Corporate Social Responsibility

supporting your products

At LC Packaging, sustainability has been our top priority for ninety years. Since starting our family business, we have been looking beyond tomorrow. We take into consideration the next generations, our customers, our employees and our manufacturing partners. Together, they constitute the foundation of a solid CSR policy within LC Packaging.

LC Packaging and Corporate Social Responsibility

FSC certified CardboardAll LC Packaging cardboard production

sites are FSC certified. The Forest

Stewardship Council is a global

organisation that promotes environ­

mentally appropriate, socially beneficial

and economically viable management

of the world’s forests. LC Packaging

embraces this and our amount of

FSC certified boxes sold are increasing

every year.

In 20 years our usage of recycled paper

has increased from 50 to more than 75%.

Supporting your products: that is the

promise made to you by LC Packaging.

We make every effort to ensure that

our clients are happy with us and that

they remain so. For you, the customer,

this means that you are assured of

sustainable products and services,

benefit from an international network,

can count on a sound and healthy

company and make full use of our

expertise. Every customer and supplier

(we prefer to call them ‘partners’) can

confirm that we always try to form

long­term relationships. That means

that we are always open to your

questions and we always contribute our

ideas as possible solutions.

Our valuesCommitted, reliable and loyal; our three

core values are second nature to us.

These values show who we are, how we

work, how we deal with you as a

customer and how we work with our

manufacturing partners. In brief, they

show where we stand in society as an

organisation.

Our dedication, reliability and loyalty have

made us who we are: a market leader in

packaging for the agricultural industry

and FIBCs (big bags/jumbo bags). We are

proud of this accomplishment.

LoyalWe are not only loyal to you as our

customer, but also to our manufacturing

partners. We have been working with

some companies for over fifty years.

ReliableAs a customer, you can always count on

us. Whatever happens. We will solve any

challenges that we face together; we

guarantee this, together with our reliable

employees.

Aad & Willy Hoogendam

40 years loyal to LC Packaging

CommittedWhen you work with LC Packaging,

you will meet dedicated

employees. We put 100 percent

into our work, with just one goal:

to make you, the customer, happy.

Our promise to our customers

People Planet Profit:For LC Packaging, Corporate Social Responsibility

means doing business with an approach that is

trying to bridge the gap between economic benefits

(Profit) and non-economic benefits (people and

planet). LC Packaging’s sustainability policy is

embracing this “people, planet, profit” model from

John Elkington. Please see how we balance our

business in such a way that we take care of our

future generations.

People Being a family-owned business the People we work with

are our most important asset. We are not only referring to

our employees but to all people working with LC Packaging

including our production partners.

Below some of our activities in this field:

• Sustainable staffing policy (opportunities for growth and

training), retaining employees for a longer period of time.

To substantiate that we have succeeded in this respect is

apparent from the fact that, on average, our employees

currently work for us for over fifteen years.

• Long­term relationships with suppliers. We have been

working with the same partners for many decades. This is

a symbiotic relationship. We are growing together!

• We strive for long­term relationships with our customers.

This partnership already goes beyond simply delivering goods

and services.

• A safe and healthy working environment. We feel responsible

for the well being of our employees. In our FIBC production

we are SA 8000 certified, the standard for social responsibility.

Planet LC Packaging is always thinking in the long term and considers

our future generations. We try to save our Planet as much as

possible.

Below some of our activities in this field:

• We continuously improve our packaging for our customers so

that fewer resources are needed. To produce a packaging with

less material but to the same specifications needed is an

on­going challenge.

• FIBC customers can make use of our own reconditioning

facility Worldbag. Our daughter organisation is taking care

of this so that some of our customer’s FIBCs can be used up

to 15 times. Worldbag is ISO 14001 certified.

• Where it is possible, we use packaging made from natural raw

materials. Our Jute bags for example are 100% biodegradable

and our cardboard and polypropylene packaging are 100%

recyclable.

• Thanks to our planning system we have reduced our transport

mileage by more than 15%.

• Our International purchasing department makes regular

environment checks of our production partners. Most of our

partners all have ISO 14000 certified factories.

Profit Almost all profits are reinvested in the company. The share-

holders of the LC Group have a long term vision where the well

being of the company and its employees is first priority.

