Tetra Pak has published its full-year 2025 sustainability report, outlining progress on emissions reductions and their contribution to resilience across the global food system.
The company said it achieved a 34% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its value chain since 2019 – an improvement of nearly 12 percentage points over the previous year – while reducing emissions across its own operations by 56% and reaching 97% renewable energy consumption.
Adolfo Orive, president and CEO at Tetra Pak, said, “Feeding a growing global population is becoming ever more complex as environmental risks intensify. This is why we remain firmly committed to strengthening the resilience of the world’s food systems. With clear, measurable targets in place, 2025 marked a year of tangible progress, including passing the milestone of a one-third reduction in greenhouse gas emissions across our value chain. Achieving lasting change depends on collaboration, and we look forward to continuing to work closely with our customers and partners to turn shared ambition into enduring progress.”
To guide investment decisions, Tetra Pak developed and launched an integrated climate and nature risk and opportunity assessment in 2025. The assessment identified priority risks and opportunities across the company’s operations and value chain, supported by plans to address each area. Tetra Pak also revised its ‘Approach to Nature’ framework and introduced new or updated targets in response to developments in specific action areas.
Several initiatives were introduced in 2025 to help customers reduce utility, material and energy use through a total cost of ownership mindset that assesses the overall lifecycle cost of equipment. This included the launch of Tetra Pak Factory OS, described by the company as a next-generation automation and digital ecosystem combining modular, scalable and smart technologies with industry and equipment expertise.
The company also expanded its global network of innovation centers, opening a new product development center in Cholet, France; a customer innovation center in Bangkok, Thailand; and a new food technology development center in Karlshamn, Sweden.
According to Tetra Pak, its 2025 progress keeps it on track to meet long-term climate targets, including a 46% reduction in value chain GHG emissions by 2030, 100% renewable electricity consumption across operations by 2030, and net-zero emissions by 2050.
Other developments noted in the report include an investment of approximately Euro 100 million in packaging research and development, which the company said led to a paper barrier for juice packages with a 43% lower carbon footprint than an aseptic package using an aluminum foil layer and a fossil-based polymer. Tetra Pak also signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization at COP30 to scale innovation in food system decarbonization. School feeding programs reached 68 million children across 52 countries – an increase of two million children and three additional countries from 2024. The company also conducted an in-depth review of priority human rights impacts along its value chain and expanded the Araucaria Conservation Project by over 1,600 hectares, more than doubling the total area under restoration in a single year.