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“WITHIN THG ’ S SUSTAINABILITY CORE PURPOSE , OUR VISION IS TO ACT AS A FORCE FOR GOOD AND IN LEAVING THE WORLD IN A BETTER PLACE THAN WE FOUND IT ”
MARK JONES CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER , THG
Lastly , from a beauty perspective , THG has programmes such as RecycleMe aimed at promoting circularity . “ Through RecycleMe , we enable customers to send us their hard-to-recycle plastic beauty packaging . We then collaborate with key brand partners to recycle and repurpose those plastic materials into new products .”
Rather than having the hard-to-recycle plastics go to landfill or incineration after use , this take-back programme allows THG to capture these materials and feed them back into circular supply cycles as recycled content . “ By finding innovative ways to transform these materials , we can extract maximum value before finally recovering them into new products and applications .”
Developing THG x Planet Earth and focusing on biodiversity As Jones describes , THG is prioritising several key areas when it comes to sustainability . Firstly , it aims to expand its PACT programme to more suppliers , fostering stronger partnerships across various groups while closely monitoring the progress of these initiatives . Given that THG ’ s sustainability programme is relatively young , at just over two years old , Jones explains that the company is committed to further developing both the programme itself and the data supporting it .
“ As we continue to get closer to regulatory dates like the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive ( CSRD ), we will be looking at how we collate all that data and information to be ready for that reporting period .”
As new sustainability initiatives and new regulations emerge , Jones also predicts that there will be a significant focus on biodiversity and nature , especially within its nutrition brands which use commodities such as cacao , whey and soy .
“ How we tackle opportunities such as regenerative agriculture to things around deforestation-free products is going to be a really important aspect for us , and the same for our beauty brands as well .
“ There is a lot for us to be working on over the next 12 to 18 months . It definitely won ’ t be a quiet period , to say the least , but it ’ s a really exciting opportunity ,” he concludes .
“ Sustainability is such an enjoyable topic because it ’ s that combination of solving problems and creativity . There are always new challenges coming through . No one day is the same as the other , but trying to work with your team , trying to work with the group across THG to come up with solutions is a nice challenge .” sustainabilitymag . com 61