Petzl - Impact Report 2025

The deeper we go ,

the more we uncover

As the work progresses , quantifying our transport

and packaging f lows is proving far more complex

than expected . Each supplier , each product and

each use case has its own specif icities .

One concrete example : the quantif ication of poly

bags and minigrips alone — used among other

things for spare parts and accessories — revealed

an additional 24 tonnes of plastic , split between pri

mary and secondary packaging , and absent from

the previous assessment . That is the reality : the fur

ther we go , the more we ref ine , and the more we

uncover . The remaining volumes are often modest ,

but very widely dispersed A few hundred kilos each

time yet requiring as much effort as eliminating se

veral tonnes

This f igure will continue to evolve as it is based on

estimates Even so it tells us something essential

tackling the last remaining volumes of plastic means

accepting that progress will not always be linear

Changing scale

To reduce , you f irst have to measure , in order to

know where you stand . Since 2021 , we have been

quantifying plastic volumes and updating this as -

sessment every year . It is a long , often painstaking

process , but an essential one .

Work on primary packaging — that of f inished

products — has been underway for several years

and is bearing fruit . The f igures prove it . But if we

want to see it through , we now need to widen the

scope . That is what we did by opening up work on

secondary packaging — our suppliers ’ packaging

— which protects products throughout the supply

chain , sometimes all the way to distributors .

This represents a major change of scale for Julie

Lelong , Continuous Improvement Project Manager ,

who leads the project , as the company sources

from several hundred suppliers to supply four pro

duction sites . That means just as many f lows and

uses to analyse and evolve .

Because this packaging is designed by suppliers ,

changing it involves substantial work in terms of

dialogue , awareness - raising and revising speci

f ications . Once again , understanding everyone ’ s

constraints and co - building solutions is essential .

As with the optimisation of professional helmet pac

kaging in 2024 , Julie relies on a multidisciplinary

team to move things forward .

Julie Lelong

Continuous Improvement Project Manager

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