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Accelerating climate action

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Tackling the climate emergency requires bold and urgent action by countries and companies – a message that came across loud and clear at the COP26 climate conference in 2021.

Our low-carbon aseptic cartons can be part of the solution – offering a 28–70% lower carbon footprint than alternative forms of packaging.

Through our focus on sustainable innovation, we have developed solutions that lower this footprint even further – starting with combibloc ECOPLUS, launched in 2010, with a 27% lower carbon footprint than standard SIG packaging material.

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renewable energy – first in our industry to achieve carbon neutral production.

Over the last five years, we have accelerated action on climate as part of our commitment to go Way Beyond Good for people and planet.

The industry-leading innovations in our SIGNATURE portfolio offer the lowest-carbon solutions on the market for aseptic cartons – and sales of these solutions are growing.

We have slashed greenhouse gas emissions from our operations by making our packs with 100% renewable energy and becoming the first in the industry to achieve carbon neutral production.

Carbon neutral production (photo)

We are leading efforts to decarbonise our value chain by linking polymers to 100% renewable materials instead of fossil-based feedstock, and becoming the first carton manufacturer to source aluminium certified to the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) standard that mandates emissions reductions in the production of aluminium.

And we are not stopping there.

Read on to see the milestones on our journey so far and our plans to go even further on The Way Beyond Good.

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Our journey to net zero

Our packaging solutions
2017
Launched SIGNATURE 100 solution with a 58% lower carbon footprint than standard SIG packaging material.
2018
Launched SIGNATURE Full Barrier solution with a 45% lower carbon footprint than standard SIG packaging material.
2019
Reached the milestone of 1 billion packs sold with combibloc ECOPLUS packaging material since its launch in 2010.
2020
Offered the world’s first aseptic cartons with aluminium foil certified to the ASI Standards that mandate emissions limits in aluminium production.
2021
Launched our next generation filling machine, designed to offer a 25% lower carbon footprint for filling and packaging processes.
Going beyond with ambitious targets
Reduce operational greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2025 – and 60% by 2030 (from 2016).

Cut value chain emissions by 25% per litre of food packed by 2030 (from 2016).
Our operations
2017
Switched to 100% renewable electricity for production globally.
2018
Achieved carbon neutral production by completing the transition to 100% renewable energy – including Gold Standard offsets for natural gas use – and installed our first on-site solar array in China.
2019
Accelerated our timeline for climate action with greenhouse gas reduction targets approved by the Science Based Targets initiative as in line with the 1.5°C scenario.
2020
Surpassed our target to halve operational (Scope 1 and 2) emissions by 2025, with a 58% reduction from 2016, well on our way to our science-based target to cut these emissions by 60% by 2030.
2021
Installed further solar arrays in Brazil, China and Thailand – bringing our total on-site solar capacity to 11.3MWp – and secured real-time wind power for our production in Germany.
Going beyond with ambitious targets
Launch a full barrier carton linked to 100% renewable materials by 2025.

Cut value chain emissions by 25% per litre of food packed by 2030 (from 2016).
Our packaging solutions
Our operations
Launched SIGNATURE 100 solution with a 58% lower carbon footprint than standard SIG packaging material.
2017
Switched to 100% renewable electricity for production globally.
Launched SIGNATURE Full Barrier solution with a 45% lower carbon footprint than standard SIG packaging material.
2018
Achieved carbon neutral production by completing the transition to 100% renewable energy – including Gold Standard offsets for natural gas use – and installed our first on-site solar array in China.
Reached the milestone of 1 billion packs sold with combibloc ECOPLUS packaging material since its launch in 2010.
2019
Accelerated our timeline for climate action with greenhouse gas reduction targets approved by the Science Based Targets initiative as in line with the 1.5°C scenario.
Offered the world’s first aseptic cartons with aluminium foil certified to the ASI Standards that mandate emissions limits in aluminium production.
2020
Surpassed our target to halve operational (Scope 1 and 2) emissions by 2025, with a 58% reduction from 2016, well on our way to our science-based target to cut these emissions by 60% by 2030.
Launched our next generation filling machine, designed to offer a 25% lower carbon footprint for filling and packaging processes.
2021
Installed further solar arrays in Brazil, China and Thailand – bringing our total on-site solar capacity to 11.3MWp – and secured real-time wind power for our production in Germany.