We’re On a Mission To Unpack
Sustainability Impact

At Berlin Packaging, we're leading the future of sustainable packaging.

Innovation &
Circularity

Energy Efficiency & Decarbonization

Responsible Supply Chain Management 

Waste
Reduction

Biodiversity & Community Engagement 

Unpacking Our Sustainability Progress

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Driving Packaging Innovation

From Fortune 500 companies to family-owned businesses, we partner with brands to unpack their sustainability potential. Our innovative packaging solutions optimize sustainability, brand impact, and performance.

Empowering Our Customers

We take a holistic approach to unpacking sustainability impact. Through our expansive suite of sustainability capabilities, we help our customers meet—and even go beyond—their sustainability goals.

Berlin team members holding LEED trophy

Building Our Sustainable Headquarters

Our new EMEA headquarters represent our Berlin values of innovation, sustainability, employee wellbeing, and local community support. We achieved LEED Gold certification, which is a promising step towards increasing our sustainable infrastructure efforts.

“Sustainability is not only a moral or social imperative: it is an open door to redefine what is possible.”

Bill Hayes, Global CEO & President
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Going Beyond the Packaging

As a strategic packaging partner, we work with brands to drive growth and unpack their full sustainability potential.

Through our C.O.R.E. model and industry-leading suite of sustainability services, we provide a holistic approach that goes beyond the packaging.

Together with our customers, suppliers, and partners, we're co-creating packaging solutions that enable sustainable living at scale.

Learn how we empower our customers​

Unpacking Sustainability Impact:
Empowering Our Customers
 

Amika

We partnered with Amika, a hair care brand and certified B Corp, to transition their bottles to >90% post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic. In addition, we launched a new reusable and refillable packaging line.

Babo Botanicals

We worked with Babo Botanicals, a personal care brand and certified B Corp, to launch packaging made with 100% PCR plastic. We also expanded their sustainable product offering with new refill pouches.

Branch Basics

We collaborated with Branch Basics to create custom, refillable glass home cleaning and laundry bottles. Our award-winning designs were recognized by multiple leading design organizations.

“We empower our customers to achieve their sustainable packaging goals and differentiate themselves in the market.”

Balaji Jayaseelan, Vice President of Sustainability
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Accelerating a Circular and Sustainable Future

Sustainability isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach. As the World’s Largest Hybrid Packaging Supplier, we’re uniquely positioned to drive sustainability across diverse product markets. Whether it be for a beauty brand or a winery, we create best-fit sustainable packaging solutions for each company.

Through our design and innovation divisions, we design and launch our products to anticipate and accelerate sustainable packaging trends, such as reuse and refill. In doing so, we help pilot, scale, and mainstream products and practices that truly meet the sustainability needs of the marketplace.

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Advancing Responsible Supply Chain

We partner with suppliers to advance responsible and sustainable sourcing. Whether it be encouraging diverse supplier growth or driving capacity building, we partner with impact players across the entire value chain. We directly engage suppliers through collaborative platforms, such as EcoVadis, to assess, track, and improve our suppliers’ sustainability performance. This ensures that we, together with our partners, are committed to responsible business and sustainable operations.

Supplier Diversity

We encourage diverse supplier growth, whether it be identifying and verifying current diverse ownership or onboarding new diverse suppliers. We track spending and growth with to measure initiative outcomes, and we conduct annual internal verification campaigns with our suppliers.

Prioritized Diversity Attributes and Certifications

2023 Diverse Supplier Spend Data

  • 7.06% of overall spend identified as being purchased from certified minority-owned suppliers
  • An additional 1.16% of overall spend has been identified as diverse, but not yet certified

Supplier Capacity Building

We actively influence our suppliers to enhance their sustainability performance across multiple areas, including sustainable packaging procurement, climate action, quality and transparency, and social integrity. View our Sustainable Procurement Policy.

We held 8 supplier capacity building events and engaged 2 out of 12 suppliers in corrective actions.

Third-Party ESG Assessments

Beyond Our Report

Accelerating Progress

We’re integrating sustainability into everything we do—including our products, operations, and in partnership with our customers and suppliers.

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Empowering Our Customers

We’re developing and delivering sustainable solutions, tools, and resources to help our customers unpack their full sustainability impact.

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Driving Positive Impact

We’re committed to doing our part to build a more sustainable future. Together, let's accelerate the circular economy and unpack positive impact for our people and our planet.

Learn about our approach

Explore Our 2023 Sustainability Report

More sustainability reports

Access historical sustainability reports for Berlin Packaging.

View our 2022 Sustainability Report