CHEP New Zealand Receives CEMARS Certification

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CHEP New Zealand Receives CEMARS Certification As Part Of Global Commitment To Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

WIRI, NEW ZEALAND, 1 December 2014 – CHEP New Zealand is delighted to announce it has received CEMARS certification – which formally recognises CHEP’s effectiveness in measuring greenhouse gas emissions – in compliance with ISO 14064-1 – and the ability to identify, prioritise and manage greenhouse gas emission reduction activities.

CEMARS – Certified Emissions Measurement And Reduction Scheme - is the world's first internationally accredited greenhouse gas certification programme under ISO 14064.

CHEP New Zealand Safety, Health and Environment Manager, Richard Dunn, says “Measuring CHEP’s environmental impact and reducing the carbon footprint is critical to CHEP’s commitment to sustainability at a New Zealand and global level”.

As the provider of reusable supply chain packaging solutions, managing movements of in excess of 64 million pallets, containers and reusable plastic crates (RPCs) in New Zealand every year, sustainability is at the core of what CHEP does every day.

“The CEMARS programme takes us a step further by ensuring we are measuring our material impacts consistently and completely and gives assurance to our customers and shareholders that the data we report is accurate,” says Mr Dunn.

The programme involves a detailed audit of CHEP New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions every 12 months and provides targets to help CHEP reduce intensity emissionsby 2% every year from 2013 levels over a five-year period.

The CEMARS programme also provides a framework for driving improved carbon management and facilitates the purchase of carbon credits to offset remaining emissions.

CHEP’s commitment to environmental sustainability is just one element of CHEP’s Sustainability Framework, which has three pillars: Better Planet, Better Communities and Better Business.

CHEP New Zealand’s four environmental sustainability targets for the 2015 financial year include:

1. 100% Chain of Custody certified timber used for all pooled pallets;

2. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions intensity annually by a minimum of 2% to achieve a reduction of 10% by the end of the fifth year of the programme (2018);

3. Zero timber waste to landfill; and

4. Improved recycling rates at service centres.

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About CHEP

CHEP offers managed, returnable and reusable packaging solutions to companies across the globe. Since 1956, our technology and know-how have helped some of the world’s best known brands including Procter & Gamble, SYSCO, Kellogg’s, Kraft, Nestle, Ford and GM get to market.

Our supply chain solutions help customers store, protect and move goods from production to point of consumption in a safe, cost efficient and environmentally sound way. Whether moving raw materials, meat, fresh food, bulk liquids, car parts or consumer goods, we apply the technology and thinking to make goods movement leaner, greener and safer. Our solutions lower customers’ supply chain and bottom line costs and reduce operational risks. Using CHEP, customers can better focus their valuable resources on their core business. With a pool of over 300 million pallets and containers worldwide, CHEP has more than 7,500 employees and operates in more than 50 countries. For more information about CHEP visit: www.chep.com.

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