2025 sustainability targets achievements

2025-sustainability-target-achievements

When Brambles adopted the 2025 vision to create a regenerative supply chain, it was ambitious and the practicality of the concept was unknown.

The vision required a change in the way supply chains traditionally operate, from a system that consumes natural resources and produces waste, to one that aims to consume waste and creates natural resources as it operates.

As the 2025 Sustainability Programme comes to a close, Brambles has created a framework for its regenerative vision, successfully demonstrating its feasibility across different facets of the business. A summary of the 2025 Sustainability Programme's achievements and progress is shown below, with the full results against our 2025 targets available in our 2025 Sustainability Review.


2025 Sustainability Review

2025 highlights

Planet
Positive

Sustainable growth of

3m+

additional trees enabled in FY25

Exceeding target to enable the sustainable growth of two trees for every one used in our operations

93.6%

of in-scope plants diverting product waste from landfill1

Up 66.6-percentage points since the FY21 baseline of 27.0%

41.4%

recycled and upcycled content in plastic product purchases in FY25

Up 26.4-percentage points since the FY21 baseline of 15.0%

100%

renewable electricity2 maintained in Brambles’ own operations since FY21

32.3%

reduction in Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions

Since FY20 baseline year, in line with our SBT trajectory

16.8%

reduction in Scope 3 GHG emissions

Since FY20 baseline year, in line with our SBT trajectory

Business
Positive

60%

reduction in BIFR3

From FY20 baseline of 5.5 to 2.2

637

customers engaged in collaboration initiatives

As at 30 June 2025

38.8%

management roles held by women

Up 7.5-percentage points since FY20 baseline of 31.3%

Cumulative environmental impacts avoided for customers through Brambles’ share and reuse model4

10,125

kilotonnes of CO₂-e

6,558

kilotonnes of waste

12.9m

m³ of timber

Equating to 13.3 million trees

20,341

megalitres of water

Communities
Positive

US$10.33m

FY25 total community contributions

Volunteering, corporate donations, sponsorships and in-kind donations

Up from US$5.50m in FY21

94m

people served with meals through collaboration with food banks, cumulatively4

102,911

volunteered hours by Brambles employees, cumulatively4

1.3m+

people reached through our communications, training and advocacy on the circular economy, cumulatively4

1  Our measurement covers locations that account for 95% of Brambles’ outbound product volume.

2  More information about Brambles’ use of contractual instruments, and their impact on our Scope 1, Scope 2 and renewable electricity results can be found on page 184 of Brambles’ 2025 Annual Report.

3  BIFR is the Brambles Injury Frequency Rate calculated based on the number of incidents and injuries per million hours worked.

4  Cumulatively across the 2025 Sustainability Programme.

2025 sustainability targets

  • Key
  • 2025 target achieved
  • 2030 target on track
  • 2025 target missed

Planet Positive

5  For every tree used, we have continued to enable the replanting of another through sustainable forestry programmes. The number of trees is derived from certified sourcing volumes each year.

6  In FY25, Brambles enabled the sustainable growth of 3.0 million trees through partnership with WeForest in Zambia (2.8 million trees) and with WILDTRUST in South Africa (over 200,000 trees).

7  See Brambles’ GHG emissions performance on page 19 of the Sustainability Review.

8  Brambles’ renewable electricity results include electricity from renewable contracts 56%, onsite generation 6% and Energy Attribute Certificates (EACs) 38%.

9  During the 2025 Sustainability Programme, Brambles reprioritised our waste targets to allow us to focus on those with the most material impact, shown in the table above. As a result, quantitative measurements of progress against two targets were not performed or reported. These two targets are: ‘zero waste sent to landfill for all Brambles locations, including offices and service centres’ and ‘optimise all water use, including reclaiming, recycling, replenishment and treatment’.

