Leading the Circular Economy by embedding environmental, social, and governance principles throughout our operations
- Sustainability (2025)
Sustainability at Pact
By embedding environmental, social, and governance principles throughout our operations, we are paving the way for a circular future that benefits people and the planet.
Through our commitment to reuse, recycling, and innovative packaging and consumer products, we provide sustainable solutions that make a real difference ensuring we meet the high standards of our customers while significantly reducing environmental impact.
Our Impac+ 2030 strategy has three pillars; Planet, People and Principles. Each pillar comes with its own unique set of goals and commitments.
Planet
Reduce our environmental impact and maximise our sustainable packaging solutions
People
Maintain a safe, respectful and diverse workplace with highly motivated and engaged talent
Principles
Conduct our business ethically and responsibly, positively impacting the communities in which we operate
Planet
In line with our vision to lead the Circular Economy through Packaging, Consumer products, Reuse and Recycling solutions, we have an unwavering focus on ensuring we minimise harm to the environment and consider the needs of future generations.
Our Impac+ 2030 Targets
Net Zero by 2050
100% recyclable packaging
30% average recycled content across our portfolio
Top quartile ESG score
Our Science Based Targets (SBTi)
Near-Term 2030
Reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by
50%
by FY30 (from a FY21 base year)
Reduce absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions by
25%
by FY30 (from a FY24 base year)
Long-Term 2050
Reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions to
Net Zero
by 2050 (from a FY21 base year)
Reduce absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions to
Net Zero
by 2050 (from a FY24 base year)
Our Emissions Reduction Levers
Pact’s decarbonisation strategy focuses on four key areas to achieve significant emission reductions, aligning with our near-term (2030) and net-zero (2050) targets.
Operational optimisation
Scope 1, 2 & 3
Ongoing activities related to equipment upgrades, energy efficiency, waste, water and other aspects of operations that will contribute to emissions reductions across all three scopes.
Energy efficiency & renewable electricity
Scope 2
Continuous energy-saving initiatives and investments in both self-generated and purchased renewable electricity will achieve emissions reductions across all Pact sites.
Raw material recycled content
Scope 3
Maximising the use of recycled resin and steel in Pact's manufactured packaging will significantly reduce emissions from two main raw material categories.
Supplier engagement
Scope 3
Pact’s supplier engagement program will reduce emissions by focusing on acquiring goods and services with lower emissions intensity.
Product Stewardship Partnerships
Our product stewardship partnerships aim to reduce waste, promote recycling, and ensure products are disposed of safely.
drumMUSTER
Every year Pact collects 550,000 plastic drums (approximately 547 tonnes of material) as a participant in the drumMUSTER recycling program.
drumMUSTER is an Australian product stewardship program that is supported by chemical manufacturers and industry stakeholders to collect and recycle eligible containers.
Plasback Silage Recycling Program
Pact Recycling New Zealand partners with Plasback to recover used plastic bale wrap and silage material from farms and recycle it into new products.
The waste plastic is collected by farms in Plasback bins, bailed and sent to Pact Recycling’s NZ for recycling.
The recycled resin is manufactured into 100% recycled resin sheet which is used by Plasback to manufacture new collection bins.
Mitre 10 Pot Recycle Program
Pact partners with Mitre 10 New Zealand on its Pot Recycle program. The nationwide Pot Recycle scheme provides a ‘closed loop’ solution for polypropylene (PP) garden pots.
Customers wash and return their clean pots to at Mitre 10 store. From there, they are collected, shredded and melted into resin by recycling partners including Pact.
They are then remoulded into new pots and replanted by Zealandia Horticulture
Seat Smart
Pact is a recycling partner for 3R Group’s SeatSmart product stewardship scheme which provides a recycling option for expired or damaged child car seats.
The recycled resin is remanufactured into a wide variety of products, including plant pots, shampoo bottles, building materials and electrical conduit.
Used paint packaging stewardship programs
Pact Recycling NZ is a recycling partner to the Resene PaintWise Programme and the Dulux Paint Take Back Service.
Under these schemes, consumers return unwanted paint packaging to stores across New Zealand, where they are emptied, sorted and rinsed and sent to Pact Recycling where they are rewashed, granulated and processed into recycled resin pellets to manufacture new paint pails.
AgRecovery Rural Recycling Program
The AgRecovery recycling network includes more than 160 fixed sites nationwide, and on-farm collections for large items or large quantities of containers.
The collected HDPE plastic containers are recycled in New Zealand by Pact Recycling and made into reusable products such as underground cable cover and building materials
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People
At Pact, we’re committed to providing a safe, respectful, and values-led workplace for highly motivated and engaged talent.
The success of our business is linked to the accomplishments of our people. We have a culture of high performance, and we attribute this to the fact that our employees feel empowered within the organisation. Our culture is centred on diversity and inclusion, and this enables us to attract, engage and retain talented people.
Explore Careers at Pact
Safety is first
At Pact, we make safety our priority. We’re always on the lookout for risks and take pride in our workspace in the interests of keeping us all safe and well.
