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30 March 2016

Brambles commits to 2020 Sustainability Goals, adopting closer

alignment with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals

Brambles, the global supply chain logistics company operating primarily through the CHEP and IFCO brands,

is delighted to announce its Sustainability Goals for 2020, reflecting the Group’s commitment to its Better

Business, Better Communities, Better Planet sustainability framework.

Brambles is built on principles that are inherently sustainable, providing efficient, safe and sustainable

solutions for customers’ supply chains, while minimising environmental impact and contributing positively to

the community at large. The Group offers pallets, crates and containers for shared use by multiple supply-

chain participants in a “circular economy”1 model utilising the principles of recover, reuse, reduce and recycle.

The Company’s 2020 Sustainability Goals focus on the most material aspects of the Group’s operations and

are closely aligned both with the aspirations of its customers and with the United Nations’ Sustainable

Development Goals (SDGs).

The Brambles circular business model, known as pooling, benefits customers by enabling them to transport

their goods through the supply chain while eliminating the financial and environmental costs and risks of

purchasing and disposing of one-way transportation platforms such as pallets or cardboard boxes.

Brambles’ 2020 Sustainability Goals are as follows:

Better Framework Main Goal Alignment with United Nations

Sustainable Development Goals

Better

Planet

Zero Deforestation – 100% chain of custody for all lumber

supply globally

SDG 15 Sustainable Forestry

SDG 13 Climate Action

Zero Emissions – 20% reduction in CO2-e per pooled unit SDG 13 Climate Action

SDG 7 Clean Energy

Zero Waste – Zero wood waste and plastic waste to landfill SDG 12 Sustainable Production and

Consumption

SDG 14 Clean Water and Sanitation

Better Business Better Workplace – 25% reduction in Brambles Incident

Frequency Rate (BIFR) ; 30% women on Board and in senior

management2; global best practice employee engagement

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-

being

SDG 4 Quality Education

SDG 5 Gender Equality

SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic

Growth

Better Collaboration - Yearly improvement in packaging waste,

food waste, CO2-e intensity per kilometre through collaboration

with suppliers and customers

SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic

Growth

SDG 12 Sustainable Consumption

and Production

Better Supply Chains - Yearly improvement in CO2-e and waste

reductions in customer supply chains through the use of our

products and services

SDG 9 Industry, Innovation and

Infrastructure

SDG 12 Sustainable Consumption

and Production

Better Communities

Helping Communities –Yearly improvement in Education,

Environment and Food Security programs through our

commitment to 0.7% pre-tax profit donations and 1

volunteering day per year per employee.

SDG 4 Quality Education

SDG 2 Zero Hunger

SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and

Communities

SDG 15 Sustainable Forestry

For the full version of this table with strategy and benefits, please visit brambles.com/sustainability.

1 A circular economy is restorative and regenerative by design and aims to keep products, components and materials at their highest utility and value at all

times, distinguishing between technical and biological cycles. Source: The Ellen MacArthur Foundation 2 As stated in Brambles’ 2015 Corporate Governance Statement, the Group’s goal is to achieve 30% representation by women in senior management

positions by 30 June 2018.

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The setting of Brambles’ 2020 Sustainability Goals follows the achievement of the following under the

Group’s 2015 Sustainability Goals, which were set in 2010:

- A 20% reduction in carbon emissions

- 97% of wood purchased from certified sources

- 75% zero wood waste to landfill at sites comprising 92% of production volumes

- Collaboration with more than 100 food banks, contributing to in-kind donations of US$1.45 million

in FY15

- 15% improvement in the Brambles Injury Frequency Rate

- 25% increase in participation in education, training and development days

- In FY15, customers’ use of Brambles’ pallets and reusable plastic crates eliminated 460,000 tonnes of

waste from landfill and saved 1.38 million trees.

A full version of Brambles’ 2015 Sustainability Review and Sustainability Report Card are available on the

Brambles website.

Brambles has consistently been recognized as one of the most sustainable companies in the world and is

listed on both the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and the FTSE4Good Index. It has won numerous awards for

its sustainability initiatives including the EcoVadis Gold recognition level in Europe and Canada. It has also

been recognised as a sector leader for fighting deforestation by Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP).

Brambles Chief Executive Officer, Tom Gorman, said: “Brambles has made significant progress in delivering

continual improvement through our sustainability objectives over the past five years. Our 2020 Sustainability

Goals set a new challenge for us – one that we are excited and committed to undertaking. Our commitment

to sustainability fits intrinsically with our model, our markets and our customers’ needs and I am delighted to

see our goals also align so directly with the Sustainability Goals established by the UN.”

For further information, please contact:

Víctor Collado

Director, Corporate Communications

Europe, Middle East & Africa

+34 659 691 864

[email protected]

Vanessa Bouffard

Senior Manager, Corporate Communications

Americas

+1 407 655-8837

[email protected]

James Millard

Director, Corporate Communications

Group & Asia Pacific

+61 2 9256 5263

[email protected]

Brambles Limited is a supply-chain logistics company operating primarily through the CHEP and IFCO

brands. Brambles enhances performance for customers by helping them transport goods though their supply

chains more efficiently, sustainably and safely. The Group’s primary activity is the provision of reusable unit-

load equipment such as pallets, crates and containers for shared use by multiple participants throughout the

supply chain through a system known as “pooling”, in which the Group has unique network scale and

longstanding experience. Brambles primarily serves the fast-moving consumer goods (e.g. dry good, grocery

and household and personal care), fresh produce, beverage, retail and general manufacturing industries,

counting many of the world’s best-known brands among its customers. The Group also operates specialist

business serving the automotive, aerospace and oil and gas sectors. Brambles has its headquarters in Sydney,

Australia, and is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX: BXB) but operates in more than 60

countries, with its largest operations in North America and Western Europe. Brambles employs approximately

14,000 people and owns more than 500 million pallets, crates and containers through a network of

approximately 850 service centres. For more information, visit brambles.com.