Target Metric FY25 2025 programme result
Forest Positive
Enable the sustainable growth of two trees for every tree we use First tree: trees replanted through certified sustainable forestry programmes5 2.6 million trees
Second tree: enabled the sustainable growth of second tree6 3.0 million trees
100% sustainable sourcing of timber Sustainably sourced timber 100%
Transform more forestry markets to
Chain-of-Custody (CoC) certification		 CoC sourced timber 85.7%
Climate Positive
SBTi validated 2030 climate targets for full value chain Performance against SBT (includes Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions)7 1,290.5 kt of CO2-e
100% renewable electricity in our own operations Electricity from renewable sources8 100%
Maintain carbon neutrality in operations (Scope 1 and 2) Carbon neutrality for operations (Scope 1 and 2 emission sources) 100%
Waste Positive9
Zero product materials sent to landfill for all Brambles and subcontracted locations

Percentage of in-scope plants diverting product waste from landfill:

Brambles-managed plants 95.6%
Third-party plants 92.9%
All plants 93.6%
Percentage of in-scope plants with solutions in place to divert product waste from landfill 99.3%
30% recycled and upcycled plastic waste in plastic products Recycled content in plastic product purchases 41.4%

5  For every tree used, we have continued to enable the replanting of another through sustainable forestry programmes. The number of trees is derived from certified sourcing volumes each year.

6  In FY25, Brambles enabled the sustainable growth of 3.0 million trees through partnership with WeForest in Zambia (2.8 million trees) and with WILDTRUST in South Africa (over 200,000 trees).

7  See Brambles’ GHG emissions performance on page 19 of the Sustainability Review.

8  Brambles’ renewable electricity results include electricity from renewable contracts 56%, onsite generation 6% and Energy Attribute Certificates (EACs) 38%.

9  During the 2025 Sustainability Programme, Brambles reprioritised our waste targets to allow us to focus on those with the most material impact, shown in the table above. As a result, quantitative measurements of progress against two targets were not performed or reported. These two targets are: ‘zero waste sent to landfill for all Brambles locations, including offices and service centres’ and ‘optimise all water use, including reclaiming, recycling, replenishment and treatment’.

Business Positive

10  Environmental benefit metrics are calculated by comparing the savings through use of a Brambles product to a single-use alternative (obtained from independent peer reviewed product LCAs performed by acknowledged experts), multiplied by the volume of each related product issued to customers during the Year.

11  The percentage of women on the Board reflects additional Non-Executive Directors appointed during FY25. Total number of women on the Board increased to five at the end of FY25 (FY24: 4).

Target Metric FY25 2025 programme result
Supply Chain Positive
Continuous increases in environmental benefits in our customers’ supply chains through our share and reuse model Increased our positive environmental impact across our customers’ supply chains10 1,992.2 kt of CO2-e
4,371.1 ML of water
2.3 million m3 of timber, which equates to ~2.4 million trees
1,339.1 kt of waste
Co-develop and improve our performance in leading circular measurement tools for industry Ellen MacArthur Foundation Circulytics score Achieved before programme discontinuation in 2024
Positive Collaboration
Double the number of customer collaborations from 250 to 500 Customers in collaboration 637 customers
Collaborative initiatives 2,599 initiatives
CO2-e saved 81,109.3 t of CO2-e
Workplace Positive
25% reduction in BIFR BIFR performance 2.2
At least 40% women in management roles and double the representation of women in Brambles service centres Women on the Board 41.7%11
Women in management roles 38.8%
Women in service centre roles 9.8%
Achieve rating of top 25% for inclusivity and launch an accessibility programme in each region Percentile rating for inclusivity Top 25%
Regions with accessibility programmes All
Top Employer accreditation Top Employer in 26 countries, 4 regions; Global Top Employer

10  Environmental benefit metrics are calculated by comparing the savings through use of a Brambles product to a single-use alternative (obtained from independent peer reviewed product LCAs performed by acknowledged experts), multiplied by the volume of each related product issued to customers during the Year.

11  The percentage of women on the Board reflects additional Non-Executive Directors appointed during FY25. Total number of women on the Board increased to five at the end of FY25 (FY24: 4).

Communities Positive

12  Circular economy training and advocacy has continued throughout FY25, however as the target was achieved in FY24, the number of people reached has not been tracked for FY25.

Target Metric FY25 2025 programme result
Food Positive
Collaborate with food banks to serve rescued food to at least 10 million people annually People receiving meals through Brambles’ support for food rescue organisations 20.0 million people
Circular Economy Transformation
Advocate, educate and impact one million people to become circular economy change makers People reached through our communications, training and advocacy 1.3 million people12 (Cumulative result
FY21 to FY25)
Workplace Positive
Transparently measure and validate our performance against all 2025 targets Adopt natural and social capital accounting approaches Brambles is an early adopter of the TNFD framework

12  Circular economy training and advocacy has continued throughout FY25, however as the target was achieved in FY24, the number of people reached has not been tracked for FY25.

Learn more about our 2025 targets achievements
in our 2025 Sustainability Review

2025 Sustainability Review