Sustainability

Sustainability

Wal-Mart has launched the Sustainable Value Network Packaging Scorecard. Even if you don't sell directly to Wal-Mart, its impact is still going to affect the supplier community.

Kelly Box has developed programs to help customers have a greener supply chain process.

A few elements Wal-Mart is using to evaluate vendor sustainability:

- Greenhouse Gases 15%
- Material Health and Safety 15%
- Package to Product Ratio 15%
- Cube Utilization 15%
- Transport Distance 10%
- Recycle Content 10%
- Recovery Value 10%
- Renewable Energy 5%
- Extra Credit/Innovation 5%

Kelly Box will help you meet the challenge of sustainability.

Sustainable Performance

Kelly Box has a continuum of practices toward sustainability.
- Renewable materials produced using over 60% renewable energy; incorporating 43% recycled content (on average).
- Corrugated is recycled more than any other packaging material with a 76% recovery
- Each package is specifically engineered to maximize performance and merchandising impact while minimizing material and its carbon footprint
- Corrugated pallets weigh 20 lbs less than wood; reducing overall shipping wait and saving fuel
- Corrugated for reducing or eliminating foam or plastic products
- Working closely with customers to manage inventory levels to eliminate warehouse cause, reduce material handling, and deliver the right quantity
- From 1994 to 2005 the amount of corrugated used to ship a unit of production has decreased by 19%
- More efficient packaging, stronger papers and improving box plant converting processes
- By using design custom packaging, a shipping container can double as a merchandising product with high-impact graphics
- Kelly Box has developed a number of reusable corrugated containers used by businesses for transport and storage
- Corrugated is the most recycled form of packaging with 76/6% of all containers produced being recovered for recycling (24.7 million tons)
- The average box consists of 43% recycled fiber