FY25 sustainability report shows Amcor reached PCR target

Packaging developer Amcor PLC, Zurich, Switzerland, has released its fiscal year 2025 sustainability report, highlighting progress across key areas of its sustainability agenda and detailing some of the impact realized after completion of its acquisition of fellow packaging producer Berry Global earlier this year.

During the year, Amcor says it continued to bring new offerings to market that are designed to minimize waste and maximize resource efficiency. This includes an expanded AmFiber range of paper-based packaging products for goods such as instant coffee and trail mix bars, as well as new formats for its AmPrima, AmLite and HeatFlex solutions that bring “recycle-readiness” to flexible packaging applications, and its AmSky recycle-ready blister pack for pharmaceuticals, among other platforms.

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“This year marks a turning point for Amcor,” CEO Peter Konieczny says. “With industry-leading innovation, global scale and deep packaging expertise, the new Amcor is uniquely positioned to deliver breakthrough solutions and advance a circular packaging future.”

As part of the company’s focus on promoting circularity across the packaging industry, the report claims it achieved its global target of using 10 percent postconsumer recycled (PCR) plastic by 2025, which equates to 218,000 metric tons. By the end of the 2025 fiscal year, Amcor’s report claims 72 percent of its packaging production by weight was designed for recyclability (96 percent of rigid packaging, 49 percent of flexible packaging and 100 percent of specialty cartons) and its research and development teams had created recycle-ready options for 96 percent of its flexible packaging portfolio.

Including the use of approximately 15,000 metric tons of postconsumer aluminum in certain products, the company says it incorporated 233,000 metric tons of PCR materials in its packaging during the fiscal year, up from the 224,000 metric tons used the year prior. In fiscal year 2025, Amcor purchased 338,000 metric tons of renewable materials—nearly all fiber-based—that represented approximately 12 percent of its total materials purchased by weight.

The company reports it has secured guaranteed and growing volumes of PCR that has been processed mechanically and chemically through strategic supplier agreements, including several new agreements inked in fiscal year 2025.

“This security of supply will allow us to continue to help customers achieve their packaging sustainability goals,” Amcor writes in its report. “Additionally, Amcor’s combination with Berry brought several in-house recycling operations to our global portfolio.”

Among other topics covered in the report, Amcor says it has reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from its own operations by 20 percent, keeping it on track to achieve near-term and net-zero science-based targets through its decarbonization roadmap. In fiscal year 2025, Amcor reports it increased its use of renewable electricity by 100 percent, which now accounts for 30 percent of the company’s total energy consumption.

Additionally, in the same period, the report claims 75 percent of the company’s operational scrap was recycled, and several site-level projects helped reduce water use.

“Amcor’s ambitious goals and focused strategy are driven by our commitment to leadership in sustainability,” Chief Sustainability Officer David Clark says. “Our progress demonstrates we can deliver on our ambitions through innovation, collaboration and advocacy across the value chain.”