deSter Sustainability Report 2022
deSter launched its first-ever Sustainability Report, showcasing deSter's dedication to environmental responsibility, social impact, and ethical governance, reflecting the company's holistic approach toward sustainability.
deSter launched its first-ever Sustainability Report, showcasing deSter's dedication to environmental responsibility, social impact, and ethical governance, reflecting the company's holistic approach toward sustainability.
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PRODUCT ESG REPORT DESTER <strong>2022</strong><br />
FIBER, PAPER, AND<br />
CARDBOARD RESPONSI-<br />
BLE RESOURCE USE<br />
Approach and targets<br />
• Utilize recycled fiber for non-food<br />
contact packaging, such as the<br />
secondary packaging containing our<br />
products<br />
• For food contact and ovenable applications,<br />
only virgin fibers can be<br />
used under the following guidelines:<br />
- If available, we use virgin fibers<br />
from by-product or waste<br />
streams. However, these fibers<br />
are shorter and may need to be<br />
mixed with longer virgin fibers<br />
- We always aim to offer FSCcertified<br />
virgin fibers and increase<br />
the use of FSC-certified resources<br />
in our portfolio. This ensures that<br />
the fibers are being harvested according<br />
to the highest standards.<br />
- If FSC is not possible, we aim to<br />
source virgin fibers from the EU,<br />
as they generally comply with the<br />
EUTR (European Timber Regulation)<br />
prohibiting illegal forestry.<br />
When sourcing outside the EU, we<br />
work with our suppliers to comply<br />
with the EUTR.<br />
Fiber, paper, and cardboard<br />
materials measurements<br />
For all non-food contact packaging, we<br />
have used only 100% recycled resources<br />
since 2021. For our food-contact products,<br />
you can see from the graph below that the<br />
percentage of fibers used from waste<br />
streams and FSC virgin fibers are increasing.<br />
Wet molded items, a product group expected<br />
to grow in the coming years, are the<br />
primary driver behind the uptick in products<br />
containing fibers from waste streams.<br />
Looking at the evolution of using virgin fibers<br />
from FSC and non-FSC sourced materials,<br />
we have seen an increase of FSC-sourced<br />
materials in recent years. Currently 33% of<br />
the materials we use are FSC-certified. We<br />
expect this number to increase in the coming<br />
years as we offer FSC-certified materials<br />
in our new products and work with our<br />
customers to replace existing products to<br />
those made with FSC materials.<br />
FSC certification<br />
Since 2018, <strong>deSter</strong> holds the official FSC<br />
Chain-of-Custody certification for our<br />
factory in Belgium. In 2020, we also obtained<br />
this FSC certification for our Thailand<br />
factory. Furthermore, <strong>deSter</strong> holds a<br />
company-wide FSC certification, assuring<br />
that we meet the highest environmental<br />
and social standards. This applies not only<br />
to the fibers we source from sustainably<br />
managed forests, but how we manufacture<br />
our products, too.<br />
SOURCED FIBER MATERIAL FOR<br />
FOOD-CONTACT PRODUCTS<br />
FSC VS NON-FSC<br />
<strong>2022</strong><br />
7%<br />
31%<br />
62%<br />
<strong>2022</strong><br />
33%<br />
67%<br />
2021<br />
6%<br />
27%<br />
67%<br />
2021<br />
29%<br />
71%<br />
2020<br />
5% 10%<br />
85%<br />
2020<br />
11%<br />
89%<br />
2019<br />
4%5%<br />
91%<br />
2019<br />
5%<br />
95%<br />
0% 50% 100% 0%<br />
50%<br />
100%<br />
Waste Streams Virgin FSC Virgin non-FSC Virgin FSC Virgin non-FSC<br />
92
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