Driven by purpose

Our approach to sustainability is embodied by our purpose “we commit to making food safe and available, everywhere and we promise to protect what’s good - protecting food, people and the planet”.


Our purpose guides our business decisions, unifies our people, and continues to be the driving force behind our innovations. It is central to our Strategy 2030 and its four pillars of quality, sustainability, integration and optimisation, and innovation.

Our approach to sustainability takes into consideration the expectations of our stakeholders, and the environmental, social and governance (ESG) topics that are most material to our industry. At the heart of our sustainability approach, we consider the interconnections and interdependencies of five focus areas, which are aligned with our purpose and where Tetra Pak can contribute the most: food systems1, nature, climate, circularity, and social sustainability.

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An integrated view on sustainability challenges

Discover our interconnected approach to sustainability. Learn how we address complex challenges in food, climate, nature, circularity and social sustainability.

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Good governance

As a global leader in food processing and packaging, Tetra Pak integrates sustainability into everything they do. Explore our corporate governance framework.

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Stakeholder engagement

Tetra Pak works closely with customers, suppliers and partners worldwide to support their needs to drive long-term sustainability. See how.

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Sustainability Advisory Panel

Meet the Tetra Pak Sustainability advisory panel that shapes and informs our sustainability agenda and helps us achieve our sustainability goals – Learn more.

Sustainability priorities

Tetra Pak remains committed to monitoring, managing, and reporting on our five focus areas. As part of this commitment to openness and transparency, we regularly conduct a formal, independent materiality assessment to ensure we are addressing those topics of greatest relevance, for our customers, business, society, and the environment. In 2021 we engaged Accountability, an independent ESG Advisory firm, to support us in updating our materiality assessment to identify the most important sustainability topics for us to focus on. The topics identified as most material to our business in our 2021 Materiality Assessment are shown in the matrix below, highlighting the aspects according to priority and relevance to Tetra Pak and external stakeholders. The 2021 Materiality update builds on Tetra Pak’s previous 2019 assessment, in line with GRI Standards, and creates a foundation for our sustainability reporting. This matrix visualises the top material aspects according to their relevance to Tetra Pak and external stakeholders, and their level of priority and timeliness (remain in focus/increased visibility/new and further enhanced aspects). 

We have also assigned the most relevant SDGs to each brand pillar (Food, People and Planet). This SDG focus builds on our ongoing commitment to the UN Global Compact and its ten principles, to which we have been a signatory since 2004. 

How we verify our sustainability approach 

Verification is essential to our sustainability process. Our practices and performance are externally verified, and Tetra Pak’s scopes 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emission data have received limited assurance by a third party since 2013. Our Sustainability Report is prepared in accordance with the GRI Standards, the most widely adopted international independent framework for sustainability reporting.  See our GHG Inventory report and GRI Content Index FY22.

We also have an Advisory Panel, formed in 2020, to advise us on our sustainability strategy within the business, broader industry, and beyond. The panel is comprised of independent external advisors, who were selected based on their range of experience and expertise deemed necessary to shape and inform a pioneering sustainability agenda that will help us achieve our sustainability goals, including our ultimate ambition to create the world’s most sustainable food package2.

Tetra Pak Sustainability Leadership

Tetra Pak’s overall sustainability direction, including ambitions, targets and commitments, is led by the Sustainability & Communications Leadership Team, chaired by the Executive Vice President of Sustainability and Communications of the Tetra Pak Group, and governed by the Executive Leadership Team (ELT), chaired by the President and CEO of Tetra Pak. 

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Message from Adolfo Orive, Tetra Pak President & CEO

Committed to our future

As part of our commitment to the future and strategic ambition to lead the sustainability transformation within our industry, we have taken a holistic approach across five interconnected areas where we can contribute the most: food systems, circularity, climate, nature and social sustainability.

 

 

Further reading

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Acting for sustainability

Discover areas where we can make the most impact and contribute effectively while driving the sustainable transformation of food systems.

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An integrated view on sustainability challenges

Discover our interconnected approach to sustainability. Learn how we address complex challenges in food, climate, nature, circularity and social sustainability.

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Measuring and reporting

Our resources in this section are designed to provide an understanding of our activities across the value chain and their impact on sustainability.

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1The term ‘food systems’ refers to all the elements and activities related to producing and consuming food, and their effects, including economic, health, and environmental outcomes (OECD, https://www.oecd.org/food-systems, 2023).

2This means creating cartons that are fully made of renewable or recycled materials, that are responsibly sourced, therefore helping protect and restore our planet's climate, resources and biodiversity; contributing towards carbon-neutral production and distribution; are convenient and safe, therefore helping to enable a resilient food system; are fully recyclable.