World Centric's annual Sustainability Report showcases initiatives, innovations and positive findings that demonstrate our commitment to minimize our impact on the environment, ensure fair labor practices and strengthen both distant and local communities. We look forward to reporting progress along our sustainability journey as a company, as we strive to do right by people and the planet.
We donate at least 25% of our profits to global grassroots social and environmental programs and to account for our carbon emissions from raw material to delivery. We strive for fair labor practices in our manufacturing facilities. And we invest in projects that account for the carbon emitted by the energy we consumed in our operations.
With profits from 2023, World Centric provided 24 Impact Grants to 19 non-profits. Our grants are focused on providing basic needs, restoring or protecting ecosystems, and supporting community-based development for households experiencing extreme poverty.
Manufacturing bio-based plastic from corn takes 77% less energy than manufacturing conventional plastic from petroleum.
Making cups from bio-based plastic uses 86% less water than it takes to make them from foam.
World Centric® is not only concerned with where our products end up as waste, we are also concerned with where they begin as raw materials.
The production of bamboo pulp for plates emits only 65% of the CO2 pollution that is emitted in the production of expanded polystyrene resin for foam plates.