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Tetra Pak is a world leader in food and beverage processing, packaging and distribution solutions.

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Meeting with Antonella Rossetti (Cabinet of Commissioner Christophe Hansen), Maxi Espeter (Cabinet of Commissioner Christophe Hansen)

14 Jan 2026 · Discussion on policy priorities around preparedness and food security and in particular the importance of shelf-stable, packaged foods and beverages with high nutritional values for reserves in the case of crisis events.

Meeting with Elsi Katainen (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Nov 2025 · Bioeconomy and packaging

Meeting with Elsi Katainen (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Oct 2025 · Bioeconomy event preparation

Meeting with Vilija Sysaite (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné) and Orgalim – Europe's Technology Industries and Food Manufacturing Technologies Europe

1 Oct 2025 · Biotechnology; PFAS; food contact materials; water resilience

Meeting with Raffaele Fitto (Executive Vice-President) and Swedish Forest Industries Federation and

22 May 2025 · Round table discussion concerning bio economy and its implications on regional policy

Meeting with Elsi Katainen (Member of the European Parliament)

16 May 2025 · Bioeconomy strategy

Meeting with Abir Al-Sahlani (Member of the European Parliament) and Ericsson and

14 May 2025 · Regelförenkling och hållbarhetsarbete

Meeting with Isabella Lövin (Member of the European Parliament) and Ericsson and

14 May 2025 · Swedish businesses on the Omnibus Simplification Package and practical implementation of sustainability due diligence

Response to Communication on the EU Stockpiling Strategy

9 May 2025

Tetra Pak welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback ahead of the publication of the new EU Stockpiling strategy. Tetra Pak is an advanced manufacturer delivering end-to-end solutions for food and beverage manufacturers, ensuring the highest standards in food safety and operational performance while actively working to reduce our customers environmental footprint. As food security is an essential pillar of crisis preparedness, recognised in the Farm-to-Fork strategy, the Stockpiling strategy has a critical role to play by including the need for shelf-stable, packaged foods and beverages of high nutritional value to be part of any reserves. Being prepared for crisis events requires ensuring that sufficient and varied food is available to citizens whether there are power outages, natural disasters, or supply chain disruptions. We propose a set of essential characteristics to be included in the Stockpiling strategy: Long shelf-life: to face uncertainty in crises, food supplies should be able to be kept for extended periods of time in ambient conditions. During this period, sterility and quality of food must be maintained. Well-designed food packaging solutions can keep food safe and protected against contamination and degradation for several months. Readiness for consumption: to address the possibility of unavailability of cooking equipment or power outages, food supplies should not require preparation. Many nutritious foods are available in ready-to-consume unrefrigerated formats, including UHT milk, non-dairy products, as well as fruits, vegetables and legumes. A diversity of foods and nutritional profiles, fitting balanced diets and various dietary needs, can be ensured. Facilitated storage and distribution: in times of scarcity, avoiding waste and optimising logistics is key. Therefore, food should be made available in formats designed to avoid waste, that can be easily stored and transported. Since its establishment in 1951, Tetra Pak has developed extensive food expertise, with the vision to make food safe and available everywhere. As part of the hidden middle of the food value chain, Tetra Pak develops tailored solutions based on robust understanding of food safety and requirements. Based on this expertise, we propose several considerations for a reliable food supply during crises and disruptions. As defined in the 1996 World Food Summit, "food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life." For food security objectives to be realised, the following four dimensions must be fulfilled simultaneously: 1) Physical availability of food 2) Economic and physical access to food 3) Food utilisation (the nutritional status of individuals) 4) Stability of the other three dimensions over time By stabilising food availability during crises, the risk of periodic food insecurity is reduced, ensuring that food supplies remain stable during disruptions. Therefore, we urge the European Commission to incorporate shelf-stable prepared packaged food into the EU's Stockpiling strategy to enhance food security, ensure food safety and promote access to nutrition, thus building a more resilient and prepared Union, capable of effectively responding to future crises. In illustration of this input, we are happy to share attached infographics explaining the role of aseptic technology and packaging in preserving food safety and avoiding food waste. Tetra Pak remains available to provide further expertise in the process of development of the new EU Stockpiling strategy.
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Meeting with Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall)

