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Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development. Respect for the Environment. March 2009. MPO, an environmental sensibility. The MPO group has always made a point of honour to respect the natural environment where its packaging and printing site is located 2007 : Reach rules

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Sustainable Development

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  1. Sustainable Development Respect for the Environment March 2009

  2. MPO, an environmental sensibility • The MPO group has always made a point of honour to respect the natural environment where its packaging and printing site is located • 2007 : Reach rules • Legal framework for the environment protection • MPO fully respects this legislation covering its manufacturing • MPO has obtained the Imprim’Vert brand • M’Pack print facility does not use toxic products • It controls the sorting and removal of waste • Setting up of systems of containment • On all dangerous products (stopping all risks of accidental liquid pollution)

  3. Control of the manufacturing process • Choice of raw material used for packaging printing : • Exclusively plant based • Manufacturing based on renewable energy (Soya bean& rape) • Water based acrylic varnish • Recycling of waste production • Recycling of polycarbonate • Sorting of the different plastics for recycling • Recycling of boxes and paper • Wastewater treatment plant to control the separation of potentially toxic waste from its mastering and matrix process (electroplating)

  4. Recycling of return products • MPO manages the unsold items at its manufacturing site • Receiptof unsold items • Reworking of unsold items • Separation of the different components : disc, printed, boxes • Recycling of the different components • Recycling of polycarbonate discs • Recycling of plastic boxes • Recycling of cardboard and print • Recycling returned product for delivery to Retail • Co-packing, repackages new elements • Picking of products • Distribution to Retail from MPO distribution warehouse

  5. Partners respecting the environment • MPO links up withits partners and suppliers to jointly respect environmental standards • MPO uses papers with the label of FSC and PEFC • Paper manufactured fibre wood coming from forests and certified « durable management » • FSC paper : Forest Stewardship Council • PEFC paper : Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes • Themain lines : • Deliberate approach by the forestry producer • Durable management of the forests  : respectful of environment, socially beneficial and economically feasible • Progress in time of this durable management • Instauration of an external control system and a participation of sectors concerned about the forest in the certification process

  6. A range of M’Pack Greenproducts • Recycled product : • Boxes in cyclus offset • Cyclus Offset : box made of 100 % recycled paper, with European labels : Ange Bleu, or La Fleur • Digisleeve, Digifile , in cyclus offset • Recyclable product– Biodegradable • 100% box Packaging • biodegradable « plastic made » DVD box (from agricultural resources) • Digipack with Biodegradable tray • Product respectful of the environment

  7. To go further… • What is the carbon footprint • It is the measure of the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions associated with; the materials that we purchase, conversion in manufacture, use in the distribution and delivery of our products, its use by the consumer and to its final end of life recovery or disposal. The amount of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions is measured in tonnes • It is a measured for the companies andits or the people to understand its affect on the environment with aim of making and measuring improvement. • MPO’s action : • MPO aim to integrate sustainability into all new packaging designs to reduce its carbon footprint • For more information : • info@mpo.fr

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