The Better Packaging Co. Limited
1.6
Auckland Region, New Zealand
December 2020
Other/general wholesale trade
Wholesale/Retail
Australia,
Canada,
China,
New Zealand,
United Kingdom,
United States
Most sustainable packaging does ‘less bad’. Better Packaging Co. goes further and creates packaging that delivers a whole lot of good instead! Their packaging solutions for shipping, apparel, furniture and even magazine are regenerative meaning their production leaves the world a better place. Their world first, award-winning POLLAST!C Range literally cleans up! It is made from certified Ocean Bound Plastic pollution that is rescued from coastal communities throughout SE Asia and recycled into poly mailers, poly bags, pallet wrap, furniture covers, mag wrap and more. Better Packaging Co. was founded by Rebecca Percasky and Kate Bezar in 2018. The company is also a founding signatory to the Ellen MacArthur New Plastics Economy Pact, member of the Australasian Bioplastics Association, Sedex, ANZPAC and APCO (Australian Packaging Covenant). It is an ‘Unreasonable Company’, part of the Katapult Ocean Accelerator, the Elemental Accelerator, a Coralus venture and 2021 winner of the Cartier Women’s Initiative.
Overall B Impact Score
Governance 15.2
Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Workers 19.4
Workers evaluates a company’s contributions to its employees’ financial security, health & safety, wellness, career development, and engagement & satisfaction. In addition, this section recognizes business models designed to benefit workers, such as companies that are at least 40% owned by non-executive employees and those that have workforce development programs to support individuals with barriers to employment.
Community 18.3
Community evaluates a company’s engagement with and impact on the communities in which it operates, hires from, and sources from. Topics include diversity, equity & inclusion, economic impact, civic engagement, charitable giving, and supply chain management. In addition, this section recognizes business models that are designed to address specific community-oriented problems, such as poverty alleviation through fair trade sourcing or distribution via microenterprises, producer cooperative models, locally focused economic development, and formal charitable giving commitments.
Environment 36.8
Environment evaluates a company’s overall environmental management practices as well as its impact on the air, climate, water, land, and biodiversity. This includes the direct impact of a company’s operations and, when applicable its supply chain and distribution channels. This section also recognizes companies with environmentally innovative production processes and those that sell products or services that have a positive environmental impact. Some examples might include products and services that create renewable energy, reduce consumption or waste, conserve land or wildlife, provide less toxic alternatives to the market, or educate people about environmental problems.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Customers 3.7
Customers evaluates a company’s stewardship of its customers through the quality of its products and services, ethical marketing, data privacy and security, and feedback channels. In addition, this section recognizes products or services that are designed to address a particular social problem for or through its customers, such as health or educational products, arts & media products, serving underserved customers/clients, and services that improve the social impact of other businesses or organizations.