Introduction to our CR reporting
We’re on a journey to create the perfect pack – a pack that gives more to people and planet than it takes out.
Getting there will stretch us further than we have ever gone. But we have already started that journey. We call it The Way Beyond Good.
The Way Beyond Good sets out industry-leading goals in four interconnected action areas – Climate+, Forest+, Resource+ and Food+ – all underpinned by our commitment to sustainable innovation and our responsible culture. These priorities are informed by an assessment of our most material environmental and social topics (see pages 390–391 in the Annual Report PDF).
Together, our actions in each of these areas will produce lasting change and a net positive impact on people and the planet as we strive to give back more than we take.
The Way Beyond Good
About our CR reporting
Our corporate responsibility (CR) reporting on environmental, social and governance (ESG) topics is included within SIG’s Annual Report.
This Way Beyond Good chapter provides an overview of CR governance, progress towards our Way Beyond Good ambitions, and performance on our most material environmental and social topics. Further ESG disclosures can be found in the appendix (see Annual Report PDF pages 371-372).
Reporting standards
We report in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards and a GRI content index is included in the appendix (see pages 387–410 in the Annual Report PDF). We also align our CR reporting and ESG disclosures with various other recognised external frameworks (see pages 371–372 in the Annual Report PDF), including the United Nations Global Compact, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) framework and the EU Taxonomy.
Assurance
Key performance indicators (summarised in Key performance indicators) have been externally assured with limited assurance by PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. See assurance statement on pages 411–413 in the Annual Report PDF.
Scope of our CR reporting
Our CR reporting covers the 2022 calendar year. Unless otherwise stated, CR data in this report: covers all operations globally that were fully owned by SIG at the start of 2022, which includes all operations related to our aseptic carton business (including research and development, sleeve and spout production, filling machine assembly, technical service and offices); and excludes our new bag-in-box and spouted pouch business (formerly Scholle IPN) and our new chilled carton business (acquired from Evergreen Asia) – both acquired mid-way through 2022 – as well as our joint venture in Japan.
Find out more about our approach to ESG topics
We publish detailed policies, including public commitments, on ESG topics on our website. For each topic, we explain why it is material for SIG, state what our commitment is, and set out our policy and approach. This publicly available summary is supported by an in-depth internal ESG Policy Manual to guide our approach across the business.
We want to hear from you
We welcome stakeholder feedback on our CR approach, performance and reporting. Please contact Ingo Büttgen, Head of Corporate Communication, at waybeyondgood@sig.biz.
External recognition for CR performance and disclosure
Our Platinum rating from EcoVadis again puts SIG in the top 1% of businesses participating in its latest sustainability assessment.
Our AA rating from MSCI places SIG as an industry leader on ESG criteria.
We further improved our ESG Risk Rating score from Sustainalytics this year from 13.4 to 13.3 out of 100, positioning SIG as low-risk for investors.
We maintained our position among the top 25 most sustainable companies listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange based on a third-party assessment.
SIG Group AG is a constituent of the FTSE4Good Index Series following the FTSE4Good Index Series December 2022 review. Created by the global index provider FTSE Russell, the FTSE4Good Index Series is designed to measure the performance of companies demonstrating strong ESG practices.1
SIG received the distinction of becoming a member of The Sustainability Yearbook 2023 based on the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment survey (used to inform the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, DJSI), which we responded to for the second time. We performed in the top decile of the Containers & Packaging Industry with a score of 74, reflecting an improvement of seven points compared with the previous year.2
1 FTSE Russell (the trading name of FTSE International Limited and Frank Russell Company) confirms that SIG Group AG has been independently assessed according to the FTSE4Good criteria, and has satisfied the requirements to become a constituent of the FTSE4Good Index Series. The FTSE4Good indices are used by a wide variety of market participants to create and assess responsible investment funds and other products.
2 As at 31 December 2022.