Petainer Achieves Strong CDP Scores in 2024 for Carbon Reduction and Sustainability Initiatives

Reusable and sustainable packaging experts Petainer are delighted to announce our CDP Scores for 2024 (reporting year 2023). Having taken part in the full submission for the first time, Petainer scores showcase the efforts made to reduce our carbon footprint and tackle sustainability throughout our value chain. Having achieved a B score in its previous submission of the minimum questionnaire, the wider submission showed Petainer score very highly in categories such as risk disclosure, opportunity disclosure, and emission reduction initiatives and low carbon products. The result was an overall Carbon Score of B.

Michael Joyes, Sustainability Director, stated, “We remain dedicated to helping businesses grow while minimising their Greenhouse Gas Emissions. A key focus of this is sustainable manufacturing, which is why we are committed to a science-based target and maintaining transparency in our processes and reporting. Data is key to improving a company’s sustainability, and reporting via the full questionnaire this year allowed us to delve deeper into our operations and value chain. We measure ourselves primarily on our carbon impact, where we have shown reductions in Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions. This is reflected in A and A- scores awarded by CDP. The steps we take to make our production more sustainable help ease the process for our customers as they work toward their own carbon reduction goals.”

In its submission, measured from a 2018 baseline, Petainer details the progress made to key sustainability targets. The key headline is a 37% reduction in gross emissions from our 2018 baseline. Measured against our intensity metric, a 35% reduction (in tonnes of CO2 per tonne of resin purchased) was made. A large contribution in carbon reduction is the substitution of virgin PET for recycled PET. The increase in rPET usage to 35% reduces the need for virgin PET manufacture and makes use of waste material for new products.

The greatest impact on the target is the transition to renewable energy (Scope 2). At our two major manufacturing sites, which account for 98% of the energy purchased across the group, Petainer has used renewable power since 2019.

The Carbon Disclosure Platform is a global non-profit organisation that runs the world’s leading environmental disclosure platform.