Manufacturing Magazine November 2024 | Page 25

EXECUTIVE INSIGHT

88 %

of all JTI packaging is reusable and recyclable

How ? Overall reduction , replacement and improvement of packaging materials a 29 % reduction in water consumption and have increased the amount of recyclability and reusability in our packaging by 88 %.

We have big ambitions and plans as to what else we will do in the future . Something driving these plans is the introduction of an internal carbon pricing mechanism , which has allowed us to assess our investments beyond financial payback , taking into account environmental impact .
This is critical as a big part of what we ’ re doing is investing in technology and projects which reduce emissions .
We have a fantastic project in our factory in Trier , Northern Germany where we ’ ve invested in a solar wind park and in collaboration with local authorities and another private company , use it to generate a significant deal of our electricity .
We ’ ve also got projects in both Europe and the Americas to optimise our supply chain network to reduce transport emissions . We ’ ve really embraced digitalisation to model the network and enable decisions .
Q . HOW ARE YOU CREATING SUSTAINABLE FACTORIES AT JTI ?

» We ’ ve improved the efficiency of our factories by 10 % in the last four years through improvements in productivity .

We ’ ve adopted the Integrated Work System ( IWS ), a holistic programme that not only helps professional development by introducing people to new knowledge and skills but also focuses on loss elimination .
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