CINCINNATI, Dec. 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The Kroger Co.
today announced it has joined the Sustainable Packaging Coalition
(SPC), a membership-based collaborative of like-minded companies
striving to advance sustainable packaging. Kroger joins more than
130 brands, manufacturers, government officials, academics and
organizations in the SPC.
Kroger's membership in the Sustainable Packaging Coalition
reinforces its commitment to driving improvements in the
sustainability of packaging across its Our Brands
private-label products. As part of its 2020 Sustainability Goals,
Kroger has committed to optimizing 100% of its product packaging by
increasing recyclability, reducing excess packaging and increasing
certified virgin fiber sourcing, among other things, during the
next three years.
"Kroger is pleased to join the Sustainable Packaging Coalition,"
said Jessica Adelman, Kroger's group
vice president of corporate affairs. "Our membership in this
coalition is an important part of Kroger's vision for achieving
Zero Hunger | Zero Waste, a key component of how we our living our
purpose driven by our Restock Kroger
Plan. We look forward to collaborating with other brands,
packaging manufacturers and other stakeholders to drive positive
change in packaging sustainability."
"By joining with others who share this passion, we can all work
together to create new packaging solutions that have a lasting,
positive impact in the environment we all share," said Gil Phipps, VP of Our Brands. "This new
partnership is another step in our journey and will help us
accelerate our commitment to introduce more sustainable
packaging."
"Kroger has such an important relationship to packaging supply
chains around the globe," said SPC Associate Director Adam Gendell. "We look forward to sharing our
commitment to make packaging more sustainable".
Follow the journey and join the conversation at thekrogerco.com
and #ZeroHungerZeroWaste.
About the Sustainable Packaging
Coalition
The Sustainable Packaging Coalition®, a
project of GreenBlue, is a membership-based collaborative led by an
independent nonprofit that believes in the power of industry to
make packaging more sustainable. Using an objective lifecycle-based
approach, we work in a constructive atmosphere to provide thought
leadership and bring our members together to strengthen and advance
the business case for more sustainable packaging. For more
information, visit www.sustainablepackaging.org or follow the
SPC on Twitter @SPCspotlight.
About Kroger
At The Kroger Co., we are dedicated to
our Purpose: to Feed the Human Spirit™.
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