Pregis publishes 2025 sustainability report
Packaging materials provider Pregis LLC has released its 2025 Sustainability Report. The report shows continued progress toward the company’s 2K30 goals and its commitment to the Pregis Purpose: to Protect, Preserve and Inspyre, it says.
Covering 2025 performance, the report examines all core tenets of the Pregis sustainability vision. It focuses on strategic, operational and product-level decisions that drive progress. Key impacts of 2025 include the following:
- 55% of global revenue came from sustainable products defined as paper-based, bio-based or made with a minimum of 30% recycled content.
- 92.5% of operational waste was diverted from landfills across 32 global manufacturing and warehouse locations.
- Doubled investment in renewable energy credits compared to 2024, matching electricity use across multiple U.S. manufacturing facilities with wind power, resulting in an estimated reduction of 11,700 metric tons of market-based Scope 2 emissions.
- 1,283,293 trees saved from harvest through use of recycled fiber.
- 143,213 lives positively impacted through community service and philanthropic programs.
- 88% reduction in operational emissions intensity compared to the 2019 baseline, achieving the 2K30 goal for the sixth consecutive year.
“The 2025 report reflects what we have built and where we are headed,” said Kevin Baudhuin, chairman and CEO of Pregis, in a statement. “Our purpose — to Protect, Preservice and Inspyre — guides how we invest, how we operate and how we bring our teams and partners together. Operational excellence and environmental responsibility are not competing priorities. They are complementary, and the results we’re sharing reflect that.”
An expanding portfolio
The packaging company expanded its sustainable product lineup last year, with several additions advancing Pregis’ circular product strategy and purpose-led packaging portfolio. These products joined the portfolio in 2025:
- EasyPack Strata, a high-speed, on-demand paper system that runs structured protective pads made with 100% recycled content. The system is designed for void fill and cushioning applications in high-volume fulfillment environments.
- PolyPlank Renew XL engineered foam, which delivers shock-resistant cushioning for heavy products. It contains 98% pre-consumer recycled polyethylene content certified by SCS Global.
- IntelliPack Inspyre Film, building upon the Pregis Inspyre portfolio and expanding into foam-in-place packaging. This extends the company’s clean water mission through 1% for the Planet membership, with 1% of sales supporting the Uzima Clean Water Mission.
- Performance Flexibles Renew Series, consisting of sealant films that incorporate post-consumer and post-industrial recycled content. The films maintain performance standards required for consumer-packaged goods (CPG) applications, the company adds.
Investments and sustainability
Pregis received EcoVaids Silver recognition for its European operations. The recognition places the company in the top 15% of respondents globally and EcoVadis Bronze for North American operations, placing it in the top 35%.
In 2025, Pregis opened its Elgin, Ill. Paper Center of Excellence. The 477,000-square-foot facility was designed for zero-waste operations, powered entirely by energy matched with renewable energy credits (RECs). The facility serves as the primary Midwest hub for curbside recyclable mailers and paper packaging production. It was built to prioritize scrap reduction at the source, and the results are reflected in company-wide, it notes. The site is projected to divert approximately 5,000 tons of waste from landfills annually, Pregis shares.
Zero-waste design is built into the company’s facility planning from the ground up. Pregis maintained a 92.5% landfill diversion rate across facilities globally in 2025, achieving 99% diversion for the second consecutive year at its Anderson, S.C. facility.
The full report is available on Pregis’ website here.
Related: Pregis made Packaging Strategies' most recent list of the Top 25 Flexible Packaging Converters. Check out the list here.
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