Practical suggestions as to how to adhere to the Ethical Packaging Charter
and how to communicate one’s choice
FOREWORD
The Ethical Packaging Charter is a document offered – free of charge by its promoters – to all those who wish to make an appropriate use of the same in terms of professional ethics, in line with the values that it proposes.
PRACTICALLY SPEAKING: WHO, HOW AND WHAT
1) Packaging manufacturing or marketing companies
– may decide that the Charter is useful to their policy of company ethics or that the Charter might even become their company’s ethical policy;
– may highlight that the Charter is useful for company purposes, adhering to the website www.cartaeticadelpackaging, filling in the form dedicated to “Companies”;
– after adhering to the website and having received the relative authorization, the same can use the logo “I Support Ethical Packaging” on all their means of communication (letterheads, newsletters, websites, etc);
– may decide that the persons comprising company management support the Charter, adhering to the website www.cartaeticadelpackaging, filling in the form dedicated to “Experts”;
– may invite their own employees to personally support the Charter, adhering to the website www.cartaeticadelpackaging, filling in the form dedicated to “Users”;
– may give news of events/projects that refer to the principles of the Charter.
2) Packaging user companies
– may decide that the Charter is useful for their ethical policy as far as the choice and use of packaging is concerned, or may even decided to adopt the Charter as part of their company’s ethical policy concerning packaging;
– may highlight the Charter’s usefulness for company purposes, adhering to the website www.cartaeticadelpackaging, filling in the form dedicated to “Companies”;
– after adhering to the website and having received the relative authorization, the same can use the logo “I Support Ethical Packaging” on all their means of communication (letterheads, newsletters, websites, etc);
– may decide that company personnel involved in packaging activity support the Charter, adhering to the website www.cartaeticadelpackaging, filling in the form dedicated to “Experts”;
– may invite their own employees to personally support the Charter, adhering to the website www.cartaeticadelpackaging, filling in the form dedicated to “Users”;
– may give news of events/projects that refer to the principles of the Charter.
3) Packaging producer or user company trade associations
– may decide that the Charter is useful for social purposes;
– may invite all their associates to go by the Charter;
– may demand that new associates go by the Charter, inserting this concept in the association membership form;
– may highlight that the Charter is useful for social purposes, adhering to the website www.cartaeticadelpackaging, filling in the form dedicated to “Companies”;
– after adhering to the website and having received the relative authorization, the same can use the logo “I Support Ethical Packaging” on all their means of communication (letterheads, newsletters, websites, etc);
– may decide that the persons comprising the directive bodies of the Association support the Charter by adhering to the website www.cartaeticadelpackaging, filling in the form dedicated to “Experts”;
– may decide that their Association staff support the Charter adhering to the website www.cartaeticadelpackaging, filling in the form dedicated to “Experts”;
– may give news of events/projects that refer to the principles of the Charter.
4) Citizens’/consumers representative associations
– may decide that the Charter is useful for social purposes and, more in general, to the collectivity they represent;
– may invite all its associates to go by the Charter (see points 6 and 7 as the case has it);
– may highlight that the Charter is useful to the social purposes and more in general to the collectivity they represents, adhering to the website www.cartaeticadelpackaging, filling in the form dedicated to “Companies”;
– after adhering to the website and having received the relative authorization, the same can use the logo “I Support Ethical Packaging” on all their means of communication (letterheads, newsletters, websites, etc);
– may decide that company staff involved in packaging activity support the Charter, adhering to the website www.cartaeticadelpackaging, filling in the form dedicated to “Experts”;
– may give news of events/projects that refer to the principles of the Charter.
5) Other Bodies, Administrations, Public or Private Organizations
– may decide that the Charter is useful for social purposes and, more in general, to the collectivity it represents;
– may invite all their associates to support the Charter (see points 6 and 7 as the case has it);
– may highlight that the Charter is useful to the social purposes and more in general to the collectivity it represents, adhering to the website www.cartaeticadelpackaging.org, filling in the form dedicated to “Companies”;
– after adhering to the website and having received the relative authorization, the same can use the logo “I Support Ethical Packaging” on all its means of communication (letterheads, newsletters, websites, etc);
– may give news of events/projects that refer to the principles of the Charter.
6) Packaging Experts
– may decide that their activity takes after the values of the Ethical Packaging Charter;
– may highlight this decision adhering to the website adhering to the website www.cartaeticadelpackaging, filling in the form dedicated to “Experts”;
– after adhering to the website and having received the relative authorization, the same can use the logo “I Support Ethical Packaging” on all their means of communication (letterheads, newsletters, websites, etc);
– may give news of events/projects that refer to the principles of the Charter,
7) Members of the public, users or consumers
– may find correspondence in the values of the Ethical Packaging Charter;
– may highlight this choice adhering to the website www.cartaeticadelpackaging.org, filling in the form dedicated to “Users”;
– after having adhered to the website and received the relative authorization, the same can offer a contribution of ideas and suggestions to develop the project.
DEDICATED TO ALL THE SUPPORTERS OF THE ETHICAL PACKAGING CHARTER
The initiatives carried out by the supporters of the Ethical Packaging Charter can be entered in the special section of the website www.cartaeticadelpackaging.org, in occasion of public or company events, fairs, but also communication/promotion projects which in various ways refer to or bear witness to the principles laid out in the Charter. In order to have your activity included all you need do is send an email to iniziative@cartaeticadelpackaging.org comprising:
– title of the event/program;
– date and time of occurrence;
– descriptive piece of max 1000 strokes;
– max 5 pictures (800 pixels wide).