Graphic Packaging Earns Top-Five Ranking Among 100 Best Corporate Citizens

Graphic Packaging gains multiple 2026 rankings that highlight its environmental, ethical and human rights practices across its global operations.

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Graphic Packaging (GPK) has been ranked No. 5 overall and No. 1 in the materials sector on 3BL's 2026 100 Best Corporate Citizens list, recognizing its corporate citizenship performance.

The company also earned top-five rankings in environment and human rights and received additional 2026 honors, including Ethisphere's World's Most Ethical Companies, Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies and a JUST Capital Top 100 ranking.

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Overall ranking: No. 5 Materials-sector ranking: No. 1 Environment and human-rights rankings: Top five +1 more

Overall ranking

No. 5

2026 100 Best Corporate Citizens list

Materials-sector ranking

No. 1

2026 100 Best Corporate Citizens list

Environment and human-rights rankings

Top five

2026 100 Best Corporate Citizens list

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1,000 largest publicly traded U.S. companies

Ranking methodology since 1999

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"human rights due diligence throughout its value chain"

Human rights due diligence is a company’s process for identifying, assessing, preventing and addressing how its operations, suppliers and products might harm people’s rights, such as labor, safety or discrimination. Think of it as a regular safety check and rulebook that helps a business spot risks, fix problems, and show investors it is managing legal, reputational and operational exposure tied to human rights issues. Investors use it to judge long‑term risk and resilience.

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Recognition highlights the company's positive impact on communities, workers and the environment worldwide

ATLANTA, Sept. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE: GPK), a global leader in sustainable consumer packaging, has been recognized among America's leading corporate citizens, ranking No. 5 overall and No. 1 in the materials sector on 3BL's 2026 100 Best Corporate Citizens list. The recognition reflects Graphic Packaging's long-standing commitment to community, environment and governance leadership — an important foundation for the company's next phase of business optimization and growth.

Since 1999, the ranking has assessed the 1,000 largest publicly traded U.S. companies based on their performance and transparency across key areas of corporate citizenship. Graphic Packaging also earned top-five rankings in both environment and human rights, reflecting strong performance in areas including resource efficiency, responsible sourcing and human rights due diligence throughout its value chain.

"We are honored to rank among the top five and first in the materials sector on the 2026 100 Best Corporate Citizens list," said Robbert Rietbroek, president and chief executive officer of Graphic Packaging. "This recognition reflects the high standards our teams uphold and our continued focus on operational excellence as we deliver sustainable packaging that helps our customers advance their environmental and business goals."

The 3BL recognition adds to several independent honors Graphic Packaging received in 2026, including:

• 2026 World's Most Ethical Companies® by Ethisphere
• World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune
• Top 100 companies for 2026 by JUST Capital

While each recognition is based on a distinct methodology, together they reflect a consistent record of performance across ethics, sustainability, transparency and corporate citizenship.

About 3BL's 100 Best Corporate Citizens of 2026

The 2026 ranking considers 221 factors across seven pillars and is based on a continuously evolving methodology developed in partnership with ISS STOXX and informed by extensive stakeholder feedback. Less than 20% of all Russell 1000 companies have placed among the 100 Best Corporate Citizens over the past five years.

Unlike other rankings, all data considered for the 100 Best Corporate Citizens must be publicly available, and there is no fee for companies to be considered. The data and information used for the 2026 ranking were published between June 2025 and June 2026. 

To view Graphic Packaging's complete 2026 ranking and methodology, visit 3bl100best.com/companies/GPK.

About Graphic Packaging Holding Company

Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE: GPK), headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, designs and produces consumer packaging made primarily from renewable or recycled materials. An industry leader in innovation, the Company is committed to reducing the environmental footprint of consumer packaging. Graphic Packaging operates a global network of design and manufacturing facilities serving the world's most widely recognized brands in food, beverage, foodservice, household and other consumer products. Learn more at www.graphicpkg.com.

About 3BL

Since 2009, more than 1,500 companies have trusted 3BL to distribute their news to credible publishers — extending beyond press releases to the full range of stories that shape stakeholder perception. From Fortune 500 companies to nonprofits, 3BL combines targeted distribution, strategic insights, and measurable analytics to track what's reaching audiences, identify what's resonating, and provide the guidance teams need to keep improving. Our digital media division, TriplePundit, covers business through the lens of solutions journalism and supports brand storytelling through the 3BL Studio. Learn more here. 

Contact Information

Media: Comms@graphicpkg.com 

Investors: Investor.Relations@graphicpkg.com 

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What does the 3BL 100 Best Corporate Citizens ranking evaluate?

Since 1999, the 3BL 100 Best Corporate Citizens ranking has assessed the 1,000 largest publicly traded U.S. companies based on their performance and transparency across key areas of corporate citizenship.

In which specific areas did Graphic Packaging achieve top-five scores?

Graphic Packaging achieved top-five rankings in both environment and human rights, reflecting performance in resource efficiency, responsible sourcing and human rights due diligence throughout its value chain.

What other independent recognitions did Graphic Packaging receive in 2026?

Other 2026 recognitions include being named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere, one of the World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune and a Top 100 company by JUST Capital.