Avery Dennison Gains Momentum in Progress Toward 2025 Sustainability Goals
Announces Industry-Leading Achievements In Paper Sourcing, Employee Safety
Key achievements include:
- A reduction of location-based absolute CO2 emissions of 3.2% in 2016 and market-based absolute emissions (includes renewable energy instruments) by nearly 12%.
- 78% of total volume of paper procured in 2016 held either an FSC or PEFC claim.
- A 2016 world class safety record, with a recordable incident rate (RIR) of 0.25.
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Butier also noted the company’s success in its goal to achieve at least a 3% absolute reduction in greenhouse gas emissions year over year beginning in 2016. To do so, Avery Dennison is pursuing reductions through a variety of means based on the different needs of its facilities. This includes reducing energy intensity (7.2% reduction from 2015), sourcing renewable power and procuring renewable energy certificates. Together, these efforts reduced market-based absolute emissions by nearly 12% in 2016.
In the report, the company also discusses how it is working to facilitate the creation of a global recycling infrastructure network with customers, recyclers and other stakeholders in the regions where it operates to address the challenge of label waste throughout the value chain. Reducing waste is a key focus of Avery Dennison’s 2025 goals both inside the company and throughout the industries in which it operates. As of the end of 2016, 59 of Avery Dennison’s 180 sites worldwide were operating landfill-free and the company had succeeded in diverting 91% of solid waste from landfills.
To download copies of the report or to learn more, visit: averydennison.com/sustainability.
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