Curtis Packaging Purchases 100% Clean, Renewable Energy

Curtis Packaging, based in Sandy Hook, CT, will buy a total of 4,524,800 kilowatt-hours (kWhs) of renewable energy per year for the next three years. Compared to the average generation mix in the Regional and National electric grids where the renewables are being generated, the estimated environmental benefit from this purchase is equal to offsetting more than 7.1 million pounds of carbon dioxide per year, the impact of which is equivalent to planting more than 480,000 trees or not driving 6.2 million miles per year. This renewable energy purchase follows Curtis Packaging FSC certification, in which the company committed to use paperboard generated by suppliers who practice responsible forestry. Curtis Packaging is also certified by the SmartWood Sustainable Forestry Program of the Rainforest Alliance.