We win when our Customer wins.
We believe we win when our customers win so we deliver when we say we’re going to deliver. This helps build strong partnerships, to benefit us now and in the future.
We have Integrity as we strive for results.
While we strive for results every day, we always do it with honesty and integrity, respecting one another and the world we live in. These are the Pact values we live by in our factories, warehouses, offices, and the world around us. This one Pact mindset helps us contribute to a better and more sustainable world all around.
Our Innovation drives the circular economy.
Being innovative, curious, bold, and resourceful is part of our DNA and what drives a circular economy. We welcome diverse thinking that challenges the status quo as we work together to bring great ideas to life.
We Respect & collaborate with colleagues & communities
When we respect and collaborate with colleagues and the community, we are creating a better performance workplace. At Pact, the key to building trusting relationships is to listen, value and understand each other’s opinions.
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Principles
We conduct our business responsibly and invest in programs that positively impact the communities in which we operate.
Pact is committed to the highest levels of governance and ethics. We strive to build a culture that is focused on compliance and risk-awareness.
A spirit of generosity is encouraged at Pact. Initiatives we support align with our core product and service offering, as well as our geographic footprint. As a multinational company we believe in the value of community engagement at a local level and focus on supporting causes that create meaningful change.
View Our Group PoliciesExternal Signatories, Accreditations & Industry Memberships
Pact operates in line with the spirit of following External Signatories and Accreditations; United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), Australian Packaging Covenant (APCO), ANZPAC Plastics Pact, UK Plastics Pact, New Zealand Packaging Products Stewardship Scheme (NZPPSS), International and Australian/New Zealand Standards and Supplier Ethical Data Exchange (SEDEX). We also lead and influence through membership to numerous industry bodies and Government working groups.
United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)
The UN Global Compact is a strategic policy initiative for businesses that are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption.
Pact Group is a signatory to the UN Global Compact. To maintain status as a signatory, the business is required to report out activities against the ten principles annually.
Our profile, click here
For further details on the UNGC Principles, click here
Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA)
WGEA is an Australian Commonwealth government agency established by the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012.
The Act requires employers with 100 or more employees to report annually against six gender equality indicators. In 2022, the application of the Act was extended to the Commonwealth public sector.
Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO)
Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO)
Pact is a signatory to the Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO). APCO is tasked with bringing Government, industry and community groups together to fund projects that assess packaging sustainability issues.
APCO is a co-regulatory, not-for-profit organisation partnering with Government and industry to reduce the environmental impact of packaging in Australian communities. APCO sets sustainable packaging activities including sustainable design, recycling initiatives, waste to landfill reduction and Circular Economy projects.
As a member of the APCO, we are continually working to improve the sustainability of our packaging through better collaboration, improved design, and the use of more environmentally friendly materials.
To view Pact’s 2025 Report and Action Plan, click here
APCO Woking Groups and Advisory Committees
- Technical Advisory Committee
- Collective Action Group (which is addressing the Federal Government’s 2025 Packaging Targets)
For further details on APCO, click here
UK Plastics Pact
The UK Plastics Pact, led by WRAP, is the first of a global network of Pacts, enabled by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy initiative.
For further details on the UK Plastics Pact, click here
New Zealand Packaging Products Stewardship Scheme (NZPPSS)
The NZPPSS is a voluntary industry initiative, developed by the New Zealand Packaging Council, which demonstrates industry’s continued willingness to act responsibly to reduce the environmental impact of packaging. The PPSS has three key goals:> Improving packaging design and systems to reduce packaging waste,>Increasing reuse and recycled content of packaging, and>Enhancing consumer awareness and understanding of sustainable packaging.Pact Group is committed to the goals of PPSS, and many businesses are members of the scheme.
For further details on NZPPSS, click here
International & Australian / New Zealand Standards
Pact is committed to providing our customers with good quality, safe and reliable products. We deliver this through continuous improvement of our processes and benchmarking against “best-in-class” standards.
Our sites operate in line with the principles set out in ISO Quality Management Systems, ISO Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and HACCP (where applicable).
Many of our sites have gained certification to acknowledge compliance with the requirements of International and/or Australian/New Zealand Standards, including:
- ISO 9001: Quality Management Systems
- HACCP: Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points
- ISO 14001: Environmental Systems
- ISO 22000: Good Manufacturing Practices
Supplier Ethical Data Exchange (SEDEX)
Sedex is a not-for-profit membership organisation dedicated to driving improvements in ethical and responsible business practices in global supply chains
Several Pact businesses sites are members of Sedex, which enables sharing of ethical supply chain data, and improvement in our supply chain activities.
For further information on SEDEX, click here
Industry Membership Groups
- Society of Plastics Engineers, Australia and New Zealand
- Plastics, New Zealand
- WasteMINZ, New Zealand
- Australian Council of Recycling (ACOR)
- Chemistry Australia
Working Groups
- Recycling Working Group for the Container Return Scheme, New Zealand
- Priority Product Status Working Group, Agrecovery