29 Apr 2025 · Advancing a competitive circular economy through innovative, climate-friendly and sustainable packaging solutions and processing systems

Meeting with Luis Planas Herrera (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall)

10 Mar 2025 · Exchange with sustainability Advisory Panel and Board Members

Meeting with Elsi Katainen (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Feb 2025 · Tuleva EU:n lainsäädäntökausi

Meeting with Luis Planas Herrera (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall)

10 Feb 2025 · Preparatory meeting

Meeting with Biljana Borzan (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Feb 2025 · Food waste/alt proteins/packaging

Response to Waste Framework review to reduce waste and the environmental impact of waste management

22 Nov 2023

Tetra Pak, global leader in liquid food processing and packaging solutions, is committed to supporting and enabling food systems transformation through technologies and collaborations that help reduce the climate impact of food production. Reducing food loss and waste throughout the value chain is one of the key pathways to achieve climate objectives as well as a significant lever for improving food security and increasing the efficiency and resiliency of food systems. 1. Tetra Pak supports legally binding food waste reduction targets, in line with Sustainable Development Goals and target 12.3 to halve per capita food waste at the retail and consumer level and reduce food losses along production and supply chains by 2030. Ambitious mandatory targets are key to effectively reduce food waste, along with data and measurements to provide necessary insight into where food loss and waste is occurring. Globally, food loss and waste accounts for 8-10% of GHG emissions and could double by 2050. Considering interlinkages between food loss and waste and climate change, we call for the inclusion of food loss and waste prevention in national climate plans. 2. Legislation should recognise the key role that food processing and packaging play in reducing food waste by providing higher efficiency, longer food shelf-life, traceability, and more circular supply chains. As part of our food systems agenda, we have identified four key pathways where we can contribute to the transformation of food systems, including reducing food loss and waste. We have set ourselves the target to reduce food waste of our best practice processing lines by 50% by 2030 compared to 2019. We also aim to reduce our food waste by 50% across our workplace restaurants and have zero food waste sent to landfill by 2030. We provide solutions using aseptic technology, which supports the reduction of food loss by eliminating harmful bacteria, curbing the natural decay of highly perishable food and helping to extend the shelf-life of perishable food. A longer shelf-life contributes to reducing food waste, whilst product losses due to underperforming packaging are likely to cause much greater adverse effects on the environment. (European Environmental and Social Committee) - Aseptic packaging, such as beverage cartons, protects food from physical damage, heat, light, and contamination, for up to 12 months without the need for refrigeration or added preservatives. It can also contribute to food security in times of disrupted supply chains. - Processing innovation helps optimise food production and keep food from being spilled or spoilt. Efficient technologies can also help get more out of raw materials thus reducing losses and allowing potential waste to be valorised. Product recovery via filtration solutions enables cutting food waste and loss in processing and manufacturing significantly. Tetra Pak has already developed circular processing solutions to upcycle often discarded side-streams of food production, such as okara from soya beverage production or brewers spent grain from brewing processes. 3. Coherence and alignment across policy is essential to achieve Green Deal objectives To achieve high ambitions and streamline policies, the Waste Framework Directive needs to be the dedicated instrument setting waste-related overarching principles and definitions. The objectives set in the WFD must also be reflected and aligned across other policies. A recent study from Lund University found significant knowledge gaps in evaluating the impact of packaging solutions (reusable or single-use) on the waste of perishable liquid foods. With such gaps, packaging policy not only risks having unintended consequences on the food value chain but also impeding food waste reduction objectives. We therefore call for streamlining food waste reduction targets across policies and in particular the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation currently under negotiation.
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Meeting with Nils Torvalds (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion) and The Coca-Cola Company

8 Nov 2023 · PPWR

Meeting with Patrizia Toia (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)

13 Sept 2023 · PPWR (meeting held by the APA responsible)

Meeting with Karin Karlsbro (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Sept 2023 · Möte om PPWD samt sanktioner och handel med Ryssland

Meeting with Nils Torvalds (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Huhtamäki Oyj

