A new three-year plan aimed at creating economic, social and environmental value for the Australian community has been announced by Australia Post.
Featuring 19 commitments, the plan Everyone Matters: Our plan for inclusive and sustainable prosperity includes the launch of a range of recycled and recyclable plastic satchels, moving away from using virgin plastic and giving used plastic another life.
Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director at Australia Post, Christine Holgate said the first recycled plastic satchel would be launched with major customer, Country Road this year in time for Christmas, with a transition across the rest of the business in early 2020.
“One of the things about sustainability and doing things like recycled packaging is for the people that work in your business. They want to work for organisations where they’ve got strong values,” Ms Holgate said.
Coming into effect last month, the new plan is underpinned by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) — the world’s sustainability agenda for 2030.
Ms Holgate said Australia Post had charted its path with a suite of ‘2030 aspirations’, aligned to the SDGs it impacts the most. These included achieving world-class safety metrics, gender equality across the business, and becoming a low-carbon logistics provider.
“The plan outlines Australia Post’s intent to put sustainability front and centre of all it does while also meeting increased customer demand for sustainable products, services and solutions,” she said.
“All of our big delivery facilities now use solar generation for electricity — we’re one of the biggest property owners and tenants — so it’s not about spending more, but spending wisely.”
Australia Post’s 20-page plan can be accessed at this PS News link.
