Green Bay, Wisconsin based Green Bay Packaging has been recognized by The Sustainable Business Council as a ‘Green Master’ within its Green Masters Program®. Since all businesses are at different points in their sustainability journey, the Green Masters Program® categorizes participants into four status levels that reflect the degree to which sustainability has been integrated into their business model: Adapting, Advancing, Maturing, and Green Master.
Green Master status signifies that Green Bay Packaging has identified and is effectively managing its material sustainability issues and performance related to those issues, takes a comprehensive approach to sustainability, and is actively leading the transformation to a more sustainable society.
Green Bay Packaging is a recognized leader in sustainability, continually investing in innovative initiatives and technologies that advance the boundaries of environmental stewardship. Green Bay Packaging has launched a $1 billion energy modernization project at its kraft paper mill in Arkansas, aiming to achieve 100 percent onsite renewable energy through a combined heat and power system, with plans to operate at 95 percent capacity and maintain 5 percent grid connectivity as a contingency power backup. This investment is estimated to reduce Scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent and Scope 2 emissions by over 90 percent. Key upgrades include replacing the recovery and biomass boilers and installing an electric turbine generator to support decarbonization. The project will also boost biogenic energy use, raising companywide renewable energy consumption from 44 percent to 59 percent…