29 Aug 2023 · PPWR

Meeting with Nikos Papandreou (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Jul 2023 · Meeting EU Affairs Manager / Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR)

Meeting with Emma Wiesner (Member of the European Parliament)

15 May 2023 · Hållbara förpackningar

Meeting with Clara Aguilera (Member of the European Parliament)

4 May 2023 · Packaging Regulation - APA level

Meeting with Max Orville (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Apr 2023 · Réglèment emballages

Meeting with César Luena (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Apr 2023 · Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation

Meeting with Stelios Kympouropoulos (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Apr 2023 · EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation

Meeting with Delara Burkhardt (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Veolia Environnement and

21 Mar 2023 · Packaging Waste

Meeting with Krzysztof Hetman (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Mar 2023 · Exchange of views on Packaging and Packaging Waste (meeting delegated to parliamentary assistant)

Meeting with Silvia Sardone (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and CONFCOMMERCIO - IMPRESE PER L'ITALIA

7 Mar 2023 · Packaging

Meeting with Luisa Regimenti (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Plastics Recyclers Europe and

20 Feb 2023 · PPWR

Meeting with César Luena (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Feb 2023 · Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation

Meeting with Patrizia Toia (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Feb 2023 · Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (meeting taken by the assistant responsible)

Meeting with Nicola Danti (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Feb 2023 · Revisione regolamento imballaggi

Meeting with Ilan De Basso (Member of the European Parliament) and Nokia and

11 Jan 2023 · Event

Meeting with Jérémy Decerle (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Jan 2023 · Projet de règlement européen sur les emballages et déchets d’emballages

Meeting with Peter Van Kemseke (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen) and The European Organisation for Packaging and the Environment and The Coca-Cola Company

14 Nov 2022 · Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR)

Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and Metsäliitto Cooperative and

27 Jun 2022 · EU transition to a circular economy; fibre based packaging

Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and Nestlé S.A. and

4 Feb 2022 · revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive

Meeting with Florika Fink-Hooijer (Director-General Environment)

25 May 2021 · green deal (and more specifically circular economy, climate and biodiversity)

Meeting with Camilla Bursi (Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius) and European Youth Forum and

21 May 2021 · Presentation on radical decarbonisation

Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and European Youth Forum and

21 May 2021 · Presentation on radical decarbonisation

Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

10 Mar 2021 · European Green Deal and packaging

Meeting with Rozalina Petrova (Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius)

10 Mar 2021 · European Green Deal and packaging.

Response to EU Forest Strategy

2 Dec 2020

Tetra Pak shares the objectives of the European Commission and its Green Deal to ensure healthy and resilient forests that contribute to biodiversity, climate neutrality, support the development of a circular bioeconomy, and secure livelihoods. Biodiversity and climate change are fundamentally intertwined, with sustainably managed forests being a key enabler to mitigate these twin planetary crises. To deliver the green transition we collectively must strengthen the multifunctional - environmental, economic and social - role of sustainably managed forests which should form the basis of all EU policies applicable to forests, forestry and forest-based value chains. Our position is set out in detail in the attached document.
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Response to Protecting biodiversity: nature restoration targets

2 Dec 2020

Tetra Pak fully appreciates the importance of restoring degraded ecosystems and shares the objectives of the European Commission and its Green Deal. We welcome robust actions to restore degraded ecosystems whilst fostering a healthy circular bioeconomy. Biodiversity and climate change are fundamentally intertwined, with sustainably managed forests being a key enabler to mitigate these twin planetary crises. To deliver the green transition we collectively must strengthen the multifunctional - environmental, economic and social - role of sustainably managed forests which should form the basis of all EU policies applicable to forests, forestry and forest-based value chains. Our position is set out in detail in the attached document.
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Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

3 Nov 2020 · Circular economy, packaging and single-use plastics

Meeting with Carlos Morais Pires (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel)

28 Oct 2020 · The New Green Deal

Response to Review of the requirements for packaging and feasibility of measures to prevent packaging waste

