WE ARE DRIVEN BY OUR PURPOSE TO PROTECT,
TO SOLVE CRITICAL PACKAGING CHALLENGES,
AND TO MAKE OUR WORLD BETTER THAN WE FOUND IT.
Global Impact Report
Our Global Impact Report highlights how Sealed Air is shaping the future of the packaging industry through innovation in sustainability, automation, and digital technologies. The report features the company’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) priorities and commitments, initiatives, progress, and performance in calendar year 2020 across four distinct areas:
- DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION AND INVESTMENTS
- SEE OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE
- PURPOSE-DRIVEN PEOPLE AND CULTURE
- LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE
Priorities and Commitments
Sealed Air's priorities and commitments exemplify the strategic imperatives we believe are vital to shaping a future that is sustainable. Our new goals build on the progress we achieved in pursuit of our previous set of 2020 targets.
Accelerating the Advancement of a Circular Economy
Sealed Air 2025 Sustainability and Materials Pledge
Commit to design or advance 100% of packaging solutions to be recyclable or reusable, eliminate waste by incorporating an average of 50% recycled or renewable content into solutions, and collaborate on advanced recycling technology and infrastructure all by 2025.
Preserving Resources and Keeping People Safe
We will drive our business and the industries we serve to a future that is touchless and digitally connected, safer, more resilient, and more equitable. Our goal is to help create a future of zero waste, where the negative effects of climate change are reversed. Some of our more specific goals are outlined below:
Greenhouse Gas Intensity Reductions
Reduce greenhouse gas intensity (Scopes 1 and 2) 30% by 2025 and 46% by 2030 from a 2019 base year.
Reducing Energy Consumption
Achieve energy intensity reductions of 17% by 2025 and 28% by 2030 from a 2019 base year.
Conserving Water
Achieve water intensity reductions of 17% by 2025 and 28% by 2030 from a 2019 base year.
Net-Zero Operations
Reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040 across operations.
Zero Harm
Achieve zero harm through operational management in order to provide employees with a safe and healthy working environment.
Science-Based Targets
Commit to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse emissions 46% by 2030 from a 2019 base year, and commit to reduce absolute Scope 3 greenhouse emissions from purchased goods and services as well as use of sold products 15% within the same timeframe.
Diverting Waste from Landfills
Achieve diversion of manufacturing waste from landfill and external incineration of 85% by 2025 and 100% by 2030 from a 2019 base year.
Creating a Diverse, Equitable and Inclusive Workplace and Culture
Pledge to create a workplace where each employee feels valued and respected. SEE pledges to:
- Champion equal pay for work of equal value across our organization
- Lead with a senior leadership team that reflects the cultural diversity of our global footprint.
- Increase gender diversity across employees globally to more than 30% by 2025.
- Increase the representation of racial and ethnic minorities in our U.S. workforce to above 35% by 2025.
- Build a more inclusive culture with our employees across the globe.
