ATLANTA, Sept. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Graphic Packaging
Holding Company (NYSE: GPK), (the "Company"), a leading provider of
packaging solutions to food, beverage, foodservice, and other
consumer products companies, today released its 2017 Sustainability
and Social Responsibility Report. The report highlights the robust
initiatives the Company has implemented and is continually pursuing
to preserve the environment and invest in the communities where it
operates. The report is available on the Sustainability tab at
www.graphicpkg.com.
Since establishing sustainability goals in 2008, the Company has
made significant progress on its initiatives. The 2017
Sustainability and Social Responsibility Report provides an
extensive overview of the Company's activities with references to
the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Sustainability Reporting
Standards. In preparing the report, the Company engaged third
parties to generate the energy, carbon emissions and water metrics.
The Company also responds to the CDP's (formerly Carbon Disclosure
Project) Supply Chain, Climate Change, Water and Forestry
questionnaires each year.
The report outlines three key community pillars on which the
Company is focused: Preserving the Environment, Putting Food on the
Table, and Investing in Education. The report also highlights
Graphic Packaging's Sustainability Vision 2025, which notes both
the historical progress toward reducing the Company's environmental
footprint and the goals Graphic Packaging is committed to achieving
by 2025. The report includes numerous examples of the
accomplishments the Company is making with environmental and social
initiatives as well.
"We are proud to formally present our 2017 Sustainability and
Social Responsibility Report, which clearly lays out the strides
Graphic Packaging has made on key sustainability and social
initiatives and what we will continue to focus on for many years
into the future," said President and CEO Michael Doss. "Sustainability and social
responsibility are at the heart of what we do at Graphic Packaging.
This includes the renewable and recyclable paperboard-based cartons
and foodservice containers we produce for our customers from
renewable wood fiber, our focus on continually reducing our raw
material consumption and environmental footprint, and our
significant involvement in the communities where we operate. We
look forward to keeping our stakeholders updated on our continued
progress on these initiatives in the future."
About Graphic Packaging Holding
Company
Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE: GPK), headquartered in
Atlanta, Georgia, is committed to
providing consumer packaging that makes a world of difference. The
Company is a leading provider of paper-based packaging solutions
for a wide variety of products to food, beverage, foodservice, and
other consumer products companies. The Company operates on a global
basis, is one of the largest producers of folding cartons and
paper-based foodservice products in the
United States, and holds leading market positions in solid
bleached sulfate paperboard, coated unbleached kraft paperboard and
coated recycled paperboard. The Company's customers include many of
the world's most widely-recognized companies and brands. Additional
information about Graphic Packaging, its business and its products
is available on the Company's web site at www.graphicpkg.com.
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