Siegwerk publishes first CSRD-aligned sustainability report with emissions cuts

Siegwerk, a provider of printing inks and coatings for packaging and labels, has published its Sustainability Report 2025, its first prepared with reference to the European Sustainability Reporting Standards on which the CSRD is based. The company reports a 26.5 percent cut in Scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions and a 100 percent reduction in market-based Scope 2 emissions versus the 2020 baseline, supported by 100 percent renewable electricity sourcing. Under its HorizonNOW 2025 strategy, Siegwerk achieved four of six targets and exceeded 50 percent achievement on the other two, with HorizonNOW 2030 now setting the agenda for the next five years.

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Market context

Printing inks and coatings are formulated from pigments, resins, solvents and additives, and they give packaging and labels their color, graphics and protective surface. Demand is driven mainly by food and beverage packaging, flexible packaging, consumer goods labels and related converting industries, so ink suppliers track brand-owner packaging specifications and converter volumes closely. Sustainability performance is becoming a sourcing criterion, as buyers increasingly ask for lower-carbon products, renewable electricity in manufacturing and transparent emissions data. Reporting under the European Sustainability Reporting Standards, which underpin the CSRD, gives customers standardized data to compare suppliers, and it can shape which ink and coating producers win long-term contracts. For the wider market, emissions reporting and reduction programs add a cost and disclosure layer that smaller regional competitors may find harder to match than large multinational formulators.

Source: official release on siegwerk.com. Summary and context written by Market Krystal.