All DeLonghi products are fully manufactured and designed abroad so although DeLonghi Australia can suggest improvements to packaging, overall control of changes that could be made to initial packaging of DeLonghi products lies primarily with the DeLonghi head office in Italy. Notwithstanding this, DeLonghi is currently committed to a range of existing and future actions that are aligned with objectives of the APC.
DeLonghi Australia intends to formalise and further develop the packaging assessment process utilising environmental criteria for our refurbished/repackaged and "seconds"/repackaged products currently adhered to by a group of environmentally-conscious team members.
We also intend to conduct a rationalisation of the packaging used for spare parts orders. This process will consider the "best fit" packaging for the stock and order types, the unpredictable nature of order types and product demand, the most environmentally-friendly and cost-effective "void fill" option, and packaging reduction through order consolidation.
DeLonghi's head office in Italy operates an environmental management system that is externally certified to ISO14001. We are committed to adopting this system in the future, and will conduct a gap analysis to identify what needs to be done to achieve this goal.
Use the following link to download the full PDF (342KB) version of the DeLonghi - Australian Packaging Covenant Action