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Our Green Story

Our mission is “to become the world’s most sustainable packaging company” and that’s why we’re wiping the slate clean. By 2030 we’ll have captured the entire volume of carbon emitted from the day the company was founded in 2002.

Supporting UK Woodlands

How Do We Reduce Our Carbon Footprint?

For Reflex, offsetting carbon is not just the answer, but reducing carbon emissions in the first instance, as part of our wider sustainable goals.
So here’s how we do it, click the icons to find out:

Reflex Solar Panels

Solar panels installed across some of our sites with this increasing year on year.
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Reflex Wind Turbines

Wall-mounted wind turbines installed across some of our sites with this increasing year on year.
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LED lighting installed across all our sites
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green energy

Green Energy, 100% of our energy is from non-carbon, renewable sources
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Reflex Hybrid Fleet

A growing fleet of all electric and hybrid cars & charging points at all our sites
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Reflex state-of-the-art Machinery
Investment in state-of-the-art machinery yields reduction in material & energy use
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We have achieved zero-to-landfill across many of our sites.
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Reflex recycling centre
We have a recycling centre at our Boston site, where we collect liner waste ready for recycling
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Reflex state-of-the-art Machinery
Once we have reduced our carbon emissions as far as possible, we offset the rest in a tree planting scheme
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Reflex Tracking Energy Use

We track real-time energy use across our sites
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Reflex Conservation Work
We support wild bees as part of our nature conservation commitment
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Reflex Environmental Certifications
We have a variety of environmental certifications across the group
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Reflex Solar Panels

Solar Panels

In May 2018 we began a program to install solar panels across our sites. We currently have them installed at our Boston, Mansfield, Newcastle and Leicester sites, collectively generating 688,000 kW/H annually, which is enough electricity to power 254 average sized UK households each year.

Reflex Recycling Centre

Recycling Centre

Based at our Boston site in Lincolnshire, we’ve set up a liner recycling facilitation centre that runs in conjunction with our raw material suppliers. We offer this brilliant service to our clients and the feedback on this to date has been very positive.

Reflex carbon offsetting scheme

Tree Planting Scheme

Back in 2018 we began our ‘net zero’ journey by teaming up with Forest Carbon and planting just under 7,000 trees in Cumbria, to offset our Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions. Our latest project in Scotland includes over 43,000 trees, which is projected to capture the next 3-4 years’ worth of carbon emissions. We now also support UN-backed carbon offsetting schemes worldwide.

Reflex Tracking Energy Use

Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme

We monitor energy used by our buildings, manufacturing, and transport to identify energy savings measures. We report our carbon footprint via the requirements of the ‘Streamlined Energy Carbon Reporting’ scheme.

Reflex Conservation Work

Conservation Work

In 2021 we became Business Members of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust and are proudly helping to support the vitally important work they do across the country to protect wild bees.

Reflex Conservation Work

Environmental Certification

We now have 7 sites certified to ISO 14001 (Environmental Management Systems) and 5 sites Certified to FSC® and PEFC.

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We support UK woodland creation in recognition of our whole operational carbon footprint.
This is what we’ve achieved so far:

trees planted

of new woodland

CO2 captured

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About our woodlands

When We Say We’re Serious About Sustainability, We Mean It….

Reflex is proud to be officially and independently certified as a carbon neutral business. 

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