The demand for sustainability in business practices has risen significantly in the last ten years. It is not just enough for the product to be sustainable, the packaging should also be such that it doesn’t affect the environment adversely. The increasing issues regarding the widespread use of plastic bags have resulted in more conscious and aware consumers as well as businesses.
It is now considered a Corporate Social responsibility to contribute in the process of making packaging designs sustainable. The developments and innovations in the packaging industry has given birth to various packaging designs that are eco-friendly and reduces the adverse environmental impacts of using plastic or other non-biodegradable substances. Sustainability in packaging helps in improving the life cycle inventory as well as life cycle assessment of a product and determines its long-term effects on the environment. With the advent of ecological innovations in the packaging industry, the new era demands sustainable packaging designs that put a control on the rampant degradation of environment and considerably enhance the sustainability of the business and the product.
The rising demand for environment-friendly practices in business processes has implored many businessmen to switch from plastic to more bio-degradable substances that can be effectively used for the packaging of a product. This helps in reducing their carbon footprint on the environment and helps in improving their contribution towards the society. Environment-friendly practices in the packaging industry refer to using materials that are bio-degradable and have no unfavourable environmental impacts. Other than that, Recycling and Reusing are two vital practices of packaging sustainability that play a vital role in the preservation of our natural resources. To effectively evolve as a sustainable business process, every Company needs to strategize its packaging options along with the product that it is selling. The increased awareness amongst the consumers of the new era essentially stresses on the demand of environmentally conscious business organizations that strongly practice sustainability throughout the life-cycle of the product they produce.