Sustainability

On Site Water Treatment Plant

Zacpac Queensland has an on site water treatment plant. As you can see in the video below, the jar on the right is water after treatment which we store and re use throughout the factory for cleaning of all the machines  Our waste water is all drained to a 92,000 litre underground tank. It is then processed through our in house water treatment plant. We separate the water that will be recycled for re use in the factory. The by product goes through the centrifuge and left over residue is then pumped to the storage dosing tanks. The waste is pumped through a vacuum filter which and the final separation produces a dry, usable slurry that is stored and sent to a fertiliser manufacturer.

Out of everything that comes on site at Zacpac QLD, less than 1% is waste that goes to landfill.

In order to maintain the ISO 9001 Management Systems certification an external third party audits Zacpac on a regular basis with a maximum of only six months between visits to check and verify our entitlement to keep the ISO 9001 certification.

This certification inspires the confidence of customers and staff, breaks down barriers between departments and reaches defined business objectives – all of these goals are achieved through the strict implementation of this Quality Management System.

• The “FiveTick” StandardsMark™ logo clearly lets you  know that we are certified with the market leading certification body in Australia.  The StandardsMark™ also enjoys over 80% recognition amongst consumers in Australia.
• Improved product and service quality and consistency so you know what you are getting time and time again.
• We achieve consistent business processes and drive measurable, cost-saving performance improvements which are passed on to our customers.
• Our employees at the front line track and monitor customer service through a certified system and constantly work on improving their customer service and working on ways to improve it.

Sedex is a not-for-profit membership organisation dedicated to driving improvements in ethical and responsible business practices in global supply chain. It offers a secure online platform for sharing and viewing information on labour standards, health and safety, the environment and business ethics. To date, Sedex is the largest collaborative platform for sharing ethical supply chain data. It has global members – over 30,000 organisations from 150 countries around the world.

Becoming a member of Sedex fulfils our aim to be global and more competitive in the industry. More importantly, it will help us communicate more efficiently and cost-effectively with our customers. With Sedex’s online platform, duplicates in our data and multiple audits will be minimised. As a Sedex member, we are able to focus on improving our business and manufacturing systems as well as identifying issues in ethical and responsible trade.

In sum, becoming a Sedex member enables us to:

• Improve our business and manufacturing systems
• Increase our efficiency
• Save our time and resources
• Boost our productivity
• Reduce reputational risk
• Gain competitive advantage
• Help drive collaboration
• Reduce duplication in our database
• Protect our database with Sedex’s secure facilities