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Impact’s carbon- offset forest expands
Tube manufacturer Impact International’s carbon-offset forest is expanding. Lindy Hughson reports.
THE COMPANY HOSTED a tree plant- Impact take it to the next level.”
ing day for customers in
August, attended by Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen, who expressed strong support of Impact’s efforts to lighten its footprint.
Launched in late 2020, Impact’s forest is an agroforestry Pinus radiate plantation of 20,000 trees, plus 1300 Australian native trees, located 40 minutes’ drive from Canberra. The forest is used for wildlife protection and rehabili- tation as well as to reduce the carbon footprint of customers’ packaging and supply chain.
A strong contingent of skin care and personal care brand owners – Impact’s customers who have committed to the sustainable for- est program – turned out to assist with the planting of 8500 trees.
Chris Bowen, Minister for Climate Change and Energy, told PKN, “There are many companies doing great things in sustainabil- ity, but Aleks and his team at
Since Impact announced the carbon offset forest initiative, 19 customers have signed on to the program, and ‘occupy’ 19 out of the 20 lots into which the forest has been divided.
According to MD Aleks Lajovic, based on a standard extruded plastic tube that holds 100ml of product, the Impact forest can offset the raw materials used to manufacture approximately 30 million, 100ml tubes each year.
As a family owned and operated business that has been in Australia for 64 years, Impact International takes its environmental credentials seriously, Lajovic tells PKN. The company has a large solar farm, so the factory generates its own energy. Any energy it can’t generate is purchased and is carbon neu- tral. Tubes are also manufactured using sugar cane-derived plastic (a renewable resource) and recy- cled plastic, so helping to tackle Australia’s recycling challenges. ■
Passion for change: Federal Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen (left) and Aleks Lajovic, planting trees.
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