AUSTRALIAN PACKAGING
COVENANT ACTION PLAN
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
While Winson Group incorporating Signet and insignia is a business to business group of companies the Winson Groups action plan has identified that Signet’s retail range meets the reporting criteria as per the Australian Packaging Covenant guidelines. The action plan will assist Winson Group in continuing to meet our obligations under the Australian Packaging Covenant and Sustainable Packaging Guidelines to drive continuous improvement of our processes and packaging products into the retail sector while optimising resources to reduce environmental impact with out compromising quality and safety
Our commitment will focus us on the effective review of consumer packaging against the new packaging guidelines within suitable time lines. Using materials more efficiently, promoting recycling awareness to ensuring that the bi-products from manufacture and daily business practice are reduced, therefore assisting in the preservation of our environment.
Mission Statement and Core Values
“To be Australian industry’s first choice supplier of packaging and identification products” The Core Values of the Winson Group are:
HOHONNOOUURR – To act in a fair and truthful manner
OWOWNNEERRSSHHIIPPAANNDDCOCOMMMMIITTMMEENNTT – To take responsibility for our work and actions as
we strive to meet our goals
CHCHAANNGGEEFFOORRSSTTRREENNGGTTHH – To embrace change to improve and grow
DIDILLIIGGEENNCCEE – To achieve success through hard work and effort
Winson Group
Managing Director
COMPANY HISTORY / SUMMARY
1968
1989
2000
Today
One of Australia’s leading manufacturers, brand owner and distributors of packaging materials, safety supplies and industrial marking products. Our manufacturing facility and head office is located in Brisbane, warehousing and Distribution centres are situated in Melbourne, Sydney, Mt Isa, Darwin and North Queensland sales serviced through Townsville.
We provide a valuable business to business industry service by supplying well-known quality branded products at the lowest possible price, ensuring stock levels are maintained and then back these products up with fast and accurate service.
Our method of marketing through catalogues, direct mail and interactive media to small business offers a competitive advantage and ensures we maintain a unique position in the market.
insignia is a leading Australian label manufacturer with over 30 years of experience in the
Australian business to business packaging market manufacturing a range of blank labels, barcode labels, laser labels and prime product labels. Insignia has production and warehousing facilities in Brisbane and Melbourne. Sales and technical service offices are located in Brisbane, Melbourne Sydney and Adelaide with North Queensland sales serviced through Townsville.
We also sell to companies’ service thermal printing equipment ranging from totally automated printer applicator systems to small desktop printers with solutions to suit virtually any application.
Began trading as
Ace Marking Equipment
Renamed SIGNET
Identification Systems
The packaging and marking division retained the SIGNET name
Labeling & coding division was renamed insignia
In the top 400 privately owned companies in Queensland
BRANDS – RETAIL MARKET
Produced by SIGNET – Colourpack Manufacturing facility for the retail market sector
Item Category: 1 – Aerosols
ITEM SIZE MATERIAL
Aerosol – Retail Line Marking Paint 500gm Metal & Plastic 12 aerosol cans packed into outer cardboard printed carton
Aerosol – Retail Turf Marking Paint
500gm Metal & Plastic
12 aerosol cans packed into outer cardboard printed carton
Aerosol – Retail Spot Marking Paint
350gm Metal & Plastic
12 aerosol cans packed into outer cardboard printed carton
DISTRIBUTION
Individual cans packed into outer single carton and dispatched on wooden pallet with approved carrier for delivery to consumer
COVENANT CONTACT OFFICER/S:
Company Contact OfficerDenise Leeming
Quality, OHSE Manager
Telephone 07 3364 2122 Fax 07 3364 2111
Email [email protected]
Peter Blanch
Group Operations Manager
Telephone 07 3364 2105 Fax 07 3364 2111
Email [email protected]
Address: Head Office
56 Ingleston Road Wakerley
Australian Packaging Covenant
WINSON GROUP - ACTION PLAN 31 March 2011 – 31 March 2016
PERFORMANCE GOAL KPI ACTION TARGET / PERFORMANCE
GOAL BASE LINE DATA RESPONSIBILITY TIMELINE
GOAL 1. DESIGN
Resource efficiency – reduce environmental impact without compromising safety & quality
KPI 1 Implementation of the SPG for design or procurements packaging
A Establish APC team to review packaging against SPG Meeting minutes
maintained APC coordinator Operations Manager April 2011 B Integration of the SPG in design / procurement systems
Integration of APC into Environmental policy
Integrated into system Signed by all company
snr mgmt
Procurement Manager QOHSE Manager
June 2011 C Chart total weight of consumer packaging (domestic /
imported) sold per annum into the Australian market Ratio of product to packaging – by weight Excel spreadsheet – comparison of figures APC Team Operations Manager April 2011
APC: Packaging designed to
Avoid or minimise
use of materials & other resources
Optimise recyclability & recycled content
Reduce litter impacts
Tonnes of packaging by material type
Tonnes of product packaged Collate information D Check sheet review packaging against - SPG (Sustainable
Packaging Guidelines)
All products and processes form retail range assessed to SPG
Product list / check sheet
APC Team
Procurement Manager QOHSE Manager
May 2011 NOTE: A signatory would be considered compliant if it has a management system with documentation that shows how each of the principles and strategies are used to guide packaging design and procurement decisions
GOAL 2. RECYLING KPI 2 National recycling rate for packaging – The efficient collection and recycling of packaging
APC: The plan must indicate whether there is a recovery system in place. If not, it must outline the timetable for
establishment of a recovery system for used packaging
A Conduct waste audit to establish baseline data and identify opportunities for improvement
On site recovery system established and instigated
Audit program Records
APC team September 2011
B Documented policy for the buying of recycled products or
materials in as far as possible for retail products Policy in place and maintained Policy maintained and placed onto intranet QOHSE Manager April 2011 C Questionnaire and collation of data for % of product that is
recyclable – contact agencies to establish content / process % known and documented for retail products Spread sheet – qty Procurement QOHSE Manager June 2011 D Analysis of packaging stream for waste recovery – Member of
APMF – Australian Paint Manufacturers Federation – working with trial programs for paint collection
Containers for recycling –
register of recycling facilities APC Team CP Manager 2012
NOTE: The recovery system could include distribution packaging (stretch wrap, corrugated shippers, tape etc) as well as consumer packaging waste generated in offices and canteens. Markets are available for most packaging materials. A useful resource is Planet Ark’s business recycling web site (http://businessrecycling.com.au) and hotline (1300 763 768).
GOAL 3. PRODUCT
STEWARDSHIP KPI 3 ‘The plan must include actions to improve packaging design and increase recycling of packaging. Also: Outline any other product stewardship actions that the signatory will take to support the covenants objectives and goals APC: Demonstrated
commitment to PS by the supply chain
A Questionnaire requesting information from suppliers as per
SPG Document in Procurements processes in QMS –
completed questionnaires
Filed and documented Procurement
QOHSE June 2011
B Documented procedure to review packaging – existing / new Document in QMS
-controlled Intranet – published for all personnel Procurement APC Team April 2011 C Consumer education program – web / catalogue for the
responsible disposal or recycling of the packaging Noted on web & in YBG Om system and visible APC Team Signet GM August 2011
D Work with other associations to improve packaging design and recycling – APMF – Australian paint Manufacturers Federation
Involvement with APMF – trials documented
Documented trials occurring
APC Team April 2011
