We work upstream to design out waste & reduce impact.

Better systems. Better materials. Better design. Better communication.

Velzy is a multi-award winning consultancy working with organisations and industry to drive change across Scope 3 Emissions, Operations, Materials, Packaging and Waste.

We identify impact at its source and create practical systems and solutions across the value chain.

From strategy and stakeholder engagement to material innovation and implementation, we help organisations create better outcomes for people, our oceans and the environment.

We work upstream to design out waste and create better outcomes.

OUR WORK

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Who is Velzy?

Velzy is led by Melissa Strang, a multi-award winning sustainability strategist, designer, ESG packaging engineer, material innovator and founder of Velzy and We are Salty.

Melissa leads Salty and Velzy as an independent Mother of four, twins plus two. She is an ocean athlete, awarded New Zealand National surfing Champion and Longboard bronze medalist. Melissa is driven to succeed and drive change for the good of our oceans, environment and human health.

Working at the intersection of materials, packaging, waste and supply chains, Melissa specialises in identifying where impact can be designed out before it becomes waste. Her work combines strategy, stakeholder engagement and material innovation with practical trials and real-world implementation.

For more than a decade, Melissa has worked alongside industry to challenge conventional material systems and develop practical solutions that deliver better outcomes for business, people and the environment.

WE DESIGN
OUT WASTE.

STRATEGY · SYSTEMS · MATERIALS · PACKAGING · PEOPLE · CHANGE

We work upstream to turn off the plastic tap, drive change and reduce waste.

“We bring together strategy, materials, manufacturing, packaging and people to create practical change, delivering better outcomes for the health of communities, our oceans and environment.”

LEGISLATION TO IMPLEMENTATION

We manage impact across Scope 3, EPR, PPWR and the entire global value chain.

Materials, packaging, manufacturing, transport, product loss and end-of-life all contribute to Scope 3 emissions and are increasingly affected by Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), PPWR and changing global packaging and waste legislation.

Velzy helps organisations understand where their impact sits, what needs to change, and how to make that change happen.

We work across the value chain to:

  • Map and audit material, packaging and waste flows

  • Identify Scope 3 impacts and regulatory exposure

  • Navigate EPR, PPWR and evolving packaging legislation

  • Develop practical reduction and circularity strategies

  • Engage suppliers, manufacturers and industry stakeholders

  • Trial and validate alternative materials, packaging and systems

  • Implement solutions within real-world operations and supply chains

  • Measure material reduction, waste diversion and environmental outcomes

Our approach connects strategy with implementation.

Meaningful change isn't achieved through reporting alone. It happens when better materials, better systems and better decisions are successfully implemented across the value chain.

Understand the impact. Identify the opportunity. Trial the solution. Implement the change. Measure the outcome.

  • Reducing impact across Scope 3, EPR, PPWR and the value chain.

    Environmental impact extends beyond your own operations.

    Materials, packaging, manufacturing, transport, product loss and end-of-life all contribute to Scope 3 emissions — and are increasingly affected by Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), PPWR and changing global packaging and waste legislation.

    Velzy helps organisations understand where their impact sits, what needs to change, and how to make that change happen.

    We work across the value chain to:

    • Map material, packaging and waste flows

    • Identify Scope 3 impacts and regulatory exposure

    • Navigate EPR, PPWR and evolving packaging legislation

    • Develop practical reduction and circularity strategies

    • Engage suppliers, manufacturers and industry stakeholders

    • Trial and validate alternative materials, packaging and systems

    • Implement solutions within real-world operations and supply chains

    • Measure material reduction, waste diversion and environmental outcomes

    Our approach connects strategy with implementation.

    Because meaningful change isn't achieved through reporting alone. It happens when better materials, better systems and better decisions are successfully implemented across the value chain.

    Understand the impact. Identify the opportunity. Trial the solution. Implement the change. Measure the outcome.

SUPPLY CHAIN OPTIMISATION, AUTOMATION, WASTE REDUCTION, MANUFACTURING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT

  • - Supply chain, packaging and product life cycle analysis, responsible planning and value chain optimisation

    - Development of key performance indicators

    - Development of regenerative business targets

    - Industry guidance, reporting, insights and strategy

    - Strategic planning and resource development such as internal packaging toolkits, materials specifications and project management with automation suppliers

    - Procurement of raw materials, design and manufacturing

    - Analysis, reporting and technology available for in market recycling and collection infrastructure

    - Communication strategy, design and infographics to inform and guide behaviour change

    - Food safety and contact regulations, market legislation and manufacturing

    - Manufacturing using alternative materials and integration across supply chain with automation suppliers

    - Packaging prototyping, hand work, pilot technical trials, material assessment and reporting

    - Automation equipment, manual pack and the integration alternative materials and design into the supply chain

    - Project management, planning, business case/cost analysis

    - Materials innovation, NPD and integration across supply chain

    - Material impact assessment and market analysis

MATERIAL SAFETY, RECYCLABILITY & END OF LIFE

PFAS, COMPOSTABILITY, OTR, WVTR, REPULPABILITY TESTING & CERTIFICATION.

  • - Project management of material testing and certification

    - Reporting and recommendations for new packaging and material development

    - On pack claims and icon development for end of life and APCO requirements

    - Research, reporting and recommendations for food contact material packaging accepted in markets globally

    - Shelf life testing, trials and project management

COOLCHAIN, CONDITIONING AND MARKET ACCESS

  • - Systems strategy to ensure product quality over duration of storage
    - Product needs, quality assurance and the impact of RH, temperature, WVTR and OTR
    - Assessment of cool chain and conditioning to integrate functional materials
    - Export market analysis and planning for resource sorting and recycling
    - Current packaging impact assessment, strategic intent
    - In market needs and communication
    - Collaboration with automation suppliers, post-harvest and industry.
    - Change management

RESEARCH, CIRCULAR STRATEGY & REPORTING

  • - Environmental, operational and social impact audit

    - Product life cycle, systems impact mapping, analysis and circular redesign

    - Experiential impacts and design

    - Circular business strategy, stakeholder engagement, education and communications

    - Benchmarking and defining successful organisational change and culture

    - Organisational barriers to change and activation of sustainability initiatives

    - Internal and external stakeholder engagement and change management

    - Business and supply chain impact analysis, considerations and reporting

    - Analysis of materials used across the organisational supply chain and development of regenerative business targets.

PILOT AND SCALED TECHNICAL TRIALS

  • - Technical trial and experimental design planning, research and development

    - Materials and design performance reporting, insights and strategy development

    - Industry guidance

WASTE AS
A RESOUCE.

  • - Realising value and developing new ways with organic resource

    - Industry collaboration

    - Stakeholder engagement

    - Full systems sustainability and systems planning and change management across business stakeholders, staff and customers

REGENERATIVE
HORTICULTURE

  • - Systems strategy to ensure fruit quality over duration of storage

    - Fruit physiology, fruit quality and the impact of RH, temperature, WVTR and OTR over time

    - Assessment of cool chain and conditioning to integrate functional materials

    - Export market analysis and planning for resource capture

    - Current packaging impact assessment, strategic intent

    - In market needs, engagement and communication

    - Collaboration with automation suppliers, post harvest and industry.

    - Change management