Climate+

Limiting global warming to 1.5°C is critical to prevent catastrophic climate change. To do this, the world needs to reach Net Zero: the point at which we achieve a balance between emissions produced and emissions taken from the atmosphere. Globally, we need to get there by 2050.

Everyone has a part to play in this, including us. Our packs already play a role in minimizing carbon emissions as they are designed and manufactured to have a far lower carbon footprint than other packaging formats, such as plastic and glass bottles or aluminum cans.

We are going further by committing to ambitious goals for our company and our products so that we increase our positive impact on our planet’s climate – also known as our “handprint”.

Our company goal: Reduce our carbon emissions to reach Net Zero by 2050.

We are committed to reducing our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to the levels demanded by science to keep global warming below 1.5°C. Our goal is to achieve Net Zero value chain GHG emissions by 2050 and our path to Net-Zero is approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

We have developed a series of workstreams to support progress on our path to Net Zero – supported by actions in other focus areas of our sustainability approach.

Together, these workstreams will help us meet our science-based targets and expand our positive impact by delivering GHG emissions reductions across the value chain and beyond:

Since 2016, we have reduced Scope 1 and 2 emissions and our most significant Scope 3 emissions¹ from our aseptic carton business by 20%.

¹ Includes Scope 3 emissions from our supply chain, use of our filling machines and recycling or disposal of our cartons.

• We have maintained using 100% renewable electricity for production and offsetting non-renewable energy through Gold Standard CO₂ offsets for aseptic carton production since 2018. Since 2024, we have also been operating our newly acquired bag-in-box, spouted pouch, and chilled carton production facilities using 100% renewable electricity.
• We launched our next-generation filling machine for SIG aseptic cartons, SIG Neo, at the end of 2021. It is designed to cut energy use and offer a 25% lower carbon footprint for the filling and packaging process per pack compared with the previous generation.

Our product promise: Bring our customers the lowest carbon packaging solutions.

SIG packs are already designed and manufactured to have a carbon footprint that is far lower than other packaging formats. We are committed to pioneering even lower carbon packs.

To make the carbon footprint of our cartons even smaller, we are innovating to increase the proportion of low carbon paperboard we use and eliminate carbon intensive aluminum foil wherever possible. Where we do still use aluminum, we source it from responsible sources certified to Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) standards which require suppliers to follow a strict emissions reductions roadmap.

Our SIG Terra portfolio offers solutions with carbon footprints of 23% to 63% lower than that of our standard aseptic cartons.

We will keep going further to develop packaging that removes more carbon from the atmosphere than is emitted during its lifecycle. To do this, we will continue to minimize emissions from sourcing and production and helping to remove carbon from the atmosphere within and beyond our value chain.

*Results to be confirmed through an independent critical review process.