Gouvernance, politiques et partenariats
Gouvernance
Sustainability reaches all levels of our organization. In 2016, we established board oversight of sustainability. The Board of Directors receives annual updates from the Vice President, Investor Relations, External Relations and Sustainability on behalf of our 11-member Sustainability Steering Committee. The Committee, which includes representatives from Greif’s Executive Leadership Team (ELT), is tasked with further integrating sustainability into our strategy and operations, reviewing our sustainability progress and priorities biannually and ensuring accountability at all levels of our organization. The Board holds the Sustainability Committee accountable for reaching annual goals and determines the level of funding for Greif’s sustainability programs. The Steering Committee guides the activities of our six-member Sustainability Management Team, which works with topic teams consisting of representatives from each region and business unit to drive facility level projects and priorities.
SUSTAINABILITY GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
Corporate Policies
We believe that behavior influences culture and culture determines performance. Our culture—and ethics and compliance expectations—are based on the principles set forth in La voie Greif. We practice these principles every day through the policies that govern our organization.
- Anti-bribery and Sanctions Policy
- Politique de lutte contre le harcèlement et la discrimination
- Politique de conformité aux lois antitrust et à la concurrence
- Politique sur le travail des enfants
- Code of Business Conduct and Ethics
- Contractor Safety Policy
- Corporate Governance Guidelines
- Corrective Actions Policy
- Data Privacy Policy
- Politique de sanctions économiques et commerciales
- Politique de santé et de sécurité environnementales
- Equal Employment Opportunity & Diversity Policy
- Politique de traitement équitable des autres
- Politique des droits de l'homme
- Politique relative aux opérations d'initiés
- IT Procurement and Services Policy
- Records Management & Retention Policy
- Relationships at Work Policy
- Tobacco-Free Workplace Policy
Partnerships
Greif seeks to actively engage with organizations to increase the reach of our sustainability efforts. Some of our key partnerships include:
Operation Clean Sweep
To expand our commitment to reducing waste, in 2017, Greif became a signatory to Operation Clean Sweep (OCS). OCS is an international program originally designed by the plastics industry and supported by The British Plastics Federation and PlasticsEurope to prevent pellet, flake and powder loss and the potential introduction of pellets to the marine environment which creates litter and threatens sea life and wildlife. OCS helps each segment of the plastics industry, including resin producers, transporters, bulk terminal operators and plastics processors, implement good housekeeping and pellet, flake and powder containment practices towards achieving zero pellet, flake and powder loss.
For more information on our partnership with OCS, please visit our Déchets page.
Pollinator Partnership
SmartWay
UN Global Compact
Integrity and respect for people are Core Values at Greif, and we believe that social and environmental responsibility are aligned and essential for long-term sustainability. The Pacte mondial des Nations Unies is a voluntary strategic policy initiative for businesses that are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally-accepted Principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption.
We consider these Principles to be a natural extension of our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, which outlines our commitment to be open, honest and trustworthy in all dealings with all stakeholders. Our policies and procedures incorporate our commitment to human rights, freedom of association, environmental excellence and health and safety.
In April 2016, Greif became a signatory to the UN Global Compact, confirming our commitment to these Principles. Each year, we publish our Communication on Progress on the Ten Principles of the compact.
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Greif is a member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), a CEO-led global association of approximately 200 of the most environmentally-responsible companies in the world. Member companies are committed to providing business leadership as a catalyst for change toward sustainable development. Members are drawn from more than 30 countries and 20 major industrial sectors. We signed on to the organization’s Manifesto for Energy Efficiency in Buildings (EEB).
We are proud to have partnered with WBCSD to publish From Cradle to Grave: Greif’s Life Cycle Analysis, a case study on how we implement Life Cycle Analysis in our business. We also participate in four WBCSD working groups:
- Factor 10 – focused on tackling the systemic and value-chain specific barriers towards a circular transition
- REscale – focused on accelerating renewable energy deployment
- New Energy Solutions – focused on climate and energy to better drive pre-competitive improvements across industries
- Plastics and Packaging (Co-Chairs) – focused on developing a transition roadmap to circularity for the industrial packaging sector
Associations professionnelles
SUSTAINABILITY HIGHLIGHTS
~16,000
Colleagues
Our people—principled, intelligent and reliable—reaffirm our reputation for integrity every day with their every action.
144
Years of Experience
For the past 144 years, the world’s most important products have travelled around the world in Greif industrial packaging.
