Sustainable Packaging
Highlight Performance
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Our Sustainable Packaging Commitment
The vision and mission to " THE POWER TO ENHANCE LIFE" of Osotspa Public Company Limited and its subsidiaries (Osotspa) has determined its roadmap toward sustainability. Which focused on building a strong foundation, addressing new challenges and opportunities that may arise in the future. Include developing business flexibility and capable of growing together with partners (Tier 1 Suppliers) and Partner’s partners (Non-Tier 1 Suppliers) even in turbulent business environment.
Packaging sustainability goals are set in the environmental plan. We have designed “Zero Packaging Waste” to reduce the environmental impact of its packaging. Through encouraging packaging circulation with design and prefer Eco - Packaging to deliver the quality product in alignment with consumer satisfaction. Therefore, Osotspa has setting key performance to communicate and assess our business partners’ capabilities as the following topics;
- Programs to reduce the volume and/or weight of packaging.
- Programs to increase the use of reusable packaging.
- Programs to increase the use of recyclable packaging.
- Programs to phase out single-use plastic packaging.
- Programs to increase the use of recycled material as packaging solutions.
- Programs to ensure that recyclable packaging is actually recycled.
- Allocation of R&D resources to sustainable packaging and alternative solutions.
To effectively drive the sustainable packaging program, coordinating cooperation with partners and stakeholders is crucial. Communication and commitment to driving the aforementioned strategy are pivotal factors. This entails working collaboratively with partners and stakeholders to achieve goals and collectively contribute to building sustainable value chains in the future.
Our Sustainable Packaging Strategies
Performance Highlights
To achieve our Sustainable Packaging goals and stay in line with Thailand’s Bio-Circular-Green Economy (BCG) model action plan for 2021-2027, OSOTSPA has evolved our packaging across product groups to utilize a variety of practices including recyclable design, weight reduction, and recyclable material usage. These are all aimed at reducing environmental impact while maintaining the same quality.
Material Selection
In 2024, Osotspa discontinued the use of PVC film across various product categories, including functional drinks such as Calpis Lacto and personal care products such as Twelve Plus shower cream, Babi Mild cream, and Babi Mild lotion. The Company has transitioned to alternative materials, including recycled plastics, to enhance packaging recyclability, minimize environmental impact, and support the packaging recycling process.
Key initiatives on this front include
Packaging Size Optimization
Osotspa conducts R&D to reduce the use of plastic, glass, and paper in packaging by improving both new (NPD) and existing product packaging. This includes lightweight glass bottles that maintain quality, as well as similar improvements for paper and plastic packaging-all aiming toward sustainable packaging.
Recycling Solutions in Our Production
Osotspa does not shy from being accountable in terms of post-consumer waste management. This can be seen in our advanced recycling center in Saraburi province which contributes to the reduction and recycling of waste by way of resource optimization. With an end goal to promote sustainable consumption and production, we at Osotspa never stop seeking ways to enhance the efficiency of our recycling center and increase the amount of local cullet used in our glass bottle production.
Information Display to Promote Packaging Reuse
Osotspa collaborates with Thai Beverage Can, a supplier of can packaging, in the Aluminium Loop CAN project, which recycles used cans into new cans. Since Aluminium cans can be 100% fully recycled, the Company used Aluminium Loop CAN for Calpis Lacto and Shark products in 2024.
The emblem serves to raise consumer awareness of eco-friendly aluminium can packaging infinitely recyclable and processed through a comprehensive closed loop recycling system in Thailand.
Collaboration on Sustainable Packaging
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Principles
Industry Level
- The Institute of Packaging and Recycling Management for the Environment (TIPMSE), under the Federation of Thai Industries
- Thai Beverage Industry Association
- Companies in the same industry
Osotspa collaborates with industry associations and manufacturing companies in the ‘Pack Back’ project to develop a model for managing waste from used packaging.
Bottle to Bottle Project
Collaboration with customers and consumers
- Community
- Pollution Control Department
- Department of Internal Trade
Osotspa ran the Bottle to Bottle project, an Osotspa “Eco-Community Project”, for the fourth consecutive year. In 2024, the event was held in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province, which is the location of Osotspa’s main production base. Osotspa has the role of connecting waste collection and management networks for households and communities, as well as providing funds based on the weight of glass bottle waste (50 satang per 1 kilogram of glass bottle waste) in the form of products or community development. In 2024, the project aimed to collect more than 70,000 kilograms of glass bottle waste for recycling, with more than 5,000 kilograms of glass bottle waste from the network in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province.
Sustainable Cullet Sourcing
With Business Partners / Suppliers
- Wongpanit - Recyclable Waste Processer
Osotspa collaborates with suppliers to promote the collection of cullet from local households to be sent back to the recycling process.
Sustainable Packaging Project
Participating distributors include
- Thai Beverage Can
- SCG Chemicals
- PTT Global Chemical
- Envicco
- UPM Raflatac
Osotspa is committed to creating positive change throughout the entire supply chain. As such, the Company works closely with processors and distributors to launch sustainable packaging projects. This serves as the starting point for Osotspa's future sustainable packaging initiatives.
Care the Whale ‘Invisible Glass Bottle’ Project
Collaboration with
- 32 publicly listed companies on the Stock Exchange of Thailand, such as NCC Management & Development Co., Ltd., The Street Retail Development Co., Ltd., and Central Pattana Public Company Limited
Osotspa, along with 32 partners, has collectively sorted more than 47,000 kilograms of glass bottles, helping reduce greenhouse gas emissions by over 18,000 kgCO2e. This is equivalent to the amount of CO2 absorbed annually by 2,000 trees or the equivalent of planting 10 football fields of forest. As part of its glass bottle waste collection program, Osotspa has donated over 30,000 baht in products from the Company’s beverage brands, to be used in public benefit activities at the Sukree Kaewcharoen Auditorium at the Stock Exchange of Thailand.
