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Recognizing 2024 Commitments to Build to Last Strategy
Each year, Greif dedicates awards to colleagues for their exceptional performance in pursuit of achieving our missions of Delivering Legendary Customer Service, Creating Thriving Communities, and Protecting Our Future under our Build to Last strategy. Each award recognizes teams that have played an essential role in our journey to fulfilling our vision and purpose.
2024 Dempsey Award for Customer Service Excellence Winners
Winners of the Dempsey Award are recognized for their commitment to providing best-in-class customer service as measured by their Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) scores, Net Promoter Scores (NPS). We are proud to announce that in 2024 our recipients for this award were the CorrChoice Palmyra and Greif Vologda facilities.
2024 Watson Award for Servant Leadership Winners
The Watson Award for Servant Leadership honors Greif’s former President and CEO, Pete Watson and recognizes teams for their actions in serving the needs of others first. In 2024, seven teams were recognized for their outstanding performance, achieving the highest scores on the 2024 Colleague Engagement survey.
2024 Michael J. Gasser Global Sustainability Award Winners
Sustainable Innovation Award:
- Der Greif Boxboard and Converted Products team developed the ES Natural folding carton paper grade. The grade is recyclable and compostable and has been certified by the FDA for food contact. ES Natural delivers the performance our customers need while being made from 100 percent recycled fiber.
Energy Excellence Award:
- Der Greif Singapore team converted a lithographic coating oven into an internal-lined ends line with an automated spraying system. The project is estimated to save more than 550 MWh per year while improving operational efficiency and capacity.
2024 Chairman’s Safety Award Winners
Chairman’s Safety Award
Annually, we celebrate and recognize our locations that achieved zero safety incidents during the year. In 2024, we recognized 100 locations with the Chairman’s Safety Award, showcasing their unwavering commitment to Zero Harm. With special recognition to the facilities with 10 years or more incident free:
- Casablanca, Morocco
- Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
- Sadat City, Egypt
- Almasfüzitö, Hungary
- Mobeni, South Africa
- Riyadh, Saudia Arabia
- Tri-Sure Vreeland, Netherlands
- San Juan, Argentina
- Huizhou, China
- Vung Tau, Vietnam
- Mombasa, Kenya
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Volgograd, Russia
- Vologda, Russia
- Mandra, Greece
- Beloyarsky, Russia
- Kazan, Russia
- Midland Warehouse, USA
- Omsk, Russia
- Amatitilan, Guatemala
Safety Pioneer Award
For the first time, Greif awarded facilities with the Safety Pioneer Award, recognizing impactful environmental, health, and safety improvements and innovations globally. We recognized one facility within each of our seven Strategic Business Units.
- Boxboard & Converted: Arlington, Texas – tube handling improvement
- Containerboard & Corrugated: CorrChoice Cincinnati – forklift proximity alert system
- Intermediate Bulk Containers: Houston, Texas – Safety Champion of the Month program
- Integrated Solutions: Tri-Sure Amsterdam – mezzanine gate safety improvement
- Large Plastics: Lockport, Illinois – bump cap implementation
- Small Plastics: Cosmo, South Africa – GEMBA leadership walk cards
- Steel: Sadat City, Egypt – paint booth guarding and safety improvements
2024 North America Waste Diversion Award Winners
Facilities in North America that had not yet met the 2025 goal of diverting 90 percent of waste from the landfill were invited to a friendly competition to divert more waste. With the extra emphasis put on these sites, an additional 13 sites are now reaching the 90 percent diversion goal. Winners earned a plaque for their site, and the top winners earned a catered lunch.
Bisherige Gewinner des Michael J. Gasser Global Sustainability Award
Greif vergibt seit 2010 den Michael J. Gasser Global Sustainability Award.
Gewinner des Michael J. Gasser Global Sustainability Award 2023
Our PPS Riverville Facility and CorrChoice were celebrated as our 2023 Michael J. Gasser Global Sustainability Award recipients. PPS Riverville Facility’s was recognized for their collaborative efforts with regulatory bodies on permit improvement, enabling the mill to repurpose rejects as fuel, resulting in a 10 percent reduction in landfill waste compared to the baseline and an estimated cost savings of $120K. CorrChoice implemented energy efficiency initiatives, resulting in nearly $500K in savings and reductions of 3 percent in electricity use and 13 percent in natural gas consumption, propelling them to this award. The initiatives also represent a fully scalable and replicable approach applicable across global facilities.
Gewinner des Michael J. Gasser Global Sustainability Award 2022
- GIP LATAM Region: The GIP LATAM Region completed five impactful projects in 2022 that demonstrate the integration of sustainability into their business success.
- LATAM Tigre completed a project to evaluate all Latin American plants to implement a 6 percent reduction in energy consumption per unit produced compared to the fiscal year 2019 by 2025. The project identified 447 energy focus areas and are now focused on implementing 70 LATAM strategic energy project.
- LATAM Brasilien Reduzierte Kohlenstoffemissionen und Rohstoffverbrauch durch die Herstellung von Plastiktüten mit der Zusammensetzung 10% PCR. Die Verwendung von PCR hat keinen Einfluss auf die Leistung der Plastiktüten.
- GIP LATAM BrasilienDas Innovationsprojekt zur Gewichtsreduzierung wurde ins Leben gerufen, um die Dicke von Stahlfässern zu verringern, ohne die mechanische Leistung zu beeinträchtigen. Als Ergebnis entwickelte das Team eine leistungsstarke, leichtere Stahlverpackung, die den CO2-Ausstoß um bis zu 121 TP3T reduziert.
- GIP LATAM Brasilien Außerdem wurde ein Projekt abgeschlossen, bei dem die Verwendung von Stretchfolie überflüssig wird, ohne dass die Palettierungsleistung der Fässer beeinträchtigt wird. Der Drumclip wird verwendet, um Fässer auf Paletten zu halten und zu sichern, damit unsere Produkte sicher mit Stretchfolie transportiert werden können.
- GIP LATAM Kolumbien developed a 20L jerrycan composed of 100 percent PCR resin. This is the first 100 percent PCR packaging product that meets the quality and performance needs of the lubricants and sanitizing market.
- PPS Recovered Fiber Group und die Austell MillDas Team hat mehrere weitere Branchen identifiziert, die Mühlennebenprodukte durch hochwertige und wiederverwendbare Anwendungen nutzen können, die unsere Kreislaufstrategie unterstützen. Das Projekt reduziert unseren Emissionsfußabdruck, die Abfallmenge, die wir auf Deponien schicken, und die Kosten für die Deponierung.
- PPS Industrieprodukte GruppeIm Rahmen unserer Kreislaufstrategie gibt unsere Kernersville Adhesive-Anlage ihre gebrauchten IBCs zur Reinigung und Wiederverwendung zurück. Einer der Hauptklebstoffe gerinnt aufgrund seines pH-Werts mit anderen Klebstoffen, wenn er in die städtische Kanalisation geleitet wird. Um sicherzustellen, dass die städtischen Abwasserleitungen nicht verstopft werden, kann die Anlage beim Reinigen dieser IBCs nicht in die Kanalisation abfließen. Stattdessen schickte das Werk den Klebstoffabfall und das Spülwasser zur sicheren Entsorgung auf eine Mülldeponie. Im Jahr 2022 begann das Team mit einem effizienteren Reinigungsprozess, bei dem der Klebstoff und das Spülwasser intern recycelt und wiederverwendet werden. Außerdem wurde ein System zur Neutralisierung des pH-Werts eingerichtet, damit der IBC sein Metall und seinen Kunststoff im Standard-End-of-Life-Prozess recyceln kann.
