Greif Named to America’s Most Responsible Companies List 2025
For the sixth year in a row, Newsweek has recognized Greif as one of America’s Most Responsible Companies in 2025! The award has been issued for the industry of Materials & Chemicals. It is a testament to Greif’s dedication to doing what’s right—from environmental stewardship and community support to responsible operations. It demonstrates our leadership in driving positive change. […]
Global Well-Being
In alignment with our mission of Creating Thriving Communities, Greif is committed to providing an environment that allows our colleagues to bring their authentic selves to work. Grounded by the principles of The Greif Way, we use the five elements of well-being to foster a people-focused culture to create an exceptional workplace. Greif’s Global Well-being […]
Celebrating Excellence in Customer Service: Megan Lairy-Meneses’ Story
At Greif, we aim to provide legendary customer service, ensuring that our customers receive durable packaging and personalized logistics for successful supply chain operations. To emphasize these efforts, it’s important to highlight the outstanding contributions of Megan Lairy-Meneses, production scheduler at our _____ facility. Recently, Megan led a transformative initiative to enhance the efficiency and […]
Gender Pay Parity Achieved
According to the World Bank, women earn just 77 cents for every $1 paid to a man, with this rights gap extending all the way to retirement. Women also tend to live longer than men, but because they receive lower pay while they work, take time off when they have children, and retire earlier, they […]
Greif’s Vision For An Ethical Supply Chain
Greif’s Global Supply Chain (GSC) program is responsible for reducing Greif’s impact on the Earth in a myriad of ways, from responsibly sourcing its raw materials to optimizing its logistics footprint. As a global manufacturer, our impacts extend beyond our operations, and we are responsible for engaging suppliers to ensure they are committed to the […]
Linear vs. Circular Economy
LINEAR ECONOMY: TAKE, MAKE, DISPOSE (WASTE) Most of the world is based on a linear economy system, in which we take resources from the earth (at a rapid rate), make products from them, and then dispose of them as waste. As such, each product has a clear and marked beginning, middle, and end. Because of […]
VIDEO PLAYLIST: Product Circularity
Product circularity matters; a lot. More than ever, public, corporate, and governmental pressures are driving the global economy toward a circular, closed-looped system that relies heavily on what’s already made and prioritizes products that can be remade or recycled. Circular products operate within the circular economy model and have reduced or entirely no need for […]
Why You Should Care About Sustainability
Sustainability is more than a fun thing to talk about and ponder. It’s needed. Sustainability is important because the world’s resources are finite, and if we continue to use them at the current rate, we will eventually deplete them. Serious consequences. The consequences for the environment, the economy, and society as a whole would be […]
Sustainability Stories from the Web
It’s easy to lose sight of all of the positive progress accumulating on a global scale when it’s left off the front page (so to speak). That’s where the idea to host a sustainability digest comes into the fold.
