DS Smith Sustainability Report 2021

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CIRCULAR BUSINESS

Circulating fibre around our business Every day across Europe and North America we collect waste paper and cardboard for recycling. This provides raw material for our paper mills, where we manufacture 100 per cent recyclable

papers. From this we make packaging, using only 100 per cent recycled or chain of custody certified papers. This is the journey from one box to another in 14 days at DS Smith.

How our circular business creates sustainable value Creating value in forestry and paper manufacturing

• 100 per cent of our papers are recycled or chain of custody certified • 83 per cent of the papers we use are recycled New certified papers fibre • Three trees are planted for every tree that is harvested in our supply chain

Creating value in pulping and bleaching

• Mono-material and tape-free pack design reduce the contamination and energy consumption of the pulping process • We are making our paper waste streams more circular • We use Total Chlorine Free (TCF) processes in all of our paper mills

Corrugated manufacturing

Paper manufacturing

Pulping & bleaching

Collecting & sorting

• We provide total waste management solutions to recycle all segregated wastes • We have been at the forefront of difficult to recycle waste, such as coffee cup recycling • No plastics collected by our Recycling Division are exported to Asia Watch our ‘Box to Box in 14 days’ video

• Over 700 designers and innovators create circular products • We optimise every fibre through performance paper specifications • We optimise ink coverage and minimise trim waste • Over 98 per cent of our packaging production waste is recycled

Creating value in conversion and packing Retail

Creating value in collection and recycling

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Creating value in corrugated manufacturing

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Conversion & packing

• We improve packaging line efficiency with optimised pack designs and real-life testing • We reduce manual handling through optimised ergonomics

Manufacturing or distribution centre

Creating value in retail and use Creating value in distribution

• We delight consumers by eliminating empty space void fill wherever possible • We optimise box size for most efficient product fill, palletisation and on-shelf efficiency – removing lorries from the road and taking carbon emissions out of supply chains whilst reducing customer cost

• Well-designed Shelf-Ready Packaging (SRP) improves the efficiency of transport, storage and replenishment cycles • Over 99 per cent of our packaging is reusable or recyclable in domestic or commercial waste streams • We advise on best practice on-pack sustainability communication


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SASB Index

2min
pages 65-66

Performance overview

2min
page 55

GRI and SDG Index

3min
page 64

Miscellaneous indicators

1min
page 59

Governance

5min
pages 62-63

Our basis for sustainability reporting

3min
page 54

Conducting business ethically and responsibly

3min
page 48

Sourcing sustainably

3min
pages 40-41

Managing water responsibly

3min
pages 36-37

Driving carbon reduction

4min
pages 34-35

Protecting natural resources

3min
pages 32-33

Equipping people to lead the transition to a circular economy

3min
pages 30-31

Closing the loop through better design

7min
pages 22-25

Q&A with Adrian Marsh, our Group Finance Director

2min
page 9

Circular business – Circulating fibre around our business

4min
pages 12-13

Partnering with the world’s leading authority on the circular economy

7min
pages 14-17

Introduction from Miles Roberts, our Group Chief Executive

2min
page 8

Led by our Purpose – Redefining Packaging for a Changing World

2min
pages 4-5

Now and Next sustainability strategy

4min
pages 18-19

2020/21 Highlights

1min
page 3

Redefining packaging during the Covid-19 global pandemic

4min
pages 6-7
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