Investor Presentaiton
Ferrero Group
Sustainability Report 2022
Packaging design and the
circular economy
Introduction
Our sustainability
progress
Our reporting
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The contribution we can make
through packaging is key to reducing
the impact of our products and our
Company have on the environment.
We are conscious of the impact we
may have on the planet, and we
address our consumers' expectations
regarding sustainable packaging,
safety and quality of our products.
Our ambition, and the most important
challenge for packaging today, is to increase
the circularity of the materials we use,
considering other relevant aspects - we aim
to optimise our packaging material volumes,
minimise the use of resources, and reduce
the overall carbon footprint and food waste.
To better contribute to packaging circularity,
we are focusing on designing (and, where
necessary, on re-designing) all of our
packaging to be recyclable, reusable or
compostable. We currently stand at 88.5%
of this target. Additionally, we are working
to reduce the use of virgin plastic by 10% and
to boost the use of post-consumer recycled
content in plastic packaging, toward
a 12% goal for overall plastic packaging.
Ferrero has faced unexpected and
extraordinary challenges during the past
months, including, among other constraints,
shortages of raw materials and packaging
equipment components. On top of this, we note
that the infrastructure necessary to handle
waste as a resource is still underdeveloped or at
an early stage in several areas of the world.
Specifically:
• Countries with low volumes of
mismanaged packaging waste, and
advanced waste management systems
(those having mandatory Extended
Producer Responsibility schemes, EPR).
• Countries with low volumes of mismanaged
packaging waste, but less advanced waste
management systems (those having
emerging, limited or voluntary EPR).
• Countries with high volumes of
mismanaged packaging waste and
limited/no waste management systems
(those having no, or limited, EPR).
Even in jurisdictions with mandatory EPR
schemes, with advanced waste-management
systems, the capacity of collecting, sorting and
recycling is not sufficient to meet market or
value chain needs. From this year onwards, we
will be disclosing the percentage of packaging
already designed for recycling (designed and
manufactured according to existing design-
for-recycling guidelines¹0).
7. 10% by weight versus our 2019/20 baseline.
8. 12% by weight on the 2025/26 plastic packaging overall
volume.
9. Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Flexible packaging:
The urgent actions needed to deliver circular economy
solutions.
10. E.g. Golden Design Rules, coordinated by the Consumer
Goods Forum. Design guidelines developed by
RecyClass, the Association of Plastics Recyclers,
CEFLEX and 4evergreen, where we are active
contributors in technical committees.
Partnerships and collaborations
Gaps in packaging circularity
01
Recycled
materials:
need for
market
development
05
Need for
efficient
sorting and
recycling
Market Development
Efficient Sorting & Recycling
In collaborations with:
01 Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF),
Consumer Goods Forum and the
Circular Plastics Alliance
Design Guidelines
Efficient Waste Management
02 Consumer Goods Forum, Association
of Plastics Recyclers (APR), CEFLEX,
RecyClass, 4evergreen
(03) European Brands Association (AIM),
working on harmonisation of waste
disposal instructions
Clear Disposal Instruction
04 Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF),
Flexible Packaging Initiative (FPI),
Consumer Goods Forum and The
Recycling Partnership
05) Holy Grail 2.0 project, Perfect
Sorting Consortium and The
Recycling Partnership
02
Designers
need design
for recycling
guidelines
Consumers
need clear
instruction
for correct
disposal
04
Need for
efficient
waste
management
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