Dilmah Sustainability Commitments
2000
Initiation of Eliminating Plastic
Initiated eliminating the plastic of our tea packs by introducing a tearstrip design.
2007
Plant - Based Tea Bags
Pyramid tea bags changed to PLA, a plant-based material.
2010
Reduction of Material Usage
Packaging that contains 10 tea envelopes (10E) was changed to include a window to reduce material usage
2014
Initiated Carbon Footprint Calculation
Recognising the pressing challenges posed by the climate crisis, Dilmah has continued to place significant emphasis on managing emissions as a means of addressing the long-term impacts of climate change. As a result of this, in 2014 Dilmah started to calculate its carbon footprint.
2015
Considering Environmental Impact
Environmental impact of end product included in the selection criteria when investing in new machinery.
2017
First Carbon Neutral Certificate
Peliyagoda factory and head office certified as carbon neutral - ISO 14064- 1: 2006.
2018
Carbon Neutral Dilmah
Dilmah achieves carbon neutrality for all products and factories - ISO 14064-1: 2006
2018
Eliminating Plastic Overwraps
Eliminating the plastic overwrap in 80% of tea packs using tea-strip design.
2019
Carbon Neutral till Australian Shelves
Dilmah achieves carbon neutrality for the facility and all products up to Australia shelf - ISO 14067:2018 ISO 14064-1:2018
2019
Reusable Inner Cartons
All inner cartons were delivered by suppliers wrapped in kraft paper which has now been discarded and 75% changed to reusable corrugated inner cartons and a system in place to return to suppliers.
2020
Multiple Achievements for Carbon Neutrality
Dilmah achieves carbon neutrality for the event School of Tea • Carbon Footprint Calculation mode was Digitalised • Dilmah achieves carbon neutrality for the facility and all products up to the destination ports of all overseas markets • ISO 14067:2018 • ISO 14064-1:2018
2020
More Plastic Reduction
Eliminated 421,052 Kgs of plastic from packaging production lines were converted to use 100% PLA based filter paper in year 2020.
2021
Switching from Tin Canisters to Paper Canisters
Switched from tin tea caddies to paper canisters in 3 SKUs of Dilmah Inspirations Range -launched in Australia Paper enveloped tea bags (switched from foil envelopes) for 8 variants in Café range.
2021
Carbon Neutral in the Facility, all Products upto all destination ports of overseas markets
Dilmah achieves carbon neutrality for the facility and all products up to the destination ports of all overseas markets • ISO 14067:2018 • ISO 14064-1:2018
2022
ECOVATION Awards
2nd ECOVATION Awards - Merrill J Fernando Innovation Awards: identifying, empowering and rewarding sustainable inventors with a focus on sustainable packaging, resource efficiency and waste management.
2023
Submission of SBTi Targets
Short-term and NetZero targets (including FLAG) were submitted to SBTi for validation
2023
Tag - Free Tea Bags
Sustainable Premium Ceylon Black Tea 80 Pack (Pilot project) Switched to tag-free sustainable plant-based tea bags. A tree will be planted with every pack sold in the Australian market.
2024
Launching the Supplier Code of Conduct
Innovations: Bio-degradable trials for both sachet and T4 envelope products. Launching of Supplier Code of Conduct for Packaging suppliers.
