Verallia Pledges to Accelerate the Transition Towards Sustainable Packaging by Adopting a Purpose
20 Ottobre 2020 - 5:45PM
Business Wire
“Re-imagine glass for a sustainable future”
Regulatory News:
Verallia (Paris:VRLA), a world leader in glass packaging for
food and beverages, today announces its purpose: “Re-imagine glass
for a sustainable future”.
Developed in close collaboration with all of its internal and
external stakeholders over the last ten months, this purpose
encapsulates Verallia's ambition for the company and is fully
integrated into the Group's long-term strategy.
Commenting on the launch of the purpose, Michel
Giannuzzi, Chairman and CEO of Verallia said:
“In December 2019, Verallia's teams launched a reflection on the
company's purpose with all our stakeholders. I would like to thank
our employees, customers, suppliers, shareholders and local
community representatives for their commitment and contribution. At
the end of this collective work, as rich as it was demanding, I am
proud to share it today: "Re-imagine glass for a sustainable
future". This purpose is both authentic and ambitious: authentic,
because it is in line with our business, our history and our
values; ambitious, because it places the circular economy and the
transition towards a carbon neutral system at the heart of our
strategy and our actions.”
Strengthening Verallia’s commitment to society
Verallia’s purpose is guided by the conviction that glass can be
the most sustainable packaging material. The way people consume and
the waste they generate every day pose an unprecedented challenge
for our society, and packaging is a major component. In addition,
the climate emergency requires the mobilization of all stakeholders
to better protect natural resources and accelerate the transition
to carbon neutrality. It is in a safe and inclusive work
environment that Verallia proposes to meet these challenges.
Mobilizing stakeholders around shared ambitions
Verallia wants to collaborate with all of its stakeholders
around three main working areas:
- Accelerate innovation in our value chain: Verallia is
committed to integrating increasingly innovative solutions to
reduce carbon emissions from design to product transportation,
thereby helping the Group's customers reduce their own
environmental impact.
- Make reuse a win-win solution for the planet and glass
packaging: Verallia wants to promote and sustain the reuse of
glass packaging in local loops in order to meet the increasingly
high expectations of its customers and consumers in this area.
- Mobilize for more recycled glass: Verallia wants to work
with its partners to strengthen recycling systems in all of its
markets.
Commenting on “re-imagine glass”, Michel Giannuzzi,
Chairman and CEO of Verallia said:
“In a world transitioning to a carbon-neutral society, we want
to play a leading role in the transformation of the packaging
sector. By going even further and faster, we will reinforce the
circular and virtuous dimension of glass packaging. We will be able
to re-imagine glass by accelerating our collaborative efforts with
our partners in these three main working areas, and by defining
together a timetable of actions based on common objectives.”
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Verallia’s purpose in full:
At Verallia, our purpose is to re-imagine glass for a
sustainable future. The way people consume and the waste they
generate every day pose an unprecedented challenge for the world,
and packaging is where this is most acute. As one of the leading
glass packaging manufacturers in the world, Verallia has a major
role to play in accelerating the transition to sustainable
packaging.
We want to redefine how glass is produced, reused and recycled,
to make it the world’s most sustainable packaging material.
Recycling and reuse are already built into our business model, but
to make glass fully sustainable we need to do more and act beyond
our business to strengthen recycling systems and encourage reuse.
That’s how we will help to make the circular economy a reality.
The world is on a journey towards a carbon neutral system, so we
need to find ways to contribute. That’s why we are innovating to
significantly improve our performance on CO2 emissions right across
our business - from the energy consumption in our furnaces, to the
use of raw materials and cullet, and the design and transport of
our products.
At Verallia, we are experts at designing, producing and
recycling glass. We provide healthy, attractive, and sustainable
packaging solutions to more than 10,000 businesses around the world
- from the local family-run producers to the large multinational
household brands. Across the world, we manufacture and recycle
locally, very closely to our customers, which means that we are
well placed to solving their challenges, every single day.
Excellent service means working ever more closely with our
customers, to create the solutions that help them reduce
environmental impact and meet evolving consumer expectations.
Openness about the progress we are making and the challenges we are
facing must be the foundation we build on. And for our people to
continue to rise to new challenges, Verallia has to be a safe and
inclusive place to work.
The change needed is systemic, and we only ever hold part of the
answers. Progress will be made by defining clear targets and
working in common cause with our customers, suppliers, peers, and
other partners across the value chain to develop new healthy and
sustainable solutions for all. This is how we aim to raise the bar
for the packaging industry and set out on this exciting journey to
re-imagine glass.
About Verallia - Verallia is the leading European and the
third largest producer globally of glass containers for food and
beverages, and offers innovative, customized and
environmentally-friendly solutions. The Group posted €2.6 billion
in revenue and produced 16 billion bottles and jars in 2019.
Verallia employs around 10,000 people and comprises 32 glass
production facilities in 11 countries. Verallia is listed on
compartment A of the regulated market of Euronext Paris (Ticker:
VRLA – ISIN: FR0013447729) and is included in the following
indices: CAC Mid 60, CAC Mid & Small et CAC All-Tradable. For
more information : www.verallia.com
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