Below are some of our activities in this field:

• The result is used to further develop our factories in

Bangladesh and South Africa. This has led to around one

thousand high­quality local jobs.

• We have an excellent D&B credit rating; this gives both our

customers and our suppliers the confidence that we will fulfil

our obligation, even in the distant future.

• LC Packaging doesn’t just aim to improve the working and

living conditions of our own employees and those of our

manufacturing partners. We also like to act from a broader

perspective. That is why LC Packaging supports organisations

such as the Ronald McDonald House in The Hague, Moonprint

(promotes recycling in South Africa), Stichting Jarige Job

and Sri Lankan Hope for Children. Equal opportunities for

everyone. That is our principle.

SA 8000 certifiedIn 2012, our production site in

Bangladesh was awarded the SA 8000

certificate. This SA 8000 standard is the

leading global standard for corporate

social responsibility. It governs:

• Child labour

• Forced labour

• Health and safety

• Freedom to organise and right

to collective bargaining

• Discrimination

• Disciplinary measures

• Working hours

• Remuneration

• Management and monitoring

Certifications & Safety requirements

Dutch Minister Lilianne Ploumen visits LC PackagingWe were pleasantly surprised when

Mrs Lilianne Ploumen, Dutch Minister

for Foreign Trade and Development

Cooperation, visited the headquarters of

LC Packaging in Nieuwerkerk aan den

IJssel in order to learn first­hand how

a sound CSR policy is implemented.

Quote:

“ How LC Packaging is behaving is how

every company should do it, they know

exactly what they are doing in Bangladesh”

See the whole interview:

www.lcpackaging.com/sustainability

Some highlights we are proud of:

In the last 10 years LC Packaging made a significant step in

achieving all the important certificates and safety requirements a

sustainable company needs to have. Our quality department is

working every day to secure the processes between our customers

and our production partners. LC Packaging is not only in the

possession of all environmental certifications like ISO 140001 but

we are also certified for our working conditions with BS OHSAS

18001 and SA 8000. With more than 100 certificates in our database

we are convinced that we can supply every modern company that

wants to meet our modern sustainable standards.

LC Packaging factory workers in Bangladesh celebrating a production record A second life for your used FIBC

Via our daughter organisation Worldbag we offer our

customers a unique concept to reuse emptied FIBCs

again. With this concept it is possible to reuse the already

purchased FIBCs multiple times. Worldbag possesses

specialised cleaning machines and state­of­the art

testing equipment in order to return to you a cleaned

and fully tested FIBC. Sometimes an FIBC can be reused

15 times. With this our customers reduce the raw

materials used, reduce the carbon footprint and improve

a sustainable production process.

Worldbag reconditioning of FIBCs in Almere Netherlands

RecyclingMost of our packaging materials are 100% recyclable, good examples

come from our FIBC plants, our cardboard factories and from our Jute

production locations. In our warehouses in Europe LC Packaging separate

waste carefully. One of our best examples is our Jute packaging, which

is 100% recycled. Bale rapping’s and rejected jute bags are utilised as

nursery sheets in the Horticulture industry or used as fi lling in car seats.

Jute recycling at Nieuwerkerk a/d IJssel, Netherlands

Equal chances for everyoneLC Packaging doesn’t just aim to improve the working and living

conditions of our own employees and those of our manufacturing

partners. We also like to act from a broader perspective.

That is why LC Packaging supports several local organisations

and charity funding. By local we mean that we give help where

we are present. Supporting several charity projects near our

productions partners in countries like India, Bangladesh and

Sri Lanka. We also give aid in Western Europe and Africa as well.

For more information please visit our website:

lcpackaging.com/community

LC Packaging contributed to the schools computer room from our Jute production partner in Bangladesh

Contact:

LC Packaging International

Hoogeveenenweg 150

2913 LV Nieuwerkerk a/d IJssel

The Netherlands

Tel: +31(0) 180 393 837

Email: info@lcpackaging.com

lcpackaging.com/sustainability

LC Packaging in brief:• Founded in 1923• More than 70,000 m2 of storage• Aproximately 1,000 employees• Customers all over the world• Market leader in agricultural

packaging• Sales of more than 12 million

FIBCs annually• Company production sites and

selected production partners• LC Packaging offices in 15 countries