Aptar Achieves 97.5% Renewable Energy in 2024 Sustainability Report

CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE: ATR), a global leader in drug and consumer product dosing, dispensing and protection technologies, today released its 2024 Corporate Sustainability Report entitled Progress Takes Shape. Aptar’s report highlights key milestones of its global sustainability strategy across the company’s global operations focused on three key pillars:

Aptar’s 2024 Corporate Sustainability Report

Care - operating with care for employees, communities and the environment by aiming to continuously improve our impact and reducing our footprint;
Collaboration - innovating alongside customers, suppliers, industry coalitions and nonprofits to help enable progress toward their goals – as well as for better outcomes for people and our planet; and
Circularity - helping the industry advance system-scale change intended to benefit people today and for generations to come by addressing climate change and the waste crisis.

“Aptar’s continued progress in 2024 highlights how our deep-rooted commitment to sustainability serves as a strategic differentiator in the market. Integrating sustainable practices into our operations and innovative solutions we provide, not only helps to reduce environmental impact but also helps to strengthen our competitive edge. We believe that this approach enhances our value to global brands and fortifies the trust placed in us by stakeholders. I am proud of our dedicated employees worldwide who are accelerating meaningful change and shaping a more sustainable, resilient and forward-thinking future,” said Stephan B. Tanda, Aptar President and CEO.

Aptar has made progress advancing key areas of its global sustainability strategy. Highlights from Aptar’s Sustainability Report include:

At year-end, 97.5% of electricity was from renewable sources. Entering into renewable supply agreements in Europe and North America reinforces our commitment to sustainability and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and provides a more localized source of renewable energy dedicated to Aptar.
86% of operational waste avoided disposal to landfill through reuse, recycling and recovery and over 60% of Aptar’s sites have earned Landfill Free Certification through our internal program.
Partnering with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, and others, we continue to focus on circularity by increasing recycled resin content and aiming towards 100% recyclable, reusable, or compostable solutions across personal care, beauty, home care and food and beverage. In addition, we are working towards more responsible products through collaboration with suppliers and partners.
Working to provide a robust safety, health and wellness program for our employees along with numerous learning and development opportunities for employees at all career levels.
Supporting the communities where we live and work through donations and participation in local charitable events alongside supporting women’s economic empowerment and emergency campaigns for Aptar’s global signatory organization, CARE^®.

“Our stakeholders expect transparency, accountability and action and Aptar is working to deliver by partnering with customers, suppliers, non-profits, and industry leaders to drive innovative solutions that benefit both people and the planet. We see sustainability as a business imperative and together, we aim to create a measurable impact,” stated Beth Holland, Aptar’s Chief Sustainability Officer.

Aptar’s 2024 Corporate Sustainability Report is prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards. Aptar obtained “reasonable” external assurance from SGS do Brasil Ltda for our Scope 1 and 2 emissions and “limited” external assurance for Scope 3 GHG emissions from a third party, in compliance with ISO 14064-1 Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Categories 1-6) accounting.

To minimize paper waste, Aptar encourages readers to view the 2024 Corporate Sustainability Report digitally on our website under the ESG Reporting Center.

About Aptar

Aptar is a global leader in drug and consumer product dosing, dispensing and protection technologies. Aptar serves a number of attractive end markets including pharmaceutical, beauty, food, beverage, personal care and home care. Using market expertise, proprietary design, engineering and science to create innovative solutions for many of the world’s leading brands, Aptar in turn makes a meaningful difference in the lives, looks, health and homes of millions of patients and consumers around the world. Aptar is headquartered in Crystal Lake, Illinois and has over 13,000 dedicated employees in 20 countries. For more information, visit www.aptar.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements, such as statements regarding our sustainability targets, including our climate and other environmental-related commitments and renewable energy targets and operational strategies. Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts and by use of words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “future,” “potential,” “continues” and other similar expressions or future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “should,” “would” and “could” are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and are based on our beliefs as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to us. There is no guarantee that these “forward-looking statements” will happen due to a number of factors, including assumptions not being realized, scientific or technological developments, evolving sustainability strategies, evolving legal and regulatory requirements, our expansion into new geographic regions, and potentially, those set forth in the “Risk Factors” section of our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as otherwise required by law.