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Packaging for a sustainable future

As a global company, we are very conscious of our economic, social and environmental responsibility.  Sustainability is an integral part of all business activities - our mission is to rethink packaging every day to make a positive, sustainable and meaningful contribution to our customers and the environment.

Packaging and sustainability

Protecting and preserving valuable goods

Before it is waste, packaging plays an essential role as it protects the valuable content throughout the supply chain and enables a proper and safe delivery to the end-consumer. Flexible packaging is designed to minimize the use of packaging materials, thus it is generally more resource efficient than alternative packaging types. It plays a minor part of a (e.g. food) product’s total environmental footprint, but a major role in preservation. Hence, insufficient or inadequate packaging would increase the overall footprint tremendously. Flexible packaging with customized barrier protection and appropriate portioning therefore reduces the risk of (food) waste, saving more resources than it consumes.

It is fundamental to ensure that packaging waste is being collected and recycled and does not end up in landfills or the environment. In this context, it is important that products are harmonized with existing collection, sorting and recycling infrastructure and processes in order to increase the circularity of packaging. That is why Constantia Flexibles continuously works on the recyclability of its flexible packaging solutions.

Learn more about what we do to make our packaging more sustainable


Our comprehensive sustainability approach

We are committed to prevent potential and minimize existing negative impacts on the environment.

  • We strive to continuously improve the environmental performance of our operations regarding raw materials, emissions, energy and waste
  • We aim to design our products based on sustainability criteria – applying a holistic life cycle approach – and to meet the challenges of the circular economy
  • We seek collaboration to reduce environmental impacts along the value chain

Relevant policies are in place and applied throughout the company, making environmental sustainability an integral part of all entrepreneurial activities.

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Our core targets

 

We commit to reduce absolute scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions 24% by 2030 and 49% by 2050 from a 2015 base-year.

This target was approved by the Science Based Targets Initiative. Targets adopted by companies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are considered “science-based” if they are in line with the level of decarbonization required to keep global temperature increase below 2 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial temperatures.

We pledge that 100% of our packaging will be recyclable by 2025.

As a company being committed to sustainability from the very beginning, Constantia Flexibles recognizes the importance of contributing to the transition towards a circular economy. This pledge was taken in 2018 as part of the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment, led by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in collaboration with UN Environment.

Furthermore, we set the goal of a 40% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2023

(Scope 1 and 2 emissions per square meter produced, setting 2005 as reference year).

Learn more about our areas of activity here

Corporate sustainability

We collect and monitor key data on our sustainability performance and transparently share these with all stakeholders.

Learn more

Product sustainability

Turning global challenges into more sustainable and recyclable packaging solutions.

Learn more

Value chain collaboration

Collaboration throughout the value chain is an important component of a comprehensive approach to sustainability.

Learn more

Health, safety, security and environment

We promote the constant development of Health & Safety at work.

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sustainability@cflex.com
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