1.Tell me about your company – what industry you are in and what does your business do?
Huhtamaki Tailored Packaging (or Huhtamaki TP) is a wholesale and distribution company providing foodservice packaging and Point-of-Sale (POS) retail packaging. We import in excess of 350 containers of finished products each month with national distribution and warehousing in key capital cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.
Huhtamaki TP supplies finished packaging products to a wide network of customers including metropolitan and regional wholesalers of packaging, food wholesalers, hospitality suppliers and prominent retailers.
2. Can you please provide some top level information about your organisation, such as size, number of staff, office locations or similar?
We have 5 sales, warehousing and logistics facilities and 140 employees nationally with offices in major capital cities: Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.
3. Why did you go through certification?
Chain of custody certification enables our organization to display the globally recognized FSC label on finished products and use FSC trademarks in our promotional materials. The FSC logo sends a strong message to the marketplace that we are committed to protecting the health and resilience of forests worldwide.
4. How did you find the process with Global-Mark?
The process of certification via Global-Mark has been a breeze from the start of the certification process through to ongoing surveillance and re-certification audits.
5. What is your outcome e.g. are you happy with the outcome?
The relationship between Huhtamaki TP and Global-Mark has been very pleasant and we are extremely satisfied with our certification results.
6. Are there any other business benefits you experienced as a result of becoming certified?
Market and industry trends indicate a strong preference for FSC-certified products. This has been driven largely by consumer demand in the retail sector for FSC-certified products. Consequently, major companies are implementing policies that favour FSC-certified products to meet the growing demand of retail consumers.
Governments are also specifying the use of FSC-certified products as part of their green public procurement policies. An increasing number of countries and regions – including Australia – now have laws prohibiting the trade and use of illegally harvested timber and derived products. HTP being a supplier of FSC-certified products has gained access to these markets, and many others.
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