Tesco

Tesco commissioned Valpak’s Data Management Team to help them reduce the administrative burden of their packaging data submission and ensure their compliance.

Valpak was responsible for calculating their data submission and ensuring that it was “as accurate as reasonably possible” as required by the Regulations.

This included:

• identifying the raw data required in order to produce the data submission
• contacting suppliers to obtain packaging weights
• carrying out weighing exercises
• extensive data collection and analysis
• reporting the data submission to the relevant environment agency by the required regulatory deadline

By outsourcing the packaging data submission to Valpak, Tesco gained peace of mind that the business was fully compliant with the UK Packaging Waste Regulations.

Tesco also realised a number of other benefits, including:

• the identification of raw data required in order to produce the data submission
• cost savings in terms of staff time and resource
• additional, bespoke reporting to help establish areas of investigation for Tesco to focus its own resources on worthwhile sustainability projects
• a full audit trail of how their data submission was produced, so they were prepared for an Environment Agency audit