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2018
ECO-FRIENDLY PACKAGING
ThaiBev Group considers environmental factors by using the circular economy principle as well as any environmental impacts arising from post-consumption management when we develop our packaging to reduce long-term impacts on the environment and society.
TARGETS & PERFORMANCES
HIGHLIGHTS

CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Adoption of circular economy in managing packaging materials


3Rs PRINCIPLE
Reduce, Reuse and Recycle


COLLABORATION
Collaborate with external parties to tackle packaging waste
2018’S ACHIEVEMENTS

+590,000 TONS
Of key packaging waste avoided

+600,000 TONS
CO2e Of GHG emissions reduced
2020’S TARGET
80%
of main packaging materials are
REUSED, RECYCLED & RETRIEVED
compared to total sale volume
Main packaging materials are returnable glass bottles used in spirits, beer, and Sermsuk
2018’s PERFORMANCE
THAIBEV’S KEY PACKAGING MATERIALS


REMARK The data reported cover the period from October 2017 – September 2018
THE STAGE OF CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING
01
COLLECT & SORT
Retrieving and classifying packaging materials and avoiding landfill waste
02
RECYCLE & REUSE
Post-consumption packaging materials as raw materials in the production stream
03
UPCYCLE
Packaging waste value creation through collaboration and innovation with stakeholders
CORPORATE PACKAGING STRATEGY
CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Apply the circular economy principle into our end-to-end packaging life cycle from packaging development to recovering used packaging materials to be returned into production stream
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
Collaborate with our supplier to create more environmentally friendly products.
Encourage our consumers to take part in reducing packaging waste.

These factors are taken into consideration for the development of corporate packaging strategy


NATURAL RESOURCE

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

OPERATIONAL COST
PACKAGING STRATEGIES BY KEY PACKAGING MATERIAL

GLASS
STRATEGY
CREATE A CLOSED-LOOP GLASS PACKAGING SYSTEM
Glass contributes to the highest volume of key packaging material consumption at ThaiBev. It is used to package various products, including white spirits, blended spirits, whisky, brandy, beer, carbonated soft drink, drinking water, etc.

REDUCE
43,680 TONS
of raw materials (sand) reduced

RECYCLE
108,256 TONS
of cullet recycled in the production processes

REUSE
+1.4 BILLION
glass bottles reused in the production process
SUCCESS STORY
SAMUI MODEL
Embedding the circular economy principle in glass bottle supply chain through collaboration with our stakeholders.

100%
GLASS ON SAMUI ISLAND RETRIEVED & RETURNED TO PRODUCTION STREAM
1,134 TONS
Of cullet retrieved
9 MILLION
Glass bottles returned
MORE INCOME FOR LOCAL COLLECTORS


PLASTIC
STRATEGY
COLLABORATE & ENGAGE WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO REDUCE WASTE
Plastic is used mainly in a wide range of products in our non-alcoholic beverage business, namely drinking water, carbonated soft drink, functional drink, and green tea.

REDUCE
+340 MILLION
pieces of plastic reduced from banning cap seals

BIO-BASED
30%
of materials used in plastic bottles is derived from plant sources

Bio-degradable
28%
of plastic bags used in our bakery shops are made from bio-degradable materials
SUCCESS STORY
LESS IS MORE
Reducing the weight of plastic bottles used for Crystal and Chang drinking water, size 600ml.



2014 - TODAY

21%
Of packaging weight reduced
2,800 TONS
Of plastic reduced
11,350 TONS CO2e
Of GHG emissions reduced


PAPER
STRATEGY
OPTIMIZE THE PACKAGING & IMPROVE COLLECTION EFFICIENCY
Paper is a raw material for our key secondary packaging i.e. inner carton and corrugated carton. The inner carton is often used to package premium brown spirits and the corrugated carton is used in bulk packaging for retail distribution for both spirits and beer businesses.

REDUCE
7%
of corrugated cartons weight reduced per unit

RECYCLE
78%
of recycled content per unit

REUSE
+10 MILLION
corrugated cartons and partitions retrieved and reused
SUCCESS STORY
EXPANDING OUR REACH TO CUSTOMERS
Improving our collection efficiency by effective route planning and relocating the collection facilities to strategic area to remove transporting distance barrier.

29
COLLECTION FACILITIES NATIONWIDE


1
NEW FACILITY


3
RELOCATED

+25,000 TONS
of paper packaging reused and recycled

CORRUGATED CARTON
Reused in used glass bottle collection process
PAPER PARTITION
Reused in internal handling process
PAPER SCRAP
Compressed and recycled