Template Information
Sustainable packaging guidelines - assessment template
Category: general
Template Questions
- Brand name
- Product type
- Product description (eg. range of men's shirts in various sizes and colors)
- Add media
- Group (number and name)
- Department (number and name)
- Track number(s)
- Barcode number(s)
- Aggregate unit sales in baseline year
- Baseline year
- Vendor number
- Vendor name
- Vendor contact details (name, address, phone)
- Same packaging must be used for all track numbers under review
- Description of primary packaging
- Description of materials used, by type and weight (per unit)
- Primary packaging (ie. packaging provided to customer at point of sale)
- Are these materials made from recycled materials?
- Are these materials made from recyclable materials?
- Are these materials easy to manage within existing curbside recycling systems?
- Description of secondary packaging
- Secondary packaging (ie. packaging used in the distribution of individual units, such as plastic sleeves for apparel)
- Are these materials easy to manage within David Jones' existing recycling systems?
- Description of distribution packaging
- How many individual units in each box or sleeve?
- Distribution packaging (ie. packaging used in the distribution of multiple units, such as boxes)
- Key considerations for each of the 12 SPG Strategies
- A. Maximise water and energy efficiency B. Minimise materials at source
- Comments
- 8. What is the estimated amount of recycled material in this packaging?
- C. Use recycled materials
- 13. What is the potential for (and availability of) materials from a renewable source to be used?
- D. Use renewable materials
- E. Minimise environmental risk
- F. Use materials from responsible suppliers
- G. Design for transport
- H. Design for reuse
- 31. What percentage of the packaging (by weight) recyclable?
- I. Design for recovery
- 33. How many different materials are used in this packaging? Please list materials used
- 44. Where, when and how will the product be consumed, and by whom?
- J. Design for litter reduction
- K. Design for consumer accessibility
- 49. Who is the main demographic of consumer who will use this product? Are there are limiting factors that affect this segment? Is the packaging considerate of these constraints?
- L. Provide consumer information about sustainability?
- Provide an overview of areas where no further improvements can be made to the design of this packaging, without detrimental impact on security, safety or quality
- Provide an overview of opportunities / recommendations to enhance the sustainability of this packaging, through design improvements
- Review and recommendations issued to buyer?