Sonoco Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions

To meet the emission reduction goal, Sonoco expects to reduce energy usage at its uncoated recycled paperboard mills by maximizing energy efficiency efforts and by changing process steam production at some of its mills to renewable sources and other less carbon-intensive fuels.

“While our goals currently target our North American operations, where approximately 72 percent of our revenues are derived, we have established measurement tools for our international manufacturing operations and have begun compiling GHG emissions data in 2009 to establish a baseline from which we can develop other voluntary emission reduction goals in coming years,” said DeLoach.