06.26.15
Ball Corporation released its 2014 global sustainability data, indicating noteworthy improvements toward its corporate and operational sustainability priorities and goals since issuing its biennial sustainability report last year.
“For Ball, sustainability is an integral part of who we are,” said Bjoern Kulmann, Ball’s director of sustainability. “Each and every day, our employees around the world remain focused on maintaining the careful and deliberate balance of our economic, environmental and social impacts so we remain successful for another century.”
Notable global 2014 sustainability highlights include:
• Safety: Ball reduced its total recordable incident rate globally to 1.52, which is substantially lower than the manufacturing industry’s average of 4.0, as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2013.
• Energy: Twenty Ball plants increased their energy efficiency by 5% or more. Ball signed a contract to build three wind turbines at its Findlay, OH plant, making it the first significant renewable energy project in company history.
• Waste: The company reduced the total amount of waste generated by 5%. Thirty-seven of its global manufacturing plants sent zero waste to landfill by the end of the year, which is an increase of 24 plants since 2011.
• Greenhouse Gases: Ball reduced its global greenhouse gas intensity by 9.3% since 2010, which is a significant step toward its 2015 goal of a 10% reduction.
• Packaging Recycling: The 2014 U.S. beverage can recycling rate remained at a historic high of 67%. Ball continues working with industry partners in various organizations and programs, including The Recycling Partnership in the U.S., MetalMatters in the U.K. and others.
• Cut/4 Carbon: Ball is making meaningful progress toward its goal to cut the carbon footprint of its beverage cans by 25% by 2020.
• Innovation: Ball and Henkel continued their lightweighting journey, developing an aluminum aerosol can that is 15% lighter than the standard aluminum aerosol can. Launched in Europe earlier in 2015, it has an estimated carbon footprint reduction of 12% and is the lightest commercially available can available on the market.
• Community: The Ball Foundation, Ball and its employees donated more than $4 million to charitable organizations in the communities where Ball operates. Employees also logged nearly 18,000 hours of volunteer service.
“For Ball, sustainability is an integral part of who we are,” said Bjoern Kulmann, Ball’s director of sustainability. “Each and every day, our employees around the world remain focused on maintaining the careful and deliberate balance of our economic, environmental and social impacts so we remain successful for another century.”
Notable global 2014 sustainability highlights include:
• Safety: Ball reduced its total recordable incident rate globally to 1.52, which is substantially lower than the manufacturing industry’s average of 4.0, as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2013.
• Energy: Twenty Ball plants increased their energy efficiency by 5% or more. Ball signed a contract to build three wind turbines at its Findlay, OH plant, making it the first significant renewable energy project in company history.
• Waste: The company reduced the total amount of waste generated by 5%. Thirty-seven of its global manufacturing plants sent zero waste to landfill by the end of the year, which is an increase of 24 plants since 2011.
• Greenhouse Gases: Ball reduced its global greenhouse gas intensity by 9.3% since 2010, which is a significant step toward its 2015 goal of a 10% reduction.
• Packaging Recycling: The 2014 U.S. beverage can recycling rate remained at a historic high of 67%. Ball continues working with industry partners in various organizations and programs, including The Recycling Partnership in the U.S., MetalMatters in the U.K. and others.
• Cut/4 Carbon: Ball is making meaningful progress toward its goal to cut the carbon footprint of its beverage cans by 25% by 2020.
• Innovation: Ball and Henkel continued their lightweighting journey, developing an aluminum aerosol can that is 15% lighter than the standard aluminum aerosol can. Launched in Europe earlier in 2015, it has an estimated carbon footprint reduction of 12% and is the lightest commercially available can available on the market.
• Community: The Ball Foundation, Ball and its employees donated more than $4 million to charitable organizations in the communities where Ball operates. Employees also logged nearly 18,000 hours of volunteer service.