Amcor's progress with sustainable packaging innovations

Amcor released its fiscal year 2025 (FY25) Sustainability Report highlighting progress across key areas of its sustainability agenda and its circular packaging future following the completion of its combination with Berry Global which was completed in April 2025.

During the year, Amcor developed solutions designed to minimise waste and maximise resource efficiency. For example, its expanded AmFiber range of paper-based packaging products, which is suitable for applications such as instant coffee pouches and trail mix bars. New formats for its AmPrima, AmLite and HeatFlex solutions were also launched, which are designed to bring recycle-readiness to flexible packaging applications, and its AmSky recycle-ready blister pack for pharmaceuticals, among other platforms.

As part of Amcor’s focus on promoting circularity across the packaging industry, the company reported that it achieved its global target of using 10% post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic by 2025, which equates to 218,000 metric tons of recycled plastic. It was reported that by the end of FY25, 72% of its packaging production by weight was designed for recyclability (96% of rigid packaging, 49% of flexible packaging, 100% of specialty cartons) and its R&D teams had developed recycle-ready options for 96% of its flexible packaging portfolio.

Over the past four years, the company said it has also reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from its own operations by 20%. In FY25, it increased by 100% its use of renewable electricity, which now accounts for 30% of Amcor’s total energy consumption. Additionally, in the same period, 75% of the company’s operational waste was recycled, and several site-level projects helped reduce water use.

The full sustainability report is available for download at: www.amcor.com/sustainability/sustainability-report.

Image caption: Amcor PrimeSeal Eco-Tite recycle-ready shrink bags