Amcor Flexible’s life cycle assessment tool at the top of the game

Today Amcor Flexibles is proud to announce that the background methodology and reporting content of ASSET™ has successfully achieved certification from the Carbon Trust, a global leader in carbon management and carbon footprint certification based in London, UK.

Through the ASSET™ toolkit and in close partnership with customers, Amcor Flexibles applies a life cycle-based approach to identify opportunities to improve the sustainability of packaging solutions. With more than 500 life cycle assessments run each year with ASSET™, the tool is an integral part of the company’s product development process.

Gerald Rebitzer, Sustainability Leader at Amcor Flexibles Europe & Americas, points out: "ASSET™ enables us to align our packaging development with the sustainability objectives of our customers, and makes the use of carbon footprinting and other life cycle data ‘business as usual’ .. With ASSET™ we deliver both incremental as well as step change sustainability improvements that benefit our company, our customers and the complete value chain."

ASSET™ is grounded in internationally-recognized standards and best practices in environmental life cycle assessment. The certification by the Carbon Trust further underpins the tool’s credibility, by confirming that the cradle-to-gate carbon footprinting methodology in ASSET™ is in conformity with the requirements of the key international standards in this area - the GHG Protocol Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting Standard and the PAS 2050. Furthermore, the background life cycle data will undergo periodic surveillance by the Carbon Trust to ensure it continues to conform to international standards.

Darran Messem, Managing Director of Certification at the Carbon Trust, commented: "It is great to see companies like Amcor Flexibles develop tools which enable them to provide transparent carbon footprint information to their customers. Amcor Flexibles have gone a step further to provide confidence to their customers by having the background methodology and calculations of ASSET™ independently certified by the Carbon Trust. Having a full understanding of where carbon reductions can be made is a critical step to lowering the environmental impact of a product."

About Amcor Flexibles Europe & Americas

With 69 plants in 23 countries, Amcor Flexibles Europe & Americas, a division of Amcor, is a market leader and the world's largest supplier of flexible packaging. We deliver innovative packaging solutions and provide enhanced quality products for the food, beverage, pharma, personal care, medical and industrial markets. Its award winning approach towards sustainability makes Amcor Flexibles Europe & Americas the preferred partner for customers looking for responsible packaging solutions. For more information visit www.amcor.com.

About Amcor

Amcor Limited is a global leader in responsible packaging solutions, employing more than 33,000 people worldwide, operating in 42 countries across 300 sites. Amcor supplies a broad range of plastic (rigid and flexible), fibre, metal and glass packaging solutions to enhance the products consumers use in everyday life. Amcor also provides packaging-related services that help customers succeed through collaboration and innovation driven by art and science. Amcor is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia and is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. For more information visit www.amcor.com.

About Carbon Trust Certification

Carbon Trust Certification offers a full range of services to allow organisations to certify and verify their product carbon footprints. Carbon Trust Certification provides independent verification of the carbon footprints of products and services to the PAS 2050 and WRI global standards for product carbon footprinting, the Carbon Trust's Footprint Expert TM and the Carbon Trust Code of Good Practice for Product Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Claims. Carbon Trust Certification is accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) to ISO 14065:2007 to provide greenhouse gas verification against PAS 2050 and the Code of Good Practice. More information can be found at: www.carbontrust.com

About the Carbon Trust

The Carbon Trust is an independent company with a mission to accelerate the move to a low carbon economy.

We advise businesses, government and the public sector on their opportunities in a sustainable, low carbon world.

We measure and certify the environmental footprint of organisations, products and services.

We help develop and deploy low carbon technologies and solutions, from energy efficiency to renewable power.

For further information, please contact:
Gerald Rebitzer
Sustainability Leader
Amcor Flexibles Europe & Americas
Affolternstrasse 56, 8050 Zurich
T: +41 44 316 1801
E: gerald.rebitzer@amcor.com

Ainslie Macleod
PR Manager
Carbon Trust
27-45 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NT
T: + 44 (0) 20 7170 7050
E: press@carbontrust.com