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Century-old Sauce Brand Continues Drive Toward Sustainable Packaging
HONG KONG, CHINA– Media OutReach Newswire — 30 September 2026– Lee Kum Kee Sauce(“Lee Kum Kee”), the century-old sauce brand name, has actually been honoured with the Gold Award in the inaugural Packaging Reduction Charter by the Environmental Protection Department(EPD )of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Identified for impressive efficiency in driving product packaging decrease and sustainable advancement, Lee Kum Kee was amongst the very first signatories to the Charter and is among the very first mate of food makers to get the award. The honour shows its function as an accountable business resident devoted to advancing sustainable product packaging.
Lee Kum Kee gets the Gold Award in the Packaging Reduction Charter.
Introduced by the EPD on 31 March 2025, the Packaging Reduction Charter motivates organizations to reassess and minimize product packaging use, promote a waste-reduction culture in the industrial sector, and assistance Hong Kong’s long-lasting objective of carbon neutrality. To date, over 140 business throughout sectors consisting of retail, logistics, electronic devices, and food & drink have actually signed up with, with Lee Kum Kee being one of the. Taking part business go through a yearly expert evaluation for product packaging decrease, recyclability, reuse/recycling, sustainability, and promo of product packaging decrease. Lee Kum Kee showed numerous product packaging optimisation accomplishments throughout the evaluation procedure, eventually making the Gold Award.
Jan Ling(best), Vice President– Technical Business Development at Lee Kum Kee Sauce gets the award provided by Dr. Chui Ho Kwong, Samuel(left), JP, Director of Environmental Protection Department. 
Dodie Hung, Executive Vice President– Corporate Affairs at Lee Kum Kee Sauce, stated, “This award is a substantial acknowledgment of Lee Kum Kee’s enduring dedication to sustainable product packaging improvement. Directed by our worth of ‘Si Li Ji Ren’ (Considering Others’ Interests), we are dedicated to incorporating sustainable advancement into every element of our organization operations. Through ingenious thinking, we continually optimise product packaging style for higher effectiveness and recyclability, providing high quality, tasty and ecologically accountable items to customers. Moving on, we stay devoted to working together with the market to support Hong Kong’s vision of attaining carbon neutrality.”
Lee Kum Kee constantly improves its product packaging with recommendation to the Practical Guides on Packaging Reduction and Management released by EPD and the Golden Design Rules established by the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), driving product packaging weight decrease while boosting recyclability and circular worth. Because 2002, Lee Kum Kee has actually regularly decreased the weight of its glass bottles; for instance, in 2025, it cut the weight of its 32-ounce oyster sauce bottles from 410 to 390 grams, conserving 10 tonnes of glass throughout the year. In addition, the business has actually conserved more than 200 tonnes of container product each year through enhanced container styles. Over 95% of product packaging products, by weight, are recyclable.
Lee Kum Kee’s sustainable product packaging was included in the 2026 Golden Design Rules Case Study Booklet throughout the CGF China Day in early September, validating that its efforts line up with both regional policy instructions and worldwide finest practices.
For information on Lee Kum Kee and sustainability, please describe the Lee Kum Kee Global Sustainability Highlights 2025: https://corporate.lkk.com/en/csr
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About Lee Kum Kee Sauce
Lee Kum Kee Sauce is the international entrance to Asian cooking culture, devoted to promoting Chinese cooking culture worldwide. Because 1888, it has actually brought individuals together over cheerful reunions, shared customs and unforgettable meals. Precious by customers and chefs alike, Lee Kum Kee Sauce’s variety of more than 300 sauces and dressings stimulates imagination in cooking areas all over, motivating expert and home chefs to experiment, produce, and pleasure. Headquartered in Hong Kong, China and serving over 100 nations and areas, Lee Kum Kee Sauce’s abundant heritage, unwavering dedication to quality, sustainable practices and “Constant Entrepreneurship” integrate to allow remarkable experiences through Asian food for individuals worldwide. To learn more, please check out 
www.LKK.com
About the Packaging Reduction Charter
The Packaging Reduction Charter was introduced by the Environmental Protection Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government in 2025. The Charter intends to unite business and organisations to advance sustainable product packaging services through partnerships, lower product packaging waste, and add to Hong Kong’s long-lasting objective of carbon neutrality. The Charter examines signatories versus 5 essential locations, product packaging decrease, product packaging recyclability, product packaging reuse, sustainable product packaging, and promo of product packaging decrease, to identify business with impressive efficiency. For more details, please see:
www.lesspackaging.hk
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