• 100% of our product families will have at least one ‘recycle-ready’ item by 2025 or they will consist of products made from materials that can be re-inserted into the end-to-end value chain criteria for recyclability. Recycled content claims will be assessed according to the ISO 14021 guiding principles.
• 100% of total packaging weight that is used for shipping will be recyclable or reusable by 2025.
• Provide end-of-life collection and process used materials back into the manufacturing chain.
• Collect 15% of sold recyclable products to go through their recycling process.
• Remove all non-circular packaging from the products we sell.
• 30% or more of our plastic packaging will come from recycled plastic content by 2025.
• Zero Waste to Landfill by 2025.
• A 5% reduction in total waste (tonne per £ turnover) year on year.
• Lyreco currently offers several recycling collection initiatives including: batteries, ink and toner, 15-litre water bottles, paper shredding and Nespresso capsules. We are continuously looking to introduce new recycling services for our customers.

The following commitments – led by our People and Culture team – focus on integrating equality and diversity throughout both Lyreco and our supply chain. 

• Providing equal employment opportunities.
• Ensuring that all people are treated with dignity and respect and that everyone’s value is recognised.
• Providing a working environment free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation, or harassment.
• Securing genuine equality of opportunity to enable individuals to develop their skills and abilities, ensuring that attitudes and practices do not unjustifiably inhibit or restrict them.
• Paying the real living wage and being Living Wage accredited.
• Reducing our gender pay gap.
• Providing support to employees around mental health and wellbeing.
• Making sure our suppliers are signed up to eliminating modern slavery throughout their supply chain.

• By 2025, we commit to ensuring 90% of our product range meets our definition of sustainability, benefitting both people and the planet.
• By 2022, we aim to increase our current sustainable product range by 50%.
• Implement the 5-Star Supplier Rating scheme which will indicate whether a supplier has successfully integrated CSR within their organisation. This will also support suppliers by providing an action plan on delivering upon sustainability and social value commitments.

• Map our Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions throughout our operations and processes. This will produce a roadmap to reduce our emissions in accordance with SBTi methodology.
• Eliminate fossil fuels to reduce Scope 1 emission for all our UK and Ireland owned facilities. Lyreco will seek to replace fossil fuel systems with low-carbon alternatives.
• Purchase our remaining grid electricity from 100% REGO-certified suppliers.
• Reduce our fleet emissions to zero by 2028.
• Review our business travel, implementing sustainable travel hierarchy and choosing sustainable travel methods where possible. For those journeys that are difficult to make without the use of a car and where Lyreco provides employees with a car, Lyreco will move to only offering zero-carbon vehicles.
• Review our Scope 3 emissions including reviewing procurement options.
• Continually review offsetting options to ensure offsetting schemes are fully certified and benefit communities.
• Increase water management efficiency to reduce our water usage.
• Enhance biodiversity around our company-owned property and neighbouring communities.

• Each of our four Lyreco categories will adopt a charity partner in 2022 that they not only raise funds for, but look to build a partnership with through employee volunteering and donation support.
• Strengthen our employee volunteering and charity support policy, allowing employees to have a day away from their typical work day to support a charity or good cause of their choice.
• Calculate its social value annually using the TOMs Social Value Portal.
• Support the Social Value Taskforce as an active member. Some of the key support initiatives that we will be striving to implement in 2022 include:
  • Providing donations, either products or monetary, to charities
  • Supporting young people and the unemployed by providing career support
  • Providing staff with time to volunteer for a charity of their choice
  • Supporting older and vulnerable people to build stronger community networks.