Sustainability
ESG PILLARS
Environmental
- Climate change mitigation and adaptation
- Water and marine resources
- Resource use and circular economy
- Pollution reduction
- Biodiversity and ecosystems
Social
- Safe working
- Equal opportunity
- Employee, customer and consumer wellbeing
- Responsible marketing and innovation
- Education
Governance
- Stakeholder engagement and advocacy
- Enterprise risk management
- Board governance
- Public policies
- Business ethics and integrity
Sustainability Business Priorities
Knowing our impact
Reducing adverse effects
Enhancing positive outcomes
Promoting fairness
Fostering inclusion
Embracing diversity
Taking ownership
Disclosing transparently
Embracing diversity
Boosting employee, customer and consumer wellbeing
Creating access & opportunity
Driving social advancement
Engaging stakeholders
Optimising risk
Operating with ethics & integrity
Prioritizing resource efficiency
Intentional deployment of capital
Accelerating sustainable development
Sustainability Curve
SAFETY FIRST
PACK PEOPLE
PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
FOCUS ON QUALITY
Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Manufacturing KPIs:
- Reduced GHG emissions
- Attain GHG baseline
- Establish long-term reduction targets
Carib Glassworks of ANSA Packaging has successfully received its first badge for the completion of Scope 1- and 2-foot printing as part of its participation in the Supplier Leadership on Climate Transition (SLOCT). This programme is a collaboration of global brands committed to carbon emissions reduction.
The badge represents the progress made to reduce Carib Glassworks’ impact on climate change and signifies its shared ambition for global standards compliance with several multinational manufacturers who have also signed onto the SLOCT, some of which are clients of Carib Glassworks.
In 2023, the Scope 3 emissions exercise was completed, and ANSA Packaging is currently awaiting the badge for this. This data is currently under review and will be disclosed in subsequent annual reports, along with that of other sectors.
GLASS RECYCLING
Manufacturing:
ANSA Packaging – increase the volume of cullet collected through local recycling efforts for use in the manufacturing process.
ANSA Packaging has been working tirelessly to increase the volume of glass collected locally for use as cullet in the manufacturing of new glass. There was a 91% increase in the volume of glass collected locally between 2022 and 2023.
SUSTAINABILITY
of plastic regrind was used in the manufacturing of crates and construction buckets.
Increasing Cullet Collection
Efforts by ANSA packaging to increase cullet collection in
2023 included:
Working with Carnival stakeholders to collect glass, including TRIBE carnival band, both on the road from bar service trucks and at the mas camp, and with event coordinators for parties, including the Fatima College and St. Mary’s College fetes, and locations such as the Queen’s Park Savannah, coordinated by the National Carnival Commission (NCC). This resulted in a more sustainable Carnival season with the collection of 7.3 tonnes of glass.
A pilot project with DIAGEO through Brydens Trinidad and Tobago and a local partner to collect glass. In three months, the partnership produced 1.95 tonnes of recycled glass.
A pilot project with DIAGEO through Brydens Trinidad and Tobago and a local partner to collect glass. In three months, the partnership produced 1.95 tonnes of recycled glass.
ANSA Packaging’s Sustainability Officer, Jiselle Granderson, visited Tobago to explore the on-island distribution process and opportunities for increasing cullet collection, leveraging well-established working relationships with Recycling Waste and Logistics Limited (RWL), Tobago Recycling-Resource Initiative (TRRI) and Miles Almandoz and Co. Ltd.
ANSA Packaging got its own employees involved in the efforts to increase cullet collection by launching an international competition of its own.
Six employees participated over the year, with a total 177 kgs of glass being collected. The employee who contributed the most cullet walked away with a fuel gift card from UNIPET.
ANSA POLYMER
ANSA Polymer, the plastic manufacturing arm of ANSA Packaging manufactures the reusable HDPE crates for Carib Brewery. Crates that are in rotation and no longer suitable for use are returned to ANSA Packaging and ground for reuse as a new material. This includes those in the St. Kitts and Nevis brewery where the crates are ground and shipped to Trinidad for reuse at ANSA Polymer.
International Coast Clean-Up
ANSA Packaging has been with the Trinbago Coastal Clean-Up National Planning Committee for 14 years. At the media launch of the Trinbago Coastal Clean-Up 2023, ANSA Packaging was presented with a Champions of Trinbago Coast award.
The award is for environmental stewardship contributing to trash-free seas and healthier waterways in Trinidad and Tobago.
ANSA PACKAGING
also provides support for three other site clean-ups including the Site Captain Clean-Up on August 11, 2023, at Chagviille, Chaguaramas, Trinidad.
Glass collected from the pre-training clean-up event at Chagville Beach in Chaguaramas for the Site Captains. According to the data collected by Ocean Conservancy, glass bottles were fourth of the top five items collected across the numerous sites in Trinidad and Tobago.
For the 2023 clean-up, 11,634 glass bottles were collected, all of which were sent to Carib Glassworks for recycling.
