Sustainability concerns us all

Sustainability is one of Vetropack’s five strategic pillars and is integral to our corporate strategy. Through our Clearly sustainable initiative we pursue a holistic approach to sustainability. Stakeholder engagement along the value chain is embedded in our business activities to ensure that diverse perspectives inform our sustainability-related decisions.

Clearly sustainable is one of the five strategic pillars within our corporate strategy (Business model and strategy 2030+). We adopt a holistic approach to sustainability, with the aim of becoming a recognised partner for sustainability in our industry by 2030. Within our Clearly sustainable strategic initiative, we focus on the sustainable and circular use of resources, the decarbonisation of business activities and our value chain, the development of our employees in a health and safe working environment, as well as legally compliant business practices.

We aim to be acknowledged for innovative and responsible manufacturing processes, as well as for producing high-quality glass containers. We endeavour to use resources and water in closed loops, and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Based on our inclusive corporate culture, safe working conditions, and several training and skills development opportunities, we intend to position ourselves as an Employer of Choice.

Vetropack's sustainability targets

We have set the following targets to reduce negative impacts, mitigate risks, increase positive impacts, and make use of opportunities:

Climate change (E1)
Achieve a reduction of 50.4 percent in absolute Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 2032, compared to 2021 as the base year.
Reduce absolute Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions (categories: purchased goods and services, capital goods, fuel- and energy-related activities, and upstream transportation and distribution) 30 percent by 2032 from a 2021 base year.
Resource use and circular economy (E5)
Achieve an average recycled content of 70 percent by 2030.
Own workforce (S1)
Achieve a 30 percent quota of women among all employees in management functions by 2032.
Achieve an average of 25 training hours per employee per year by 2032.
Achieve a Group-wide Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) of 2.0 by 2030.
Consumers and end-users (S4)
Achieve zero product recalls per year.
Business conduct (G1)
Achieve 100 percent participation of employees in training on compliance, the Code of Conduct, and the Business Ethics Policy.
Maintain zero cases of corruption and bribery, zero breaches of respective applicable law, and zero complaints or breaches relating to data protection laws.

Value chain

The figure below complements Vetropack’s business model and illustrates our value chain. It also shows the scope of our double materiality assessment and indicates where material impacts, risks and opportunities occur along our value chain.