Sustainability at WestRock

We support our team members’ success through programs, practices and policies that promote their safety and growth, and give back to the communities where we operate.

In fiscal year 2022, WestRock:

• Spent more than $1 billion with diverse-owned and small suppliers, exceeding our goal
• Used our Human Operational Performance (HOP) based safety system, which helped reduce the number of life-changing events down to two

We believe that sustainable environmental practices are sustainable business practices. We embrace our responsibility to promote the health of the environment for future generations and we seek to enhance the circularity of our business.

We advanced our environmental sustainability strategy by:

• Reducing our scope 1 and scope 2 carbon emissions by 5.6% from a 2019 baseline in pursuit of our validated Science-Based Target (SBT) for 2030
• Reducing our total energy use by 5.8% since 2015, including a 42.6% reduction in the use of coal
  
  

We partner with our customers to help them meet their customers’ demands and their own ambitious sustainability goals. Being a valued partner takes the expertise and creativity to develop new ideas and the willingness to pursue them. It takes innovation.

We co-innovated with customers including:

• Niagara Orchard, replacing plastic containers with WestRock’s sustainable EverGrow® packaging
• Ska Brewing, installing CanCollar® CorsairTM to replace plastic multipack rings with a fiber-based solution
• Swiss Chalet, developing an award-winning, grease-resistant, fiber-based takeout container using EnShield®
  
  

Review year-over-year ESG performance data, reports and other resources about sustainability at WestRock.