Kite Packaging has been certified as carbon neutral by Carbon Neutral Britain for 2022. The employee share-owned company was first confirmed to be carbon neutral in 2021 for Scopes 1 and 2 by the external organisation, making this the second year of Kite offsetting its carbon emissions while expanding on their accomplishment. This achievement aligns with Kite’s encompassing commitment to sustainability that is evident in the overall running of the business, in addition to their product offering. New products to Kite’s range always feature high green credentials to support the overarching goal of minimising their own and their customer’s impact on the planet.
Despite being already certified as carbon neutral in Scopes 1 and 2, Kite chose to exceed expectations by addressing Scope 3 delivery emissions, hence, evolving their approach to sustainability further. In 2021, the business offset all emissions owed to the fuel used by their own vehicles. This included Regional Distribution Centre (RDC) deliveries and transportation from their National Distribution Centre (NDC) to RDCs. For 2022, Kite pledge to offset the fuel of all outbound deliveries completed by their third-party couriers. Therefore, the whole group will now be operating with carbon neutral delivery and this information will be present on customer’s delivery notes. This will act as a positive marketing tool for Kite’s customers who can assert that they use green supply chains, aiding their reputation as an ethical retailer.
Added support for businesses striving to be eco-friendly is available via Kite’s “Environmental” section on their website which details how to reduce, reuse, recycle and replace. Information on the Plastic Packaging Tax is also accessed through this page which acts as a hub for increasing eco-consciousness and helping customers to integrate green practices into their operation. ‘Reducing’ refers to the company-wide effort to reduce the amount of plastic packaging a customer uses. The in-house load retention specialists offer scientific audits of a business’s pallet wrap usage and recommend improvements that typically result in a reduction of up to 30%, crucially, without sacrificing safety.
The ‘Reuse’ section presents Kite’s range of reusable products that offer a sustainable alternative to single-use items. By incorporating plastic pallets or bale arm crates into your operation, it is easy to make an economic saving while conserving raw material and the energy used in manufacture. The ‘Recycling’ page shows machines or bins that allow a company to recycle their own waste; the shredding machines allow the end result to be reusable as cushioning packaging. These products support a similar aim of reusing raw material while reducing outgoing costs, making the solution beneficial to the user and the planet.
Finally, the ‘Replace’ category displays a selection of Kite’s eco-friendly products specifically designed to replace popular plastic products that lack green credentials. These sustainable swaps are excellent ways for ecommerce retailers to make meaningful change with minimal effort. Kite always ensure that these suggested substitutes are as good, if not better, than the original in terms of functionality while keeping prices as competitive as possible.
One of the most recent additions to this section of the website is the Hivefill paper void fill dispenser designed by Kite to be the most economic product of its type on the market. Acting as a sustainable alternative to loose fill polystyrene chips, one roll of the paper product can fill the same volume of boxes as four bags of loose chips. This is owed to the flexible expandability of the honeycomb cells and can save considerable storage space, something which is often scarce for growing businesses. The paper itself boasts the same resilient structure and recyclability as the bestselling Hivewrap, yet the dispenser configures the product into shock absorbent cushions rather than a sheet to directly wrap around a product. The interlocking cells are compressed into each other and the user can simply tear off the required amount by hand to fill the void in their pack. Therefore, this new product satisfies Kite’s ambition to provide efficient, effective, economic and eco-friendly packaging solutions, complemented by carbon neutral delivery to the customer.
The Mobile Packaging Laboratory (MPL) is the perfect way to demonstrate solutions to suit the specific requirements of a business with the expert advice of the packaging professionals onboard. The MPL’s fuel is, naturally, offset by Kite to be carbon neutral and the lighting inside is powered by solar energy. Interior elements are also made of recycled plastic as further testament to its sustainability. Hence, the one-of-a-kind vehicle typifies Kite’s balance of environmental awareness with the provision of personalised packaging advice and products to address whatever priorities a business has. A visit from the MPL is the likely most efficient means of approaching the reduce, reuse, recycle and replace recommendations with respect to the specifics of your business.
Kite’s second certificate of carbon neutrality reinforces the company’s dedication to environmental causes, which is echoed throughout the product ranges and overall running of the business. The progress into Scope 3 offsetting similarly shows the drive to continually improve, building on achievements already made. These strong green credentials can be wielded to benefit businesses who partner with Kite; the supplier’s sustainability can become a marketing asset and source of reassurance that the business’s impact on the environment is being consciously minimised through their packaging.
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