enhance commercial composting, recycling, and reuse infrastructure.
Waste Diverting Operators
How we help customers send less to landfills.
We work closely with our customers and their communities to help implement responsible procurement and waste diversion practices.
People
How we treat people and give back.
We give back to our communities and are committed to building an equitable and inclusive environment.
Operations
How our business impacts the planet.
We closely monitor energy, water, and waste at our headquarters to minimize these operational impacts as much as possible.
Letter From the President
Our 12th annual Impact Report serves as a reminder that, despite the waves of distractions we face every day, the environmental and social impacts of our business are never far from our minds and we maintain a comprehensive set of short and long term goals to hold ourselves accountable.
Our Products & Supply Chain
Our products must meet the performance expectations of our customers AND the future needs of the planet. Every product has its own social and environmental impacts, and our impacts become our customers’ impacts
Zero Waste Infrastructure
Eco-Products is obsessed with circularity and the climate fighting opportunity it presents. To us, it is not just about selling a compostable product. It is about advocating for effective compost and recycling infrastructure and working across the value chain of our products to help bring the right partners together to keep food scraps and compostable products out of landfills.
Waste Diverting Operators
We believe the foodservice products we provide to the market can help shift the industry toward more responsible options when it comes to foodservice packaging. But the overall impact they can make, and their full environmental potential, is largely dependent upon the foodservice operators who use them, and their customers.
People
Respect for our employees and the communities in which we operate is essential to our operations. If we aim to be better stewards of the planet through our products and services, we must start with the people we work with and communities that support the process along the way.
Operations
We recognize that as we strive to improve the impacts of our products and the effects they have on our customers and communities, we must also consider the environmental footprint that results from our own operations.
Greenhouse Gas Inventory
Our operational carbon footprint applies to the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions that are produced by our company’s daily operations outside of the emissions that result from our products and supply chain. This includes emissions from sources such as energy consumption at headquarters, business related travel, and waste generated at headquarters.
Contact our Sustainability Team with comments or questions.