5 Aug 2020

Tetra Pak supports the EU Commission’s objectives for the revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD) to ensure the internal market for packaging, compliance with recycling targets and the reduction of packaging waste. At the same time, we believe that the next revision of the Directive should ensure that it contributes to the Green Deal’s objectives of delivering a climate neutral circular economy that preserves natural resources, while ensuring resilient food systems. To this end, we believe the future PPWD should provide an enabling policy framework with clear criteria for innovation in low carbon and circular packaging. The attached document includes our reflections for the EU Commission to consider as it develops its proposal.
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Meeting with Catherine Geslain-Laneelle (Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski)

30 Jul 2020 · To present Tetra Pak’s vision on the Green Deal, food chain security and resilience post Covid-19.

Response to 2030 Climate Target Plan

15 Apr 2020

Tetra Pak strongly supports the EU’s ambition to become the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. Achieving this ambition requires transformational changes to the broader systems in which we operate. That is why we advocate for government policy that strengthens the link between climate change, circular economy and biodiversity loss. As the EU Commission states in its draft Road Map, the transition effort to climate neutrality by 2050 will require all sectors of the economy and society to contribute to GHG reduction. The packaging sector can play a pivotal role in this regard because it is estimated that emissions from materials used for packaging are already larger than those for global aviation or shipping (1). Tetra Pak was the first company in the food packaging industry to have our climate impact reduction targets approved by the Science Based Targets initiative in 2017 and have already avoided 12 million tonnes CO2 since 2010 (2). But more needs to be done to decarbonise the sector. Materials used to produce our cars, clothes, packaging and other consumer products, currently accounts for 8 billion tonnes of CO₂ annually, which is nearly one-quarter (23%) of global CO₂ emissions from energy and industry. Without addressing their sourcing and processing, materials alone will use up its entire carbon budget for the 2°C warming scenario (3). Considering that demand for primary raw materials is expected to double by 2060 (4), the decarbonisation of materials as a part of a transition to a climate-neutral economy should be a priority for the EU. To ensure the packaging industry can help deliver on both circular economy and climate goals, we believe that the EU should include in their Roadmap on the 2030 Climate Target Plan the following: • The packaging industry should be identified as a priority sector for decarbonisation • Promote the use of low-carbon, circular materials as a basic requirement in packaging regulation (e.g. in the review of the Essential Requirements for Packaging in the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive) • Encourage the deployment of sustainably sourced plant-based materials and incentivise their use as an approach to increase the absorptions of CO2 emissions • Include food waste and loss as a priority area to reduce GHG emissions and consider the important contribution of packaging in cutting food waste. Tetra Pak is committed to support Europe’s ambition to become the first climate-neutral continent. We look forward to contributing to this policy development process. References and sources: (1) Emissions from materials used for packaging account for 1.1 Gt CO2 per year (2015). Material Economics analysis; IEA - Energy Technology Perspectives 2017. https://www.iea.org/etp/ (2) http://tetrapak.com/sustainability/environmental-impact/a-value-chain-approach (3) Includes direct emissions and electricity demand reported by IEA - Energy Technology Perspectives 2017 (for Materials, Buildings and Transportation). Electricity related emissions calculated using global average CO2 emission factor for electricity (from IEA, ETP 2017) (4) OECD, Global Material Resources Outlook to 2060: Economic Drivers and Environmental Consequences, 2019. http://www.oecd.org/publications/global-material-resources-outlook-to-2060-9789264307452-en.htm
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Response to A new Circular Economy Action Plan

