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What is it?

SustainabilitySustainability

1. There is no one definition for sustainability. No right and no wrong definitions.

2. Like an unregulated industry

3. You are defining yourself and your unique characteristics

1.To maintain; keep in existence; prolong

2.To keep supplied with necessities

3.To support; carry the weight of

4.To uphold the validity of

5.To confirm

Webster’s DefinitionWebster’s Definition

“The actions that support quality of life now and for generations to come”

Source: Lee Scott, CEO, Wal-Mart, www.wal-martfacts.come

How Does Wal-Mart Define How Does Wal-Mart Define Sustainability?Sustainability?

• Lee Scott: “Anything not absolutely essential to the product is waste. If nothing else, sustainability is about the elimination of waste.”

• Practice the 7 R’s

More Specifically……More Specifically……

The 7 R’sThe 7 R’s

1. Remove Packaging:

2. Reduce Packaging:

3. Reuse Packaging:

4. Renewable Packaging:

5. Recyclable Packaging:

6. Revenue:

7. Read:

Eliminate unnecessary packaging, extra boxes or layers

“Right-Size” packages and optimize material strength

Use materials made of highest recycled content without compromising quality

Achieve all above principles at cost parity or cost savings

Get educated on sustainability

Use materials made of renewable resources; select biodegradable or compostable materials

Design for multiple use

• The Right Thing To Do

Ethical responsibility for future

Why Should We Do This?Why Should We Do This?(sounds like an expense)(sounds like an expense)

According to CFO.com, nearly 9 of 10 corporate executives rank the environment as “the top societal issue that could affect shareholder value.” In previous years, employee benefits and jobs lost to offshoring topped the list.

Similarly, Corporate Library indicates that corporate executives’ professional liability insurance rates may increase as a result of the risk of shareholder litigation over environmental issues.

Why Should We Do This?Why Should We Do This?(sounds like an expense)(sounds like an expense)

• The Right Thing To Do

Ethical responsibility for future

• Customer Required?

Marketing advantage

• Save Money

Why Should We Do This?Why Should We Do This?(sounds like an expense)(sounds like an expense)

Kid Connection Toys

- Using less packaging saves money and preserves resources for future Customers. By making the packaging a little smaller, we saved a lot.

• 3,425 tons of corrugated materials

• 5,190 trees

• 727 shipping containers

• $3.5 million transportation costs

Success StoriesSuccess Stories

Water Bottles

- Reduce 5 grams of plastic from Sam’s Choice water bottles.

- This simple reduction means:

• More than 9.6 million pounds of plastic saved from being used

• Reduction in materials costs

Success StoriesSuccess Stories

Donut Carton

Approach: Convert the production of using SBS Material to CCNB with acetate film. (Virgin Material to Recycled Material)

• Material - .022 CCNB / 100% recycled board

• Transportation – 162 less garbage trucks

• Water & Energy

▫ 51,567,440 gallons/water

▫ Energy for 608 homes

▫ 185,024 trees

Success StoriesSuccess Stories

Truck APUs

The Auxilliary Power Unit (APU) eliminates the use of the tractor’s main engine for keeping our drivers warm or cool while on break. Instead, this small diesel engine does the job at optimum efficiency. This saves a substantial amount of fuel. Implemented across a fleet of 6,800 tractors by May 1, 2006.

• Annual Savings:

▫$25.5 million per year at average diesel cost $2.60 per gallon

▫Eliminate 100,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions

▫Eliminate 10 million gallons of diesel fuel

Success StoriesSuccess Stories

1. A sustainable environment must have senior management leadership

2. Develop A mission and/or policy statement

3. Create environmental sustainability program & sustainability champion

4. Determine personnel and financial sustainability commitments

5. Define sustainability approach, sustainability goals and objectives

6. Keep it simple, short, believable

Where Do We Start?Where Do We Start?

• Promote and engage in actions which support sound environmental stewardship.

• To advance this attitude within our organization, our employees and families, our suppliers, and our Customers.

Central Container is Committed to:Central Container is Committed to:

1. Continue to educate ourselves

2. Seek certification

3. Work with like minded suppliers

4. Promote 7R’s

5. Recognized in marketplace as a leader

Goals:Goals:

1. Continue to educate ourselves

• Sustainability conference in Arkansas/Wal-Mart

• AICC mini conference, entire sales & design team attended

• In-house training, including take aways such as CFLs, water bottles, etc.▫ 400+ hours invested in training so far

• Message – promote at home

• Create a “news” desk

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2. Seek Certification

• ISO 14000

• Sustainable Forest Initiative (SFI)▫ www.sfiprogram.org

• Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)▫ www.fsc.org

• Cost

www.ecolabeling.org

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3. Work with Like Minded Suppliers

• Paper suppliers

▫ Higher recycled content

▫ Current average 60%, 100% available

▫ Must be SFI certified

• Ink formulations

▫ In-house ink kitchen

▫ Soy based – 15% content required/removes petro-based components

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4. Promote the 7 R’s

• Expanding recycling program to include plastic bottles, cans and batteries

• Recycling of office waste paper One office worker = quarter

ton/year

• Reduced quote forms

• Eliminate fax cover letter

• Email taglineConsider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to

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• Eliminate (remove) aerosols

• Recycle strapping and stretch film

• Shop documents (reduced 4 to 1 for a savings of 52 pounds paper/month)

• Cube utilization – working on it!

