AptarGroup Releases Corporate Sustainability Report

May 13, 2016 | By Business Wire News

CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill.

AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE: ATR), a global dispensing solutions provider, today released its 2015 Corporate Sustainability Report. The report highlights sustainability activities that took place across the Company’s global network in 2015. This is AptarGroup’s second report prepared using the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) framework and contains standard disclosures from the GRI G4 (Core) Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. AptarGroup obtained limited external assurance for absolute energy metrics, carbon emissions and renewable energy purchases.

AptarGroup’s 2015 Corporate Sustainability Report highlights the Company’s ongoing commitment to people and the planet through its many global sustainability initiatives and responsibly made products. In 2015, AptarGroup also developed a process to better measure and promote sustainability performance in the areas most important to its employees, customers, shareholders and the community. AptarGroup uses a comprehensive scorecard that is championed by an employee representative and supported by its executive leaders. The new scorecard is highlighted throughout the report.

“We are extremely proud of the momentum that our entire organization has made on the sustainability front and are excited about the goals we have set for the future. Our new sustainability scorecard, which allows us to report more robust key performance indicators, will help us achieve that progress,” said Stephen Hagge, Aptar President and CEO. “We look forward to further demonstrating our environmental and socially responsible leadership in the global dispensing solutions industry.”

To minimize paper waste, AptarGroup encourages readers to view the Corporate Sustainability Report at www.aptar.com/sustainability_report/.

AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE: ATR) is a leading global supplier of a broad range of innovative dispensing solutions for the beauty, personal care, home care, prescription drug, consumer health care, injectables, food and beverage markets. AptarGroup has manufacturing facilities in North America, Europe, Asia and South America. For more information, visit www.aptar.com.