20 Jan 2020

Tetra Pak welcomes the Green Deal for Europe and supports the Roadmap for a New Circular Economy Action Plan. As the proposed Green Deal sets out, only an approach that addresses climate, circularity, biodiversity and is underpinned by a competitive industrial policy will help change the way we produce and use resources at the scale required to tackle the planetary crisis. The circular economy has narrowly focused on optimising resource consumption and minimising waste. While this focus remains highly important, there is an opportunity now to expand and accelerate the circular economy at lowest impact on climate and biodiversity. To make this successful, Tetra Pak thinks that the following considerations are needed in the new Circular Economy Action Plan: 1) To achieve climate neutrality, it is crucial to address the climate impact of materials and to link the circular economy and the bioeconomy. We are encouraged to see a focus on responsible sourcing of materials that enter a circular economy. Only responsibly sourced raw materials can ensure the objectives to tackle the planetary crisis are met while keeping European businesses competitive. For this, we encourage the EU to make responsible sourcing of raw materials mandatory in product and material policies like the Circular Economy Action Plan and the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive. In line with the new EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030, the new Action Plan should include the requirement for all materials to comply with globally recognised standards on sustainable sourcing. Where those standards do not exist, sectors should be required to develop them. 2) It is equally important that the new Circular Economy policy framework recognises the importance of the climate impact of all materials (as well as their circularity) and creates regulatory incentives for the substitution of high-carbon with low-carbon materials, such as those made from sustainably managed forests. We welcome the intention to develop a regulatory framework for biodegradable and bio-based plastics which will provide the certainty for the investments needed to fully deploy the production and use these materials. 3) Safeguarding policy coherence and the EU Internal Market for the packaging sector requires harmonisation of ongoing and upcoming legislation. Ahead of the Circular Economy 2.0 plan formal adoption, the EU Commission already announced its intention to revise the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive. To drive the transition towards a Circular Economy in Europe, it will be crucial to ensure the harmonised enforcement of the measures of the Action Plan 1.0, such as mandatory separate collection of packaging waste. In addition, all new measures on packaging must be based on a robust impact assessment of different options to avoid unintended consequences that may result in taking two steps backwards on climate, biodiversity or on food and product safety. 4) New regulatory frameworks typically establish requirements for products or materials known at the time of its adoption. To speed-up the deployment of much needed innovative solutions towards reaching policy objectives (i.e. reduce waste and the climate impact of products), the EU needs to establish a process allowing industry to get timely feedback from competent authorities on innovative solutions that are not yet fully covered under existing regulation without compromising confidentiality. It would be unfortunate if new and creative ideas would be not pursued due to regulatory uncertainties. The transition will require from everyone a change of mindset to take sustainability much further, so that our collective actions add up to solve some of our greatest challenges of our time. Tetra Pak is looking forward to contributing to the development of a Action Plan 2.0 that paves the way towards a competitive, zero-carbon and circular economy in Europe. For further reference, please see also our policy recommendations attached.
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Meeting with Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General Environment)

8 Jan 2020 · European Green Deal and Circular Economy Strategy 2.0

Meeting with Miguel Ceballos Baron (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström)

20 Jun 2019 · Trade relations with Colombia

Meeting with Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General Environment)

30 Nov 2018 · Circular Economy

Meeting with Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General Environment)

6 Jul 2018 · Single Use Plastics

Meeting with Aurore Maillet (Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella)

16 Feb 2018 · Circular Economy. Plastics Strategy

Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

16 Feb 2018 · Discussion on the implementation of the Plastic Strategy

Meeting with Aurore Maillet (Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella)

16 Feb 2018 · Plastics Strategy

Meeting with Nils Behrndt (Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica)

14 Sept 2017 · External Investment Plan

Meeting with Nils Behrndt (Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica)

28 Jun 2017 · External Investment Plan

Meeting with Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen) and The Food and Beverage Carton Alliance

1 Jun 2017 · Circular economy

Meeting with Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President) and

30 Nov 2016 · Circular Economy

Meeting with Maria Da Graca Carvalho (Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas)

18 Nov 2015 · Circular Economy

Meeting with Phil Hogan (Commissioner)

18 Nov 2015 · Agriculture

Meeting with Marco Valletta (Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis), Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis)

18 Nov 2015 · Standardisation of food contact materials

Meeting with Miguel Ceballos Baron (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström)

11 May 2015 · Dairy sector in China

Meeting with Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska) and Burson Cohn Wolfe SRL

6 Mar 2015 · Introductory meeting

Meeting with Sarah Nelen (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

27 Feb 2015 · Circular Economy

Meeting with Heidi Jern (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

27 Feb 2015 · Circular Economy

Meeting with Juho Romakkaniemi (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

2 Dec 2014 · Waste legislation

Meeting with Nils Behrndt (Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica)

2 Dec 2014 · Issues pertaining to EU’s development policy, in particular the post-2015 development framework

Meeting with Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

2 Dec 2014 · Meeting with Dennis Jönsson - Chief Executive and President - on Circular Economy policy