Packaging initiatives support our vision for a greener future
In 2022, we introduced several initiatives related to packaging to help fulfill our sustainability goals. At the beginning of the year, we released ‘Project Harmony’ whose aim was to optimize and unify the current packaging of our products, and to design new packaging for products that currently don’t have any. You can read more about the project here.
As a rule, we use materials made from recyclable raw materials in our packaging like cardboard postal boxes. In addition to them, we also use recycled packaging materials such as biodegradable filler materials. In 2022, we went one step even further by ensuring that the tape that secures our shipments also supports our vision for a greener future. You can read more about that here.
Creating initiatives continued also throughout 2023. For example:
- we implemented a new packaging line for outgoing goods which has automated and streamlined our processes. Automatic labeling and the possibility to create electronic dispatch notes has reduced the workload of 1.5–2 employees;
- the amount of plastic used in own operations has been reduced to zero;
- as a result of Project Harmony, products can now be packed more tightly meaning more products can be packed into fewer packages;
- package-specific dispatch notes (also a legal requirement in some countries) help to trace lost products, to reduce wasted deliveries.
We also have plans in place for 2024. For example:
- paper-based dispatch notes to customers will be eliminated. In the future, they will be automatically sent by email;
- other required packaging labels will also be added to the automatic packaging line reducing excess labeling;
- we will further streamline warehouse operations and reduce waste by implementing packaging and labeling requirements in the supplier interface;
- we are also exploring the use of recycled packaging material and will concentrate on the procurement of packaging based on recycled material.
We will continue to harmonize, streamline and optimize our processes and the products we use to ensure we remain the most sustainable smart-locking company in the industry.
