(3BL Media / theCSRfeed) SANTA BARBARA, CA - November 16, 2011 - Be Green Packaging today announced the release of its 2011 Sustainability Report. The document is an annual report that systematically tracks the company’s progress towards innovative social, environmental, and economic goals. Be Green's internal sustainability goals are based on the triple bottom line philosophy, which is a holistic paradigm for measuring organizational success. This method of internal accounting places environmental stewardship and social responsibility on an equal footing with profitability in terms of overall importance to the organizations bottom line. The company, which manufactures compostable and recyclable packaging from renewable plant fibers, has maintained a strong commitment to the principles of sustainability since its inception in early 2007.

在此处下载报告：2011 Sustainability Report

今年的报告涵盖了上一个（2009-2010）财政年度中取得的进展。在此期间，该公司报告说，涵盖社会，环境和经济目标的20种不同参数的几乎所有不同参数的改善。过去一年采取的步骤包括雇用独立的第三方组织，例如AIB(American Institute of Baking) andIntertekto conduct internal food safety and workplace conditions audits and the reduction of shipping waste by switching to 100% post-consumer recycled cartons, among others. The company is currently working towards various long-term goals such as achieving zero-net carbon emissions from production, expanding its eco-advisory board, and acquiring additional environmental and social/workplace responsibility certifications from various independent organizations.

Be Green的生态顾问委员会主席Megan Havrda说：“这份报告是我们整合内部运营以及外部销售和营销的一种方式。我们希望它能为公众提供对我们公司价值和价值观和公司价值观的全面了解努力遵守和进一步发展我们行业的三重底线哲学。”

在今年7月，Be Greenannounced that it would be opening the美国的第一个植物纤维包装制造工厂在南卡罗来纳州里奇兰。州长尼基·海利（Nikki Haley）和Senator Clemente Pinckneymade a visit to the 90,000-sq. ft. facility to welcome the company to the state and acknowledge the significant green job creation efforts that will accompany the plants’ development.

截至2011年9月1日，warehousing and distribution operations have begun, with manufacturing operations expected to begin Quarter I 2012. CEO Ron Blitzer's vision for the plant includes extensive sourcing of pulp from the local farms and suppliers in the surrounding communities and efforts to make the facility as close to 100% waste-free as possible. Data from the upcoming plant will be integrated into Be Green's upcoming 2012 Sustainability Report.

Be Green Packaging LLC, based in Santa Barbara, Calif., manufactures and distributesCradle to Cradle^cmcertified, tree-free, compostable packaging for the food and consumer packaging industries. The company’s products are made from annually renewable plant fibers that are safe for people and healthy for the planet. For more information about the company, please visitwww.begreenpackaging.com.

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