Collaboration for positive impact through responsible sourcing

This week it was announced that SIG is the first in the bev­er­age car­ton indus­try to become a mem­ber of AIM-Progress, a glob­al forum of lead­ing fast mov­ing con­sumer goods (FMCG) man­u­fac­tur­ers and com­mon sup­pli­ers, assem­bled to enable and pro­mote respon­si­ble sourc­ing prac­tices and sus­tain­able sup­ply chains.

“Sourc­ing respon­si­bly is cen­tral to our Way Beyond Good ambi­tion to deliv­er pos­i­tive impacts for peo­ple and the plan­et. By join­ing AIM-Progress, we are open­ing up new oppor­tu­ni­ties to build strong part­ner­ships with cus­tomers. Togeth­er, we will lead the way in ensur­ing respect for human rights and dri­ving pos­i­tive impacts through the val­ue chain.”
— Samuel Sigrist, SIG CEO

Collaborating for positive impact 

Respon­si­ble sourc­ing has been a key pil­lar to go Way Beyond Good for soci­ety and the envi­ron­ment since the out­set. This com­mit­ment is close­ly aligned with AIM-Progress’ focus on col­lab­o­rat­ing for pos­i­tive impact through respon­si­ble sourc­ing, mak­ing mem­ber­ship a nat­ur­al fit.
The goal of AIM-Progress is to pos­i­tive­ly impact people’s lives and ensure respect for human rights, while deliv­er­ing val­ue to its mem­bers and their sup­ply chains. A pri­or­i­ty is to build mem­bers’ and sup­pli­ers’ capa­bil­i­ty to adopt and imple­ment the UN Guid­ing Prin­ci­ples for Busi­ness and Human Rights.
As the first bev­er­age car­ton provider to join the organ­i­sa­tion, the com­pa­ny has an excel­lent oppor­tu­ni­ty to build strong part­ner­ships with oth­er mem­bers. The aim is to work togeth­er to co-cre­ate solu­tions and share best prac­tices that can pos­i­tive­ly impact people’s lives and ensure human rights are respect­ed through the sup­ply chain.

“As Co-Chair of AIM-Progress, I’m delight­ed that we are join­ing their peers and fel­low brands as part of the AIM-Progress group. Our col­lec­tive ambi­tion to improve peo­ples’ lives in our shared sup­ply chains is strength­ened by work­ing more close­ly with lead­ers in indus­tries such as pack­ag­ing. We look for­ward to wel­com­ing them in; shar­ing best-prac­tice with them; and ben­e­fit­ing from their expe­ri­ence with their val­ue chain as well.”
— David Spit­z­ley, Respon­si­ble Work­place Senior Manager

Helping customers meet demand for responsible sourcing

FMCG brands are see­ing increas­ing demand from con­sumers, investors and oth­er stake­hold­ers to demon­strate that they meet high eth­i­cal, envi­ron­men­tal, labour and human rights stan­dards – not only in their own oper­a­tions, but through­out their prod­ucts’ sup­ply chain.
These solu­tions enable cus­tomers to clear­ly demon­strate that their pack­ag­ing comes from respon­si­ble sources. The com­pa­ny has led the indus­try in the devel­op­ment and adop­tion of cer­ti­fi­ca­tions for respon­si­ble sourc­ing for over a decade.
The com­pa­ny is the only asep­tic car­ton provider to offer packs with all three main mate­ri­als cer­ti­fied as respon­si­bly sourced – FSC^TM-cer­ti­fied liq­uid pack­ag­ing board, ASI-cer­ti­fied alu­mini­um foil and ISCC PLUS-cer­ti­fied poly­mers. All three of these cer­ti­fi­ca­tions include strin­gent require­ments on human rights as well as oth­er social and envi­ron­men­tal cri­te­ria. SIG has also made a strong com­mit­ment to human rights in its busi­ness and sup­ply chain as a sig­na­to­ry to the Unit­ed Nations Glob­al Compact.
Join­ing AIM-Progress will sup­port SIG on its jour­ney Way Beyond Good and in deliv­er­ing val­ue as it part­ners with cus­tomers to bring food and bev­er­age prod­ucts to con­sumers around the world in a safe, sus­tain­able and afford­able way.