Amcor wins Johnson & Johnson Sustainability Award

Amcor Ltd., a global leader in responsible packaging solutions, has been awarded a 2012 Supplier Sustainability Award from Johnson & Johnson (J&J), a leading multi-national manufacturer of pharmaceutical, diagnostic, therapeutic, surgical, and biotechnology products. Amcor Rigid Plastics, the world’s leading producer of rigid plastic containers, and Amcor Flexibles, the world’s largest suppliers of flexible packaging, were jointly recognized for their overall sustainability efforts and targeted activities as a leading supplier to J&J. 

Amcor was one of seven award winners in the worldwide competition held by J&J. The company has a global supply base of over 100,000 companies: from this group, Amcor was one of 43 suppliers that were nominated for the Sustainability award.  J&J made the award presentation during its global procurement meeting October 23 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in New Brunswick, N.J. 

Mr. David Clark, Amcor’s Vice President of Safety and Sustainability said that the award reaffirms the ompany’s commitment to providing innovative and responsible packaging solutions that protect the many resources invested in products and reduce waste throughout the supply chain.  

The award recognizes J&J suppliers that value and share a serious commitment to sustainability, according to the company. The nominees were evaluated on a range of environmental, social and economic criteria, including energy use and reduction, water use and reduction, waste reduction, workforce injury/illness reduction, workforce wellness, and community/human rights investment. Amcor was recognized for its efforts in all six sustainability areas, related to its supply of absorbable suture packaging, polypropylene cups, flexible foil, PET bottles, and catheter, orthopaedic, and Sterrad pouches utilized by J&J’s MDD businesses. As an example, Amcor developed a PET bottle with 50% and 100% FDA grade post-consumer recycled (PCR) content. The 50% PCR bottle results in nearly a 20% carbon footprint reduction compared to the 100% virgin PET bottle. Other examples include the optimization of several flexible packaging solutions, where improved design as well as improvements in the manufacturing processes led to a reduction of carbon footprint and other life cycle impacts in the range of 15-20%.