How Brambles Creates Value

Brambles uses the power of its circular business model, network advantage and expertise to leverage the key capital inputs into its business to generate significant value for customers, shareholders and employees.

For customers, Brambles’ end-to-end supply chain solutions deliver operational, financial and environmental efficiencies not otherwise available through one-way, single-use alternatives. Further details are available on page 8.

For shareholders, Brambles delivers sustainable growth at returns well in excess of the cost of capital and seeks to generate sufficient cash flow through the cycle to fund dividends and support reinvestment in growth, innovation and the development of its people. Further details are available on page 9.

For employees, Brambles provides development and exciting career opportunities in approximately 60 countries. By fostering a culture of innovation and agility, Brambles seeks to attract and retain the talent which is integral to its success.

In a resource-constrained world, circular business models like that operated by Brambles are recognised as a practical business solution enabling the world to trade more responsibly. By regenerating what it extracts and by providing its products via a service, Brambles helps reduce both the constant pressure on natural resources and the waste production typical of conventional linear business models.

Brambles capitalises on its unique position in the supply chain to enable customer collaboration and address sustainable development challenges, such as optimising transport networks, addressing food waste and promoting sustainable use of the world’s forests.

In this way, Brambles strives to create a circular economy, on a global scale.

Brambles has used the Integrated Reporting ‘capitals’ framework³ to illustrate the interaction and interdependencies between its sources of value, business model and ability to create value over time. This framework provides an appropriate methodology to help entities understand both their sources of value including resource dependencies as well as the positive and negative impacts of their business model on all stakeholders.

³ The International Integrated Reporting Framework. Integrated Reporting highlights the key resources and relationships used and affected by an organisation.

⁴ Brambles’ circular business model aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 12. For more information see brambles.com/sustainability.

⁵ Economic value is a measure of the broader financial benefit provided by an organisation.

⁶ For Additional Value Distributed as the result of the sale of IFCO please see page 10.