WESTMINSTER, Colo., March 29,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL)
announced today it earned the Aluminum Stewardship Initiative (ASI)
certification for its 25 Beverage Packaging North and Central America (BPNCA) sites which includes
23 manufacturing facilities, one office, and one technical support
center. The company received certification for the Performance and
Chain of Custody Standards, further strengthening Ball's commitment
to responsible production and sourcing practices.
"Achieving ASI certification for BPNCA is a testament to our
unwavering commitment to be part of a responsible and transparent
value chain," said Kathleen
Pitre, president of Beverage Packaging North and
Central America at Ball
Corporation. "We know that responsibly sourced, environmentally
friendly products are important to consumers and our customers.
We're proud that our aluminum packaging solutions, with aluminum's
infinite recyclability, can meet consumer needs and help our
customers meet their sustainability commitments."
This distinction supports the company's goal of sourcing 100
percent of its aluminum needs from certified sustainable sources by
2030. Ball continues to work with its aluminum suppliers to achieve
ASI certification for their operations as well as their upstream
supply partners to create a stronger and more resilient supply
chain and helps strengthen the company's roadmap to achieving its
net zero carbon emissions goal prior to 2050.
"ASI congratulates Ball Corporation on this significant
achievement: dual ASI Certification at 25 Ball Beverage Packaging
North and Central America sites,"
said Fiona Solomon, Chief
Executive Officer at ASI. "Ball's recent combined business and
sustainability report also highlighted its progress on supply chain
uptake of ASI. The company is demonstrating strong leadership in
sustainability for beverage packaging and support for a global
circular economy."
ASI aims to drive sustainability across the entire aluminum
value chain and certifies a company's commitment to social,
environmental and ethical standards. The Performance standard is a
measure of how much effort a company is making to assess, manage
and disclose its environmental, social and governance impacts. The
Chain of Custody standard sets out requirements for the creation of
a chain of custody throughout the entire value chain covering all
areas from mining and re-melting to casting, rolling, can
manufacturing and filling.
Infinitely recyclable and economically valuable, aluminum is the
most sustainable beverage packaging material and can be easily
recycled. In fact, 75 percent of the aluminum ever produced is
still in use today and aluminum cans and bottles can be recycled
and back on a store shelf within 60 days. Ball was the first can
maker to achieve ASI certification in 2020 for its facilities in
EMEA and recently received certification for all facilities in
South America and India.
About Ball Corporation
Ball Corporation supplies
innovative, sustainable aluminum packaging solutions for beverage,
personal care and household products for customers, as well as
aerospace and other technologies and services primarily for the
U.S. government. Ball Corporation and its subsidiaries employ
24,300 people worldwide and reported 2021 net sales of $13.8 billion. For more information, visit
www.ball.com, or connect with us on Facebook or Twitter.
Forward-Looking Statements
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"forward-looking" statements concerning future events and financial
performance. Words such as "expects," "anticipates," "estimates,"
"believes," and similar expressions typically identify
forward-looking statements, which are generally any statements
other than statements of historical fact. Such statements are based
on current expectations or views of the future and are subject to
risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results or events
to differ materially from those expressed or implied. You should
therefore not place undue reliance upon any forward-looking
statements and they should be read in conjunction with, and
qualified in their entirety by, the cautionary statements
referenced below. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly
update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise. Key factors,
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and
results to be different are summarized in filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including Exhibit 99 in our
Form 10-K, which are available on our website and at www.sec.gov.
Additional factors that might affect: a) our packaging segments
include product capacity, supply, and demand constraints and
fluctuations and changes in consumption patterns; availability/cost
of raw materials, equipment, and logistics; competitive packaging,
pricing and substitution; changes in climate and weather; footprint
adjustments and other manufacturing changes, including the startup
of new facilities and lines; failure to achieve synergies,
productivity improvements or cost reductions; unfavorable mandatory
deposit or packaging laws; customer and supplier consolidation;
power and supply chain interruptions; changes in major customer or
supplier contracts or loss of a major customer or supplier;
inability to pass through increased costs; war, political
instability and sanctions, including relating to the situation in
Russia and Ukraine and its impact on our supply chain and
our ability to operate in Russia
and the EMEA region generally; changes in foreign exchange or tax
rates; and tariffs, trade actions, or other governmental actions,
including business restrictions and shelter-in-place orders in any
country or jurisdiction affecting goods produced by us or in our
supply chain, including imported raw materials; b) our aerospace
segment include funding, authorization, availability and returns of
government and commercial contracts; and delays, extensions and
technical uncertainties affecting segment contracts; c) the Company
as a whole include those listed above plus: the extent to which
sustainability-related opportunities arise and can be capitalized
upon; changes in senior management, succession, and the ability to
attract and retain skilled labor; regulatory actions or issues
including those related to tax, ESG reporting, competition,
environmental, health and workplace safety, including U.S. FDA and
other actions or public concerns affecting products filled in our
containers, or chemicals or substances used in raw materials or in
the manufacturing process; technological developments and
innovations; the ability to manage cyber threats; litigation;
strikes; disease; pandemic; labor cost changes; inflation; rates of
return on assets of the Company's defined benefit retirement plans;
pension changes; uncertainties surrounding geopolitical events and
governmental policies, including policies, orders, and actions
related to COVID-19; reduced cash flow; interest rates affecting
our debt; and successful or unsuccessful joint ventures,
acquisitions and divestitures, and their effects on our operating
results and business generally.
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