At our Global Industrial Packaging (GIP) facilities, water use is low. Our main focus is to follow good stormwater practices. These facilities conduct frequent stormwater sampling and testing to ensure safe limits and identify improvement opportunities. Stormwater training is another important component to responsible water management for Greif. All applicable employees receive annual training on Greif’s stormwater practices and compliance activities. We continuously update stormwater trainings, utilizing third party consultants where necessary. In 2021, we updated trainings at 9 facilities.

While Greif’s water impact is predominately in our PPS operations, it is still important to responsibly manage water use across all our operations, particularly in water-stressed regions, especially in Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. In these facilities, and throughout our operations, we reduce water pressure where it is higher than needed, replace leaky valves, recycle water, install touchless faucets and collect and use rainwater.

Greif monitors Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to track water usage and ensure proper treatment of wastewater. In 2021, we continued to develop standard environmental data dashboards across our mills to better understand and manage water and effluents, as well as energy data, and to identify water efficiency opportunities.