Taking action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Over 65% of Tork tissue products are manufactured in New Zealand using up to 76% renewable energy*. Through switching to geothermal steam and changing their manufacturing process at their Kawerau plant, they have reduced manufacturing greenhouse gas emissions by 46%.

Their Tropical Peatland free policy and No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation (NDPE) commitment is in response to extreme climate impacts from draining and establishing pulpwood plantations on carbon-rich tropical peatlands.

*Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) Tork Hand Towels S-P-00851

Taking action to respect human rights and prevent modern slavery.

Tork’s Responsible Sourcing Program was launched in 2014 and they have been working with Sedex to assess and onboard suppliers. In 2019 they launched their Ethical Sourcing Policy, which includes an exploitation-free committment.

Tissue products are made of at least 90% wood fibre. FSC® certification is important as it ensures respect for human rights within forestry including labour rights and resonable living wages at all levels.

75% of Tork tissue products are locally manufactured in Australia or New Zealand - both are low risk countries for modern slavery.

Taking action to reduce waste and improve circularity.

Tork systems are designed to use less and reduce waste - some by up to 40%.

Their latest local manufacturing investment is reducing packaging by 20% or 143 tonnes per year across a large range of products.

Hand towels, napkins and paper wipers can be composted in onsite worm bins or through commercial composting. Lifecycle analysis shows that commercial composting can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 56%.*

*Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) Tork Hand Towels S-P-00851