3. 3 Our Changing World

4. What is your definition of Sustainable Packaging?

5. What is Sustainable Packaging? Beneficial, safe & healthy throughout its life cycle Western Candy Conference - 2009 Meets market criteria for performance and cost;

6. What is Sustainable Packaging? Sourced, manufactured, transported and recycled using renewable energy. Maximizes use of renewable or recycled source materials. Western Candy Conference - 2009

7. What is Sustainable Packaging? Manufactured using clean production technologies and best practices Made from materials healthy in all probable end of life scenarios Western Candy Conference - 2009

8. What is Sustainable Packaging? Western Candy Conference - 2009 Physically designed to optimize materials and energy Effectively recovered & utilized in biological and/or industrial cradle to cradle cycles

9. Have a plan! Integrate packaging into your corporate sustainability program Establish a baseline Determine your company’s environmental “footprint” Select packaging metrics methodology (to assess packaging) Set corporate goals and timelines Develop a Packaging Specification / Protocol Communicate requirements effectively to entire packaging supply chain: design, marketing, buyers, and suppliers Track improvement Educate consumers Western Candy Conference - 2009

10. Measure progress of Sustainability Goals

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12. Comparative Packaging Assessment Tool 12

13. Compass Allows comparison of the Human and Environmental Impact of a given design. Fossil Fuels Water Consumption Biotic Resource Consumption Mineral Consumption Green House Gas emissions Solid Waste Content (recycled vs. virgin) Clean Production Human Impacts Clean Production Aquatic Toxicity Western Candy Conference - 2009

15. 4D Packaging Design Methodology Ergonomics Cost Sustainability Logistics Western Candy Conference - 2009

16. Packaging audit Western Candy Conference - 2009

17. Improve unit cost, logistics - sustainability Western Candy Conference - 2009

18. Certification SOUP

19. Does your packaging encourage recycling? Does your packaging indicate its recycled content?

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21. Greenwashing The following types of general environmental claims are discouraged unless accompanied by qualifying text: Sustainable Eco-friendly Green Natural Environmentally safe “Green” marketing guidance is available: http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/rcc/web- academy/2009/pdfs/hartwell2-09.pdf Western Candy Conference - 2009

22. 2009 Schedule of Packaging Sustainability seminars & conferences The Essentials of Sustainable Packaging – Sustainable Packaging Coalition; www.sustainablepackaging.org/essentials or www.pac.ca – Apr 28 & 29, 2009 Philadelphia – Jun 9 & 10, 2009 Chicago – Nov 17 & 18, 2009 Denver Western Candy Conference - 2009

23. $ustainable Packaging EducateMeasureSet GoalsResourcesCommunicate

24. 24 Pacific Southwest Container is certified to both the Quality and the Environmental Management Standard Quality Management System Environmental Management System