Berlin Packaging details progress toward SBTi-validated targets

Packaging Dive reported the development on 2025-07-21. The global packaging supplier cited innovation in biomaterials and refill systems among the efforts driving growth and sustainability.

The report places the news in a wider commercial context. Berlin Packaging released its 2024 sustainability report detailing progress toward its greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals that the Science Based Targets initiative validated in June. In 2024, “we deepened our sustainability strategy while expanding its reach across more regions,” said Balaji Jayaseelan, vice president of sustainability, in the report. Regarding the 2025 SBTi validation, “This.

For the food sector, the practical implications extend beyond the immediate announcement. Reduce scope 1 and 2 emissions by 44.8% by 2030, and by 90% by 2050, from a 2022 baseline. Reduce scope 3 emissions intensity by 51.6% by 2030, and by 97% by 2050, per U.S. dollar of revenue, from 2022 baseline. The development has implications for environmental targets, agricultural resilience and operating costs across the food system.

Attention now turns to how companies, customers and regulators respond. The global packaging supplier achieved 23.3% reduction of scope 1 and 2 emissions in 2024, compared with the 2022 baseline, per the report. That equates to eliminating 2,177 metric tons of CO2, it says.