LEGO states it’s ‘on track’ for 100% sustainable packaging before 2026

As part of the company’s annual report for 2022, the

Group claims that it’s ‘on track’ to hit its sustainable packaging goals by the end of 2025.

We’ve seen various examples of the

Group’s attempts to make its packaging more sustainable, such as in the soon-to-disappear LEGO DOTS range, for Collectible Minifigures, and for certain polybags. However, these instances do tend to be few and far between, despite a recent confirmation of the company’s ongoing commitment to its pledge back in September.

A couple of months on from 2022, the

Group has published its annual results, including a statement on its ongoing sustainability journey.

“In 2022, the

Group continued work to make its business and products more sustainable,” reads the report. “The company began to transition to paper-based bags in boxes, putting it on track to make all its packaging from more sustainable sources by the end of 2025. In its factories, it continued to invest in reducing waste, operating more energy efficiently and expanding production and use of solar energy.”

While this sounds all well and good, it lacks concrete figures showing how the

Group intends to reach this goal in just under three years. Further down, a graphic states that more than 50% of sets contain one or more elements made from the renewable material bio-PE, but when you consider how many elements most sets have, this could not mean too much.

It’s heartening to see that the

Group has pledged to make such changes, but the lack of concrete numbers and real-world examples of widespread change leaves doubt as to whether the aforementioned targets for packaging will be met.

Nonetheless, there’s other good news for sustainability at the

Group, including breaking ground on a new carbon-neutral run factory in Binh Duong, Vietnam and announcing plans to build a carbon-neutral run factory in Richmond, VA, USA. There are many facets that make a company sustainable other than the packaging we see, so it’s vital that the Group is addressing other areas of its environmental impact as well.

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