Corporate responsibility program

Our corporate responsibility program, Packaging for Good, focuses on four themes; People, Packaging, Supply chain and Operations. These are the most material corporate responsibility-related aspects for our business. We have a stated ambition for each theme and measure our performance against related key performance indicators.

People

Goal: By 2020, our work culture and reputation as a responsible employer make us a desired place to work

Packaging

Goal: By 2020, our customers see Huhtamaki as a most trusted partner to deliver and innovate on sustainability and food safety

Supply chain

Goal: By 2020, all key suppliers work with us to deliver on our Code of Conduct for Huhtamaki Suppliers

Operations

Goal: By 2020, we produce more, with less impact on the environment per unit of production

Materiality assessment

To ensure that our corporate responsibility work continues to concentrate on the most material issues, we updated our materiality assessment in 2018. 

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Sustainable Development Goals

We have identified 11 Sustainable Development Goals that are most relevant for our business and our stakeholders.

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Corporate responsibility

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Responsibility

Taking a closer look at the carbon footprint of paper cups for coffee

According to a life cycle analysis co-commissioned by Huhtamaki, paper cups often have the lowest carbon footprint, and recycling lowers it further by 54%. The LCA was carried out in 2018-2019 by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.
Recent, Responsibility

Rooftop solar power units to be installed in India

Huhtamaki is installing state-of-the-art rooftop solar power units at six key manufacturing plants across India.
Trends, Responsibility

Introducing Huhtamaki Fresh - from the drawing board and through trials since 2016

Huhtamaki Fresh is both oven and microwave safe alternative to black plastic trays. It is a fiber-based, natural solution to ready meal packaging. A growing number of Fresh trays is reaching the UK market in May.

Recent, Responsibility

Future Smart sustainable paper cup wins Vending Star 2019 award

The sustainable paper cup Future Smart™ wins Vending Star 2019 award in category ‘Auxiliary devices used to operate vending machines’ at euvend & coffeena fair.