Gualapack sustainability report 2024

Growing sustainably, competing with the best. This is the vision Gualapack upholds thanks to our people’s knowledge, our technology crossover, and the high quality, level of service, and innovation we offer our clients.

Last year proved just how important this approach can be. In 2024, we had to tackle internal and external challenges in a context of complexities and uncertainty that are now common to all fields.

Constant geopolitical tension, evolutions in legislation and in market dynamics, and opportunities opened up by novel solutions like AI require that all organisations maintain focus in their operations, have strong vision, and pursue relentless evolution at the same time.

In such a complex framework, our Group has achieved remarkable sustainability performances, as presented in this Report. This was possible thanks to the skills of the people who make up our company, and to everything we have built over the years in terms of product portfolio, organisation, and expertise.

Let me share only a few examples of the results I think deserve a special mention:

• 25% of sales from sustainable products, with further improvement expected in years to come thanks to the success of our Pouch5® recyclable pouches and LamiNEXT, proving the value of a product portfolio that is increasingly inspired by circularity;
  
  
• 39% of energy from renewable sources, to reduce CO2 emissions due to our industrial processes;
  
  
• 95,000 hours of workforce training, to always focus on skill development and to highlight our utmost attention for environment, health and safety issues;
  
  
• €0.9M donated to charitable initiatives around the world, to support the communities and territories where we are directly present with our production sites.

Looking ahead, we welcome the finalisation of the European Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and we hope that all secondary activities, essential to define in detail the aspects that allow for better visibility on impacts and opportunities, will continue rigorously.
Until we have adequate regulatory certainty, it will be impossible for the entire industry – from raw material suppliers to recyclers – to plan for the continued investments needed to develop the packaging solutions of tomorrow, which must be increasingly circular and integrated with European climate policies and at the same time efficient in protecting their content in a safe manner for consumers.

We are ready to embrace with confidence the challenges presented by this path to a sustainable future, for our planet and the people who inhabit it.
Our investments, development projects, actions, and behaviours all progress in this direction.

This is one of the reasons why our organisation is evolving to improve. In May 2025, we appointed our new CEO.
His leadership will be instrumental in guiding Gualapack into its next phase of growth and innovation. This appointment was decided in a context of strategic development, aimed at expanding the company’s international presence, promoting sustainable packaging solutions, and improving operational efficiency. His vision and expertise allow us to face future challenges with renewed momentum, strengthen our leadership position, and further promote the core values that define us.

Michele Guala
President, Gualapack

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