Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd.
Participated in joint procurement of cardboard base paper for five food and beverage companies
– Aiming to improve production efficiency and reduce environmental impact throughout the supply chain –
From July 2023, Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd. will participate in an initiative to jointly procure cardboard base paper by five food and beverage companies. We will jointly procure cardboard base paper, which is the raw material for cardboard boxes used to pack food. Through joint procurement, we will accelerate efforts to improve the production efficiency of the entire supply chain and further reduce the environmental burden.
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■ History and scheme of joint procurement
Cardboard boxes, which play an important role in protecting, storing, and transporting food and beverage products, are attracting attention as packaging materials with a high recycling rate due to the recent rise in environmental awareness. On the other hand, the maintenance of the recycling system has become an urgent issue due to soaring energy prices and a shortage of workers.
The Glico Group will participate in a joint procurement scheme for cardboard base paper implemented by five companies: Kirin Holdings, Suntory Holdings, Nagatanien, Nissin Foods Holdings, and House Foods Group.
When starting joint procurement of cardboard base paper, the Group has made various efforts, such as changing the specifications of cardboard base paper and improving logistics efficiency by utilizing VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) warehouses. We aim to realize an efficient supply chain and reduce the environmental burden by expanding the procurement area by jointly procuring cardboard base paper and improving the transportation efficiency of cardboard base paper.
In the “Glico Group Environmental Vision 2050,” the Glico Group has set medium- to long-term quantitative targets for the “utilization of sustainable container and packaging resources.” This joint procurement scheme will contribute to achieving these targets. increase. In order to create value for our customers, we will not only focus on this initiative for cardboard base paper, but will also accelerate sustainable initiatives for raw materials.
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Glico Group’s Main Initiatives to Reduce Environmental Impact and Improve Logistics Productivity in the Logistics Field
・”Improve the efficiency of three-party collaboration in chilled sales distribution”
~ Realization of optimization model using AI vehicle allocation to overcome the logistics crisis ~
・”Environmental/labor burden reduction and sustainability improvement through total logistics efficiency improvement from upstream to downstream”
~ Office Glico in the Tokyo metropolitan area, B to B distribution network efficiency improvement by setting up mother center ~ In addition, as the external environment surrounding the supply chain changes, the Glico Group has set “sustainable use of container and packaging resources” as one of the important issues (materiality) in “Environmental Vision 2050”, which sets out our medium- to long-term environmental policy. While pursuing the functions of containers and packaging, we are working to reduce the environmental impact by combining weight reduction and other measures. We will promote corporate activities with the aim of building a more sustainable society while promoting the reduction of environmental impact and the improvement of customer service.
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“Glico Group Environmental Vision 2050” (established in March 2021) Set medium- to long-term goals in four areas: “Response to climate change/reduce greenhouse gases,” “utilize sustainable water
resources,” “utilize sustainable container and packaging resources,” and “reduce food waste.” Through these efforts, we will fulfill our responsibilities as a corporate citizen toward the realization of a resource-recycling society.
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