Major materials supplier for printed packaging, Spicers, is instigating its journey to carbon neutrality, partnering with not-for-profit environmental organisation Greenfleet.
Spicers Australia will now be offsetting CO2 emissions relating to its Australian operations. Greenfleet plants native biodiverse forests to capture carbon emissions and help fight the impacts of climate change.
The offsetting at Spicers will include emissions from the LPG for its gas forklifts, the diesel used in its fleet of trucks, the fuel used in company cars (including those with car allowances) and electricity used in its offices and distribution centres.
“By partnering with Greenfleet, we are confident that our climate action provides genuine and lasting environmental benefits. We are proud of the impact we’re about to make,” said David Martin, CEO Spicers. “By offsetting our emissions with Greenfleet in 2022, we are taking practical action against climate change and helping to restore Australia’s forests, recreate crucial habitat for native wildlife and transform degraded land back to its natural state.”
Spicers has already taken action through solar panels on some of its sites, along with LED lighting upgrades and movement to more electric forklifts, but says it still has some work to do. It is partnering with Greenfleet to take climate action and offset its carbon emissions through native reforestation. Greenfleet is a leading not-for-profit environmental organisation committed to protecting our climate by restoring our forests.
Since 1997, Greenfleet has planted 10 million trees across 500 forests in Australia and New Zealand. As they grow, Greenfleet forests absorb carbon emissions, improve soil and water quality, and restore habitat for native wildlife, including many endangered species.
Spicers’ first offset will be allocated to Glendalough, VIC. In the rolling hills of South Gippsland, this previously cleared 240-hectare property will be returned to native ecosystem. The property is adjacent to remnant native forest and will provide an important vegetation link for Strzelecki koalas, and habitat for native birds such as the Yellow-faced Honeyeater and Grey Fantail.
