OfficeMax New Zealand has launched a Responsible Supplier Code and Sustainable Packaging Guidelines for approximately 500 domestic and international suppliers.
The new frameworks are designed to support OfficeMax’s 2020-2025 Sustainability Strategy by improving the social and environmental footprint of its supply chain. The launch follows a trial and feedback period with suppliers based in New Zealand and globally.
The Responsible Supplier Code will focus on enhancing ethical business activities, such as labour standards and human rights, as well as reducing environmental impacts. Vendors will be required to self-assess their organisations against Standard, Standard PLUS or Advanced criteria in the coming year. The Standard level is the minimum required to continue doing business with OfficeMax.
Suppliers now have 12 months to understand what is required prior to the commencement of an audit programme that will launch in July 2024.
The Sustainable Packaging Guidelines were developed to align with the Plastic and Related Products Regulations 2022. They will see all suppliers within OfficeMax’s supply chain support a circular waste process by maximising the ongoing sustainable value of packaging materials. This, in turn, will tie in with OfficeMax’s goal of achieving 100% reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging by 2025.
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