Manufacturing Impact Report - Packaging Edition

In our latest quarterly review of corporate sustainability impacts, risks and opportunities, we find that packaging companies face significant regulatory pressure to reduce chemicals of concern (COCs) in food packaging, particularly bisphenols, phthalates, and PFAS. The report identifies innovative approaches to ESG compliance, with Crown Holdings screening 1,000 chemicals against the ChemSec Substitute-It-Now (SIN) List, while International Paper's Global Cellulose Fiber team generated over 100 circular economy initiatives to replace petroleum-based materials. These actions reflect growing awareness of both financial materiality and double materiality considerations across packaging value chains.

This report analyses thousands of sustainability disclosures from 20 leading entities in the industry, including Berry Global Group, Sealed Air Corporation and Huhtamäki Oyj. Published in Q225 as part of a quarterly series, it also includes disclosures from Global South entities like Mondi Group, PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical and Tetra Pak. The global nature of this analysis makes it an ideal source of external evidence for sustainability accounting and disclosure, particularly for organisations implementing CSRD requirements and conducting thorough materiality assessment processes for food contact materials and packaging innovations.