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Reduce Energy Consumption

• Electric motors / equipment study

• Install motion detectors for lights

• CFL take-aways for home use

• Hot melt glue systems

• Investigating wind energy

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Scrap Waste Initiative

• Develop measurement method

• Identify areas of loss

▫ Receiving

▫ Materials handling

• Reduced waste by 25% / ten months

▫ Removed 140 MSF of waste/month

▫ Save approximately $5,400/month

Sales Team

• Training in sustainability

• Identify Customers with current requirements

• Identify opportunities to apply 7 R’s through design & redesign

• Provide communication tools

▫ Green website▫ Collateral materials▫ Case studies and tip sheets

5. Market Place Leadership (Best not Biggest)

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Design Team

• Wide range of solutions▫ Processes and manufacturing▫ Materials – right materials for the situation

• Innovative products▫ Suspension systems▫ High performance liners▫ Fluted plastic

• Supported by an outstanding design team▫ Look to apply 7 R’s▫ Creativity

Useful Links & ResourcesUseful Links & Resources

• www.sfiprogram.org

• www.fsc.org

• www.ecolabeling.org

• www.greenseal.org

• www.gsn.gov

- Green Supplier Network

• www.packaging.marketgate.com

• www.centralcontainer.com

Useful Tips:Useful Tips:

Quick Facts: One office worker can use a quarter ton materials in a year – which includes 10,000 pieces of copier paper. Heating, cooling and powering office space are responsible for almost 40% of carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. and gobble up more than 70% of total electricity usage. Commuters spew 1.3 billion tons of CO2 a year. Computers in the office burn $1 billion worth of electricity annually – and that’s when they’re not producing a lick of work.

Green Policies: Green at home is one thing; green at the office has its own set of special challenges. Going green is a lifestyle choice, not just a home activity. So what are some steps you can take at work to make things more environmentally friendly?

Commuting: Employers have a major incentive here: congestion created by people getting to and from work costs U.S. employers 3.7 billion hours of lost productivity a year, which adds up to $63.1 billion in wasted time and fuel every year. That’s according to the EPA, which recently ranked employers by those that tried hardest to cut down on commuting times.

Drive Less: Make fewer trips for errands, shopping and deliveries. Learn how to make your vehicles more energy efficient. Ride a bike or walk or take public transportation. Support carpooling.

Buy a Laptop. Even an oversize laptop runs more efficiently and takes less energy than a desktop.

Reduce Paper. The paper trail follows many of us, adding hundreds of pounds of waste. You can reduce it with just a few changes. Save printing: send documents by email and keep files on your computer, not a filing cabinet.

Print Double Sides. You can save plenty of paper by programming your printer to use both sides of the paper. In the case of a long report, do you really need 500 one-sided pages?

Refill and Reuse Cups: “Many of us get take out coffee in the morning and were using plastic and cardboard cups,” said Plenty Magazine Managing Editor Deb Snooian. “Bring your own mug. You can leave one at work; you can even often times bring a reusable mug as you’re commuting in your car. It can be refilled over and over again. Wash it at home, it’s a nice habit to get into that saves you one cup a day. We can have a chart and when someone brings their mug and checks it in they get a star and are rewarded by a jeans day.

Pay Your Bills Online. It’s not only quicker and easier to pay by computer; it also puts a major dent in the paper waste pile.

Recycle Your Appliances. Not just the big ones. Cell phones, PDAs and laptops can all find a new purpose after you’re done with them. Many organizations refurbish them for low-income families.

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Become Battery Smart. Stretch your battery use. A battery too drained to power a flashlight might be perfect to operate your TV remote. Before you pitch it – switch it!

Lights Out. Motion sensors, dimmers and timers can be set to turn things on and off when needed.

Water: Speaking of water, instead of bottled water around the meeting table, filter your tap drinking water. Not only is bottled water expensive, but it produces large amounts of wasteful containers. Be aware of consumption and make it a goal to consume less. Set a concrete goal to reduce utility bills by 2% or office supply expenses by 15%, for example.

Turn Off Lights, Computers and Appliances When Not in Use: When buying new appliances, look for Energy Star models.

Buy Recycled When Possible: Toner cartridges, paper goods, plastics and more are available recycled now. Recycle as much as you can and help customers recycle too.

Conservation is an old but still effective practice: Use less of everything, particularly natural resources.

Replace Incandescent Bulbs with Compact Fluorescent Ones: They use less energy and last longer, too. Donate unused books, ink pens, cell phones, computers, and other supplies to schools, charity stores, libraries and nursing homes.

Reuse Misprints as Scratch Paper and/or Shred for Packing Materials: Print on both sides of your paper. Go paperless, and save files electronically instead of printing. E-blasts and mass emails.

Support Vendors who Have Green Policies in Place: From your bank to your office supply company to your shipping company, everyone can do something to help. Ask and find out who has good practices and give those companies your business.

Plant Trees: This one is a bonus. Start a tree-planting promotion at your business, or a tree planting initiative in your community. You can probably get some small trees or saplings donated, but if not, they are fairly inexpensive. Give a tree as a free gift with purchase or organize a tree-planting day. Prepare an educational program or brochure to teach your community the importance of going green. Use this initiative to promote your company’s new green policy and you can make an impact and a difference to the environment and to your bottom line. Quite simply, green is good for business. Also, there a lot of community fundraisers that we can do as a company.