Statement re Smurfit Kappa celebrates the dedic...

Statement re Smurfit Kappa celebrates the dedication of its employees to local communities

Smurfit Kappa Group PLC

6^th December 2018

Smurfit Kappa celebrates the dedication of its employees to local communities

Smurfit Kappa has launched its new ‘Our Open Community’ brochure, which provides an insight into the valuable corporate social responsibility (CSR) work carried out by its employees this year.

‘People’ is one of the five strategic pillars of the packaging leader’s global sustainability strategy along with forest, climate change, water and waste. Smurfit Kappa has developed strong relationships with people in local communities to build a sustainable future by investing in areas such as education, the environment, health and wellbeing and social inclusiveness projects.

Thousands of Smurfit Kappa’s global community of employees have given up time to volunteer on projects in their regions. Examples of successful initiatives they participated in this year include:

• The ‘Finishing High School’ education initiative in Argentina
• The creation of a space-themed room in a children’s hospital in Spain
• A conservation project to protect biodiversity in forests and plantations in Colombia
• Participation in a fun-run to raise funds for the homeless in Ireland
• The opening of a new community centre in Mexico
• A local area clean-up project in Russia

Speaking about the new brochure, Group CEO Tony Smurfit said: “At Smurfit Kappa, we recognise that good social citizenship is an essential part of building and maintaining a sustainable future.

“We are very proud of our employees who have donated their time, effort and expertise to make a real and lasting impact within their communities.”

Smurfit Kappa was awarded the gold Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) rating by EcoVadis, for the fifth successive year earlier this month.

You can download the ‘Our Open Community’ brochure here.

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Smurfit Kappa
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About Smurfit Kappa

Smurfit Kappa, a FTSE 100 company, is one of the leading providers of paper-based packaging solutions in the world, with around 45,000 employees in approximately 350 production sites across 33 countries and with revenue of €8.6 billion in 2017. We are located in 21 countries in Europe, and 12 in the Americas. We are the only large-scale pan-regional player in Latin America.

With our pro-active team, we relentlessly use our extensive experience and expertise, supported by our scale, to open up opportunities for our customers. We collaborate with forward-thinking customers by sharing superior product knowledge, market understanding and insights in packaging trends to ensure business success in their markets. We have an unrivalled portfolio of paper-packaging solutions, which is constantly updated with our market-leading innovations. This is enhanced through the benefits of our integration, with optimal paper design, logistics, timeliness of service, and our packaging plants sourcing most of their raw materials from our own paper mills.

Our products, which are 100% renewable and produced sustainably, improve the environmental footprint of our customers.

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