The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report in 2018 summarizing the effects of a 1.5°C warming of the planet. The report stated that the Earth is on track to warm 1.5°C by 2040 if we don’t take action.1 The study indicates the planet will experience increased natural disasters and significant and potentially irreversible damage to our societies, economies, and the natural world if the Earth warms to this extent. IPCC states that in order to prevent this warming of the planet, the world must reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 50% by 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
Many consumer-packaged goods (CPG) brands are taking seriously their role in combatting climate change by setting aggressive 2025 and 2030 sustainability goals. Company sustainability goals are twofold: reducing manufacturing and shipping GHG emission output, and ensuring goods are packaged and disposed of in a way that causes the least harm possible to the environment.