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"In 2024, IPG realized 75% of revenue from packaging products that are recyclable, reusable, or compostable meeting our goal one year early!"
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“The sustainability challenge remains dynamic, and we continue our efforts to find and implement creative solutions."
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"Across our enterprise, we are committed to developing sustainable packaging and protective solutions that meet the changing needs of the market."
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"Sustainability is essential to accelerating the innovation of our products, realizing profitable growth, and meeting our commitments to our people, our communities, and our planet."
Circularity
We model our SVNs after the key pillars of the Cradle to Cradle Certified Products Program, namely: Material Health, Product Circularity, Clean Air and Climate Protection, Water and Soil Stewardship, and Social Fairness. We discern the vast variety of safety and environmental certifications across the industry while working hard to ensure our products meet the high standards held under the Cradle to Cradle certification process.
Cradle To Cradle is a pioneering and globally-recognized design framework and certification developed by McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC). MBDC is a design consultancy that works with companies of all sizes to help them create safe and sustainable products that can be cycled back into the economy through recycling or upcycling. MBDC developed Cradle To Cradle standards and certifications to give companies a framework to reference when developing new products.
Today overseen by an independent organization, The Cradle to Cradle Product Innovation Institute, Cradle to Cradle Certified products are awarded at five levels (Basic, Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum), with each level imposing a more rigorous set of requirements. The lowest score in any quality category establishes the product’s overall score.
Certified products include:
● Curby Mailer®
● Curby Fragile Wrap™
● Water-Activated Tape
● PaperSpace™ X-Fill™
● Acrylic Carton Sealing Tape
● Hot Melt Carton Sealing Tape
● StretchFlex® and SuperFlex® Stretch Film
● Exlfilmplus® Shrink Film
● Polyethylene Tape
● Masking Tape
● Flatback Tape
● NovaShield® Structure Membrane
● AirSpace™ Film
● Bubble Packaging
Cradle 2 Cradle Certified Products Program
To underscore our commitment to embrace sustainability, our corporate strategy includes sustainability as one of our four primary pillars, designed to address the key materiality measures that we can impact, with measurable outcomes and clear timelines upon which to evaluate progress.
Our Approach to Sustainability
Our Sustainable Product Design and Development Vision Statement places the precautionary principle outlined in the United Nations Global Compact along with the Cradle to Cradle design principles as central pillars to guide our aspirational transformation.
- Increase Cradle to Cradle Certified® Products
- Reduce Environmental Footprint
- Increase Product Recyclability
- Achieve Zero Life-Changing Events
Our Products
Our Commitment:
75% of packaging products manufactured by IPG, by revenue, will be recyclable, reusable, or compostable by 2025.
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In 2024, 75% of packaging products manufactured by IPG, by revenue, were recyclable, reusable, or compostable, achieving our goal one year ahead of time.
- View the Sustainability Report to see Our Actions in 2024.
Our People
Our Commitment:
Safety above all else with a goal of zero life-changing events.
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In 2024, we met our goal of realizing zero life-changing events.
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We completed approximately 49,600 safety contacts, up over 100% from the previous year.
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The TCIR declined by 22.4%, from 1.52 in 2023 to 1.18 in 2024, an improvement that we are proud to report.
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Eleven facilities reported no incidents, and three reported a TCIR under 1.00.
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View the Sustainability Report to see Our Actions in 2024.
Our Planet – Energy
Our Commitment:
To obtain 50% of our energy from renewable sources by 2030 and reduce energy intensity by 2.5% per year.
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We continued to increase our renewable energy use in 2024. Renewable energy use increased to 10% of our total energy use, up from 5.8% in 2023.
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Our energy intensity ratio decreased from 5.96 in 2023 to 5.81 in 2024, a -2.51% change, which resulted in IPG meeting our 2.5% annual reduction goal.
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View the Sustainability Report to see Our Actions in 2024.
Our Planet – Climate
Our Commitment:
Our science-based targets require a 42% decrease in Scope 1 & 2 and a 42% decrease in material Scope 3 emissions by 2030 as compared to our 2021 baseline. This aligns with our previous commitment to reduce Scope 1 & 2 emissions by 50% by 2032 as part of the DOE Better Climate Challenge. Additionally, we have committed to net zero carbon by 2040 as part of The Climate Pledge.
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In 2024, our Scope 1 emissions decreased by 31% and our Scope 2 market-based emissions decreased by 16% against our 2021 baseline, and by -11% and -3% respectively year over year.
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Our material Scope 3 emissions decreased by 29.5% against the 2021 baseline, and we added additional material Scope 3 categories for which we will report emissions going forward.
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Collectively, our Scope 1, Scope 2, and material Scope 3 carbon emissions decreased by over 296,000 metric tons, or 28.3% against our 2021 baseline.
- View the Sustainability Report to see Our Actions in 2024.
Our Planet – Waste
Our Committment:
Divert at least 90% of solid nonhazardous materials leaving our manufacturing facilities from landfills and incineration to recycling or reuse, enabling all IPG manufacturing facilities to be TRUE Zero Waste Certified by 2030.
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At the end of 2024, IPG’s diversion rate was 66%, compared to 63% in 2023. Our facilities in Everetts, NC, Blythewood, SC, Cornwall, ON, Tremonton, UT, Brighton, CO, and Danville, VA have made incredible improvement through scrap optimization/recycling, core replacement/ recycling, and audits to identify additional waste reduction opportunities, among other activities.
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To date, five facilities are TRUE Zero Waste certified
- View the Sustainability Report to see Our Actions in 2024.
Our Planet – Water
Our Committment:
Reduce water withdrawal by 2.5% per year and meet our commitments as signatories to the CEO Water Mandate.
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For 2024, overall water withdrawal increased, but water withdrawal in water-stressed areas decreased.
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At the end of 2024, total water withdrawal increased by 1% over 2023, while water withdrawal in water-stressed regions decreased by 21%.
- View the Sustainability Report to see Our Actions in 2024.
