Sustainability
In the field sustainability as well as in economic and ecological activities Mondi participates in the survey of Ethical Investment and is represented in the following indices: FTSE4Good Index, the JSE Socially Responsible Investment and the FTSE350 Carbon Disclosure Leadership.
company recognizes human rights and engages in active health and safety management at the workplace and in people development. Mondi is a signatory and advocate of the Global Compact, a UN initiative for business committed to universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption. The forests that are owned, leased and managed by Mondi are certified according to the standards of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC™).
In 2011, all owned, leased and managed forests in Russia and South Africa retained FSC™ certification and sixty one percent of all wood supply is FSC™ or PEFC-certified (PEFC: Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification).
Practically all the company's products are fundamentally sustainable. Consisting of natural fibres and produced with renewable resources, they are compatible with recovery and recycling regimes. Standardized parameters are applied continuously to monitor the environmental impact of the production processes. Mondi defined its product responsibility on the basis of the UNEP Life Cycle Initiative.
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