Targets and Achievements | Better Planet 2050 | Smurfit Kappa

Targets and Achievements

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Our ambitious sustainability targets

Sustainability has always been part of our DNA, and our Better Planet 2050 commitments quantifies what we are doing to protect what we care about – our planet, our people, our business. These ambitious sustainability targets demonstrate our commitment to sustain thriving communities, support good business, and create a better planet.

Our Better Planet 2050 commitments

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Climate Change

  • TARGET: Our ambition is to have at least net zero emissions by 2050 with a 55% reduction in fossil fuel emissions intensity by 2030.
  • ACHIEVEMENT: 43.7% reduction in fossil fuel emissions intensity since 2005.
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Water

  • TARGET: 60% reduction in Chemical Oxygen Demand intensity by 2025.
  • ACHIEVEMENT: 35.7% reduction in Chemical Oxygen Demand intensity since 2005.
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Water

  • TARGET: 1% reduction of our water usage intensity annually. 
  • ACHIEVEMENT: 1.8% reduction of our water usage in 2023
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Waste

  • TARGET: 30% reduction in waste landfill intensity by 2025.
  • ACHIEVEMENT: 35.8% reduction in waste to landfill since 2013.
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People

  • TARGET: 25% of management positions held by women by 2024.
  • ACHIEVEMENT: 25.1% of management positions held by women at the end of 2023.
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Forest

  • TARGET: >95% packaging solutions sold as Chain of Custody certified to customers by 2025.
  • ACHIEVEMENT: 95.5% packaging solutions sold as Chain of Custody certified in 2023.
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Health and Safety

  • TARGET: at least 5% reduction in Total Recordable Injury Rate annually.
  • ACHIEVEMENT: 3.9% increase in Total Recordable Injury Rate in 2023.
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Communities

  • TARGET: €24 million will be donated between 2020-2025 to support social, environmental and community initiatives.
  • ACHIEVEMENT: €25.6 million has been donated since 2020 to support social, environmental and community initiatives.