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transparency and detailed reporting on the environmental impact of its reverse logistics. Its ReturnCenter platform connects companies with logistics and remarketing/ recycling partners to manage IT asset recovery, reuse, and responsible recycling. The ReturnCenter app within ServiceNow lets large enterprises integrate asset disposition data, including environmental metrics, into core systems to track progress toward circularity and ESG objectives. The platform ensures extended lifecycles in the IT industry. Onepak optimizes routing and consolidates pickups to minimize drive distance and emissions. Its Box Program uses packaging with at least 40% post- consumer waste that is fully recyclable, offering a low-carbon solution for retrieving IT assets remotely. NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT: Onepak has diverted nearly 2 billion pounds of e-waste to R2-certified facilities. In 2024, it won the RemoteTech Breakthrough Award and secured a $20-million impact investment from Nuveen to expand its role in the low-carbon circular economy.
PECO Pallet
and water refill stations to eliminate single-use plastic bottles. Its pallet maintenance program extends product life through inspections, repairs, and refurbishments. Beyond repair, pallets are recycled; shredded pallets become mulch, animal bedding, and landscaping material. PECO earned a bronze EcoVadis rating and uses transportation management systems to optimize fleet operations and reduce mileage. NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT: In 2024, PECO completed its first formal GHG inventory and is setting verified net-zero Peli BioThermal has implemented multiple sustainability measures to reduce environmental impact across operations and the supply chain. A key product update includes using 20% post- consumer recycled content in Correx components, reducing reliance on virgin materials. Between 2022 and 2023, global reuse initiatives diverted more than 40 million pounds of packaging waste from landfill. In 2024, the company launched a closed- loop pallet system cycling 2,341 wooden pallets through logistics to promote circular use. Four global facilities now run on 100% renewable electricity. ESG software tracks Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions. In 2025, Peli BioThermal joined the Science Based Targets initiative, aligning goals with climate science. and near-term GHG targets. Peli BioThermal www.pelibiothermal.com
Peli BioThermal
ORBIS reduces the use of virgin material in the manufacturing process which leads to the avoidance of CO2e emissions, water, and energy consumption. NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT: ORBIS has helped the avoidance of 1.3 million metric tons of GHG/304,000 passenger cars driven annually, 1.24 billion gallons/72 million personal showers of water consumption, and 60.1 million BTU/1.8 million U.S. home electrical energy consumption. PECO Pallet www.pecopallet.com PECO Pallet’s reusable, 9-block red pallets—made from sustainably sourced lumber—enable a closed-loop circular operation promoting repair, reuse, and recycling, reducing reliance on single- use alternatives. Its pallet pooling model drives sustainable operations. PECO has invested in automation across its depot network to boost efficiency, reduce landfill waste, and enhance worker safety. Facilities are modernized with energy-saving features like motion-sensor lighting, heat pumps,
ORBIS Corporation www.orbiscorporation.com ORBIS’ Packaging Life Cycle
Assessments help companies calculate the impact reusable packaging can have on the environment. Using life-cycle assessments to compare reusable and single-use packaging, ORBIS applies data-driven analysis to help customers reduce their overall environmental impact in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, solid waste, and energy usage. To replace single-use packaging in the supply chain, 100% of ORBIS’ packaging solutions are designed, developed, and engineered with sustainability in mind. ORBIS helps customers reduce their overall environmental footprint and uses recovered materials in its packaging solutions. Additionally, ORBIS is the largest consumer of post-consumer recycled content in the industry and has used 2 billion pounds of recycled content since 2006. And with recycled resin,
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