As packaging waste continues to leak into the environment, it is crucial for companies to do their best to close the tap. 没有完美的包装方案，但SPHERE可以帮助您找到最可持续的包装方案.
包装对环境的影响越来越成为公司和消费者的优先考虑, who are looking for ways to reduce their environmental footprint. 与12家公司合作，包括几家WBCSD成员公司，并得到一个咨询小组的支持, we have pledged to tackle the packaging waste mismanagement issue.
然而, 你如何确保试图解决一个问题不会在其他地方产生另一个问题? Navigating the myriad of impact assessment metrics is not an easy task. 企业目前面临着在环境评估中结合可持续性和循环性考虑的挑战, 以及评估与包装和交付系统替代方案相关的权衡. To address these limitations of existing methodologies, 我们提出了一种完成包装整体环境评估的方法: SPHERE, the packaging sustainability framework.
概念化为支持跨公司部门包装战略决策的框架, SPHERE strikes a balance between complexity and simplicity. 该框架收集了从环境可持续性角度评估包装所需的所有方面，并提炼出一种促进整体评估的方法.
The framework is based on six principles including 包装效率 循环, impact on climate change and biodiversity loss, absence of harmful substances and waste mismanagement, And有两种用法:
- 投资组合评估，从公司层面的角度确定一系列包装的潜在热点,
- 一个生态设计的方法来评估不同的包装选择为特定的产品.
SPHERE allows companies to prioritize action and monitor their performance. By driving impact and owning their sustainability journey, 他们将激励世界各地的其他人尽量减少包装对气候变化和自然损失的影响.
我们邀请全球各种规模和行业的公司通过使用SPHERE来评估他们的影响，并朝着更美好的世界迈出有意义的一步，从而展示他们在包装可持续性领域的领导地位.
View the " B2B chemical product packaging" case study.
常见问题
1. 什么是SPHERE?
SPHERE is an overarching framework for packaging environmental assessment, combining sustainability and 循环 metrics in a unique way. SPHERE提供了相关的指标来评估和建议的方法和数据库，以使用我们的六个包装可持续性原则(包装效率, 循环, impact on climate change and biodiversity loss, absence of harmful substances and waste mismanagement).
2. 谁会用SPHERE?
All companies who produce or use packaging can use SPHERE. The primary targets are packaging design teams and product portfolio managers. 还可以利用SPHERE为全球可持续性、采购和营销战略提供信息. SPHERE is a free to use framework, open to all and available on WBCSD website. SPHERE will soon be integrated in several existing packaging assessment tools, 这将增加其可访问性.
3. 公司为什么要使用SPHERE?
希望减少其包装对环境影响的公司可以使用SPHERE在两个层面上支持决策:特定产品包装的选择和设计, and improvement of packaging decisions at a portfolio level.
4. SPHERE的范围是什么?
SPHERE是一个与材料无关的框架，可用于初级评估, secondary and tertiary packaging for food and non-food products. It currently covers the environmental pillar of sustainability. 它允许公司在全球范围内使用它, and takes local specificities into consideration where relevant, e.g. 用于包装报废管理. 其范围从摇篮到坟墓，包括包装生产、使用和生命结束. 如果公司希望包括包装回收周期，该框架也可以从摇篮到摇篮.
5. How does SPHERE define packaging sustainability?
SPHERE将包装可持续性定义为最大的循环性和最小的环境足迹, while avoiding the presence of harmful substances. 为了支持这个定义, six principles have been developed: minimize the drivers of climate change; optimize efficiency; optimize 循环, optimize end of life; avoid harmful substances; and minimize the drivers of biodiversity loss.
6. SPHERE有什么新功能?
SPHERE允许公司全面评估其包装对环境的影响，并比较与各种影响相关的不同包装选择的权衡:气候变化的驱动因素, 包装效率, 循环, 临终, harmful substance and drivers of biodiversity loss. 另外, companies can define thresholds for each metric, allowing for the benchmarking of the assessment against a boundary condition.
7. What is the difference between a framework and a tool?
SPHERE提供了一个总体框架, a structured way to follow for packaging sustainability assessment. 框架没有用户界面，也不是工具(通过计算数据来产生结果)。, however SPHERE allows the use of a variety of tools. Since it suggests which metrics to assess, how to assess it and where to find the data, 因此，只要每个包装可持续性原则至少评估一个指标，该框架就可以集成到工具中.
8. What value can I expect by using SPHERE?
SPHERE is designed to provide information to support internal decision-making, it is up to the company to draw the conclusions based on the assessment outcomes. 通过更好地了解包装产品的环境足迹和优先采取行动的地方, 公司可以设计长期战略来减轻包装生命周期中的负面影响. SPHERE不用于报告.
9. Can we derive the results in a single score?
SPHERE旨在为企业提供其包装可持续性的整体视图, and therefore cannot be expressed as a single score. 它允许评估相互比较的影响和权衡，以支持决策和通知长期包装战略. The conclusions drawn by companies can differ depending on their priorities, as there is no silver bullet: they might want to address waste first, or reduce their emissions to achieve their net-zero goals.
10. 使用SPHERE需要哪些输入数据?
SPHERE recommends users to use primary data to feed the assessment, 同时确保在相同的案例研究中使用相同的范围和方法，以保持一致性和可比性.
11. What is a threshold and how to set thresholds by product category?
A threshold is a value independently set for each metric, allowing the company to assess their packaging impacts against a boundary condition. SPHERE推荐3种设置阈值的方法，从最高优先级到最低优先级:
- Science-based thresholds are targets set by the relevant scientific community, and currently exist for carbon and water assessment;
- 同类最佳门槛可能是某一特定产品类别市场上已有的开创性范例，也可能显示出高度的创新潜力;
- Self-declared thresholds can either be internal or external goals. Internal goals reflect the company’s sustainability strategy, whereas external goals are driven by third parties such as NGOs or experts.
You can find more information on page 28 of the 报告.
12. 我如何使用测试结果?
通过SPHERE框架评估获得的结果可用于支持产品包装设计和材料的决策, 有两个不同的用例:
- 采用生态设计方法, 公司可以根据阈值比较不同的包装解决方案，以根据自己的需求选择最可持续的包装方案, either before hitting the market or as a replacement for an existing packaging.
- 用投资组合方法, 企业可以识别排放热点，从而确定采取行动的优先次序, ensuring that efforts are put where it matters most.
SPHERE还使公司能够对给定包的多个改进解决方案进行建模，并将它们与相同的基线进行比较, and thus make informed and documented decisions.