Flipkart as part of its efforts to move towards zero waste has been able to reduce plastic packaging in its supply chain, and has cut down the usage of plastic packaging in its own supply chain to ~50%. Flipkart has now started phasing out plastic packaging from its own supply chain in Maharashtra through usage of Paper based packaging starting May 1st, 2020.

The company has been driving several initiatives as it pursues sustainable growth, which includes the introduction of eco-friendly paper shreds, replacing poly pouches with recycled paper bags, replacing bubble wraps and airbags with carton waste shredded material and 2 Ply roll to name a few.

Flipkart is actively working with all policy makers, including state governments across the country and other ecosystem stakeholders to understand how it can provide a conducive and feasible transition path to lakhs of its seller partners to gradually adopt sustainable packaging alternatives which could be affordable, scalable and widely available to them. Flipkart works with over 200,000 local sellers, mostly MSMEs across the country, many of whom also ship customer orders directly and make their own packaging decisions.

Flipkart’s broader environmental sustainability efforts include introduction of electric vehicles in its last-mile delivery network, resource efficiency and use of renewables, waste reduction and management, and ISO 14001 certification for its strategic facilities, a crucial benchmark for the preparedness to prevent environmental pollution in the workplace.