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WE BELIEVE IN BETTER


Bunzl Plc, a global leader with operations across the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific and the UK and Ireland, is committed to fostering a more sustainable and equitable future. For more information, please explore our global sustainability strategy here.

As part of the Bunzl Plc group, Bunzl Asia-Pacific brings our global sustainability vision to life with a focus on the unique needs of the Asia-Pacific region. Our ‘We Believe in Better’ sustainability strategy, outlines key initiatives and ensures accountability to our commitments.

Bunzl Safety and Lifting, as part of Bunzl Asia -Pacific, proudly champion sustainability leadership by providing locally tailored, impactful solutions. Our 'We Believe in Better' strategy serves as a guiding North Star, shaping our business decisions and empowering our customers to achieve their sustainability goals.

Embedding Ethical Supply Chains 

We aim to lead by example in ethical conduct, promoting better labour and environmental practices throughout our supply chain. More information about our work to uphold human rights, ensuring fair working conditions and eliminating modern slavery is available in our:

We strive to use our purchasing power for good

We are committed to leveraging procurement to support local communities, including First Nations communities across the region.

Bunzl Safety and Lifting holds a formal license agreement with Cole Workwear, a First Nations workwear company, to supply Boomerang workwear and PPE within the industrial safety sectors. This partnership on a strong, decade-long relationship, supporting meaningful change. It helps create jobs for Indigenous workers in underrepresented industries and strengthens Cole Workwear’s commitment to the Noongar community through impactful sports and youth development programs.

Bunzl Safety and Lifting are a certified Supply Nation member and can assist our customers with their targets around First Nations engagement.

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We partner with third parties for verification

We participate in several third-party verification schemes to ensure transparency and enable our customers to make informed purchasing decisions.

As a member of Sedex, we transparently share data on social and environmental sustainability. As an EcoVadis member, we are part of the world’s largest and most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings.






Ensuring Everyone Counts

Our people and the communities we operate in are at the heart of our success. We foster an equitable and inclusive work environment, that prioritises health, happiness, and wellbeing. We achieve this through our safety-first approach, flexible working arrangements, and mental health support.

We promote health, happiness, and wellbeing

Our commitment to wellbeing extends beyond our workplace to support the communities that support us. We offer charitable donations and community service leave, as well as partnering with organisations to give back as a team. Through partnerships with mining companies and ManUp! Australia, a charity focused on prostate health awareness, we helped raise $40,000 AUD and conducted awareness sessions on early cancer detection, leading to the identification and treatment of approximately 20 prostate cancer cases. Check our Man Up workwear collection here. As part of Bunzl Asia Pacific, our rich wellbeing culture has been recognised through Great Place to Work certification since 2023.

We celebrate diversity inside and outside of Bunzl

As part of Bunzl Asia-Pacific we are part of the following programs:

  • Inspiring Women in Bunzl: Our program which champions female participation and development across our businesses.
  • Reconciliation Action Plan: Our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan is our commitment to delivering value through meaningful actions  that facilitate equitable outcomes for First Nations businesses and communities in Australia. Discover more about how we engage with Indigenous communities and businesses here.

Accelerating climate Action

As part of Bunzl Asia Pacific, we are committed to achieving Net Zero for Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030, and Net Zero across Scope 1, 2, and 3 by 2050. Our regional Carbon Roadmap outlines the necessary steps to meet these targets.

Our Environmental Policy, supported by a certified ISO 14001 environmental management system, demonstrates our commitment to minimising environmental impact through sustainable practices and regulatory compliance.

We are committed to Net Zero Emissions

At Bunzl Safety and Lifting, we are always looking for ways to enhance energy efficiency across our sites. From installing energy-saving LED lighting to implementing HVAC zoning and adopting innovative technologies, we are committed to reducing our electricity consumption in our operations.

As part of Bunzl Asia- Pacific’s Carbon Roadmap, we are rolling out rooftop solar installations at major distribution centres. Our Erskine Park facility led the way in 2022, becoming one of the first Bunzl Asia-Pacific sites with solar panels, achieving a 43% reduction in electricity emissions by 2023.

In 2024, Bunzl Safety and Lifting received a global recognition by winning the Sustainability Excellence Award at the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) Awards. The award acknowledges initiatives in energy conservation, waste reduction , and greenhouse gas emissions minimization.

We have been tracking our scope 3 emissions from our goods and services for several years, and have a plan in place to address them. We have recently advanced this plan by engaging with our largest suppliers to better understand their carbon reduction efforts while informing them of our policies, targets, and other requirements.

Transitioning to Circularity

As a member of the Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO), we continually look for new ways to reduce the negative impacts of our packaging – and we report our progress every year in our APCO Annual Report.

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We are innovating in product and packaging

We embed circular economy principles to reduce our environmental impact and are committed to the phase-out of problematic and unnecessary single-use plastics packaging as well as sourcing reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging where possible. Recently, we redesigned over 2000 workwear SKUs to remove all plastic packaging. The new design includes recyclable cardboard pack bands, reducing size of swing tags, switching solvent-based inks on cartons to less toxic water-soluble ink and replacing plastic swing ties with cotton cords.

We are proactively enabling better customer choices

To support customers through their procurement processes and recommend the most sustainable product and packaging for their needs, we’ve trained select employees to become Sustainability Ambassadors. Our Ambassadors share their knowledge and expertise throughout Australia.

Our Circular economy efforts have been recognised

Bunzl Safety and Lifting won the Sustainable Packaging plastic to fibre transition for Mack workwear collection at the 2024 Packaging Innovation and Design Awards (PIDA) and is now a finalist for the 2025 WorldStar Packaging Awards. We were also a finalist for Sustainable Packaging Design for the 2024 APCO awards.

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About Bunzl Safety and Lifting

Bunzl Safety and Lifting offers an integrated approach to the selection, supply, service, and replacement of safety products, resulting in our ability to manage the complete life cycle of your personal and workplace safety requirements. Bunzl Safety and Lifting is a leading manufacturer of safety products, we provide the very best in workwear, corporate wear, PPE, footwear, materials handling, load restraint, and recovery,height safety, and site safety. We are also a leading supplier of some of the best industrial safety brands on the market, including Mack, Ninja, Contego, Boomerang, Beaver, B-Safe, WS Workwear, Frontier, Black Rat, Robertsons, 3M, Honeywell, Ansell, Bolle Safety, DuPont, Donaghys, MSA, Moldex, Steel Blue, Oliver, uvex, Sqwincher, MaxiFlex, DNC Workwear, Mayo Hardware, Gunnebo Industries, Skylotech and Blundstone. We also offer a range of services including product specialisation and consolidation, custom embroidery and branding, lifting equipment and inspections, NATA Accredited testing and services, height safety installed systems and training, managed inventory, eCommerce and digital solutions, clothing fitouts and yearly uniform issues, ethical sourcing, Indigenous Engagement, and environmental responsibility. We have an Australia-wide network of branches that ensures fast shipping across the country.

Bunzl Brands & Operations Pty Ltd (BBO) located at 55 Sarah Andrews Close Erskine Park NSW 2579 quality scope covers: manufacturing, importing, wholesaling, repairing and testing of lifting, rigging equipment, winches, hoists and materials handling products. The manufacture of synthetic slings and webbing products including load restraint and height safety equipment. Manufacture, import, wholesale and distribution of PPE products, workwear and hand tools. Design and development of products and services and the provision of mechanical testing services.