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Our shopping bag journey
As a travel retail leader serving hundreds of thousands of passengers daily, we are committed to building a more sustainable Travel Retail industry.
One of the focuses of our CSR program is to promote responsible packaging and disposables. It has been especially challenging to create a sustainable strategy for our shopping bags given the diversity of our brand portfolio across three segments, Travel Essentials, Duty-Free & Fashion, and Foodservice, and the vast range of products we sell but we have made a great start.
We want to invite you to join us on a more sustainable journey! Scroll down to find out more about the shopping bag approach.
Reduce
As a first step on this journey, we minimized the environmental impact of shopping bags and REDUCED the number of bags we distribute in our stores.
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To do so, we have decided, ahead of any global legislation, that we will no longer automatically offer a bag to customers in our stores worldwide.
Given our large network of stores globally (5000+) we can leverage our platform to spread the word and help influence and educate customers that the best way to be sustainable is to reduce the amount of unnecessary packaging we use. Single-use bags being one of them.
Read more
Responsible & Recyclable
Our customer still comes first, and we understand that sometimes bags are needed. Therefore, as a second step, we have switched the bags in our network to be made of the most RESPONSIBLE materials and that they can be RECYCLED at end of life.
Read more
Choosing the best materials for our bags has been challenging given the diversity of our brand portfolio. Our preferred option is certified FSC or PEFC paper bags as it is the material that has the least negative impact considering its entire lifecycle and our global travel retail environment context.
But given the different nature of products, our range of shopping bags include several other material options too:
- for heavy items such as wine bottles for which the paper can break
- for cold/hot items to also avoid the risk of bag breaking
- for products purchased in duty-free shops, which must be packed in sealed, transparent bags to meet the requirements of the International Civil Aviation Organization
For these products, we offer responsible alternatives:
- 100% Bioplastic from natural sources like Corn, Sugar, Tapioca, Cassava
- Plastic bags made from recycled plastic (RPET)
- Woven bags made from recycled content 'Bag for life’
- Organic cotton tote bags
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Go beyond and give back
We know that there is lots more to do, and in the last step of our journey, we go further by donating proceeds from bag sales to support charities that preserve biodiversity.
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We partnered up with two worthy organizations supporting causes that are important to us:
Reforest'Action: Dedicated to preserving, restoring and creating forests around the world.
Sea Cleaners: Providing solutions on land and at sea to protect the oceans from plastic pollution
Read more
Q&A
Our shopping bag journey
As a travel retail leader serving hundreds of thousands of passengers daily, we are committed to building a more sustainable Travel Retail industry.
One of the focuses of our CSR program is to promote responsible packaging and disposables. It has been especially challenging to create a sustainable strategy for our shopping bags given the diversity of our brand portfolio across three segments, Travel Essentials, Duty-Free & Fashion, and Foodservice, and the vast range of products we sell but we have made a great start.
We want to invite you to join us on a more sustainable journey! Scroll down to find out more about the shopping bag approach.
Reduce
As a first step on this journey, we minimized the environmental impact of shopping bags and REDUCED the number of bags we distribute in our stores.
Responsible & Recyclable
Our customer still comes first, and we understand that sometimes bags are needed. Therefore, as a second step, we have switched the bags in our network to be made of the most RESPONSIBLE materials and that they can be RECYCLED at end of life.
Go beyond and give back
We know that there is lots more to do, and in the last step of our journey, we go further by donating proceeds from bag sales to support charities that preserve biodiversity.
Reduce
Read more
To do so, we have decided, ahead of any global legislation, that we will no longer automatically offer a bag to customers in our stores worldwide.
Given our large network of stores globally (5000+) we can leverage our platform to spread the word and help influence and educate customers that the best way to be sustainable is to reduce the amount of unnecessary packaging we use. Single-use bags being one of them.
Read more
Responsible & Recyclable
Read more
Choosing the best materials for our bags has been challenging given the diversity of our brand portfolio. Our preferred option is certified FSC or PEFC paper bags as it is the material that has the least negative impact considering its entire lifecycle and our global travel retail environment context.
But given the different nature of products, our range of shopping bags include several other material options too:
- for heavy items such as wine bottles for which the paper can break
- for cold/hot items to also avoid the risk of bag breaking
- for products purchased in duty-free shops, which must be packed in sealed, transparent bags to meet the requirements of the International Civil Aviation Organization
For these products, we offer responsible alternatives:
- 100% Bioplastic from natural sources like Corn, Sugar, Tapioca, Cassava
- Plastic bags made from recycled plastic (RPET)
- Woven bags made from recycled content 'Bag for life’
- Organic cotton tote bags
Read more
Go beyond and give back
Read more
We partnered up with two worthy organizations supporting causes that are important to us:
Reforest'Action: Dedicated to preserving, restoring and creating forests around the world.
Sea Cleaners: Providing solutions on land and at sea to protect the oceans from plastic pollution
Read more
Q&A
Our shopping bag journey
As a travel retail leader serving hundreds of thousands of passengers daily, we are committed to building a more sustainable Travel Retail industry.
One of the focuses of our CSR program is to promote responsible packaging and disposables. It has been especially challenging to create a sustainable strategy for our shopping bags given the diversity of our brand portfolio across three segments, Travel Essentials, Duty-Free & Fashion, and Foodservice, and the vast range of products we sell but we have made a great start.
We want to invite you to join us on a more sustainable journey! Scroll down to find out more about the shopping bag approach.
REDUCE
As a first step on this journey, we minimized the environmental impact of shopping bags and REDUCED the number of bags we distribute in our stores.
To do so, we have decided, ahead of any global legislation, that we will no longer automatically offer a bag to customers in our stores worldwide.
Given our large network of stores globally (5000+) we can leverage our platform to spread the word and help influence and educate customers that the best way to be sustainable is to reduce the amount of unnecessary packaging we use. Single-use bags being one of them.
RESPONSIBLE & RECYCLABLE
Our customer still comes first, and we understand that sometimes bags are needed. Therefore, as a second step, we have switched the bags in our network to be made of the most RESPONSIBLE materials and that they can be RECYCLED at end of life.
Choosing the best materials for our bags has been challenging given the diversity of our brand portfolio. Our preferred option is certified FSC or PEFC paper bags as it is the material that has the least negative impact considering its entire lifecycle and our global travel retail environment context.
But given the different nature of products, our range of shopping bags include several other material options too:
- for heavy items such as wine bottles for which the paper can break
- for cold/hot items to also avoid the risk of bag breaking
- for products purchased in duty-free shops, which must be packed in sealed, transparent bags to meet the requirements of the International Civil Aviation Organization
For these products, we offer responsible alternatives:
- 100% Bioplastic from natural sources like Corn, Sugar, Tapioca, Cassava
- Plastic bags made from recycled plastic (RPET)
- Woven bags made from recycled content 'Bag for life’
- Organic cotton tote bags
GO BEYOND AND GIVE BACK
We know that there is lots more to do, and in the last step of our journey, we go further by donating proceeds from bag sales to support charities that preserve biodiversity.
We partnered up with two worthy organizations supporting causes that are important to us:
Reforest'Action: Dedicated to preserving, restoring and creating forests around the world.
Sea Cleaners: Providing solutions on land and at sea to protect the oceans from plastic pollution