Ardagh Group publishes 2024 Sustainability Report

LUXEMBOURG, Sept. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Ardagh Group, a global leader in sustainable aluminium and glass packaging, today announced the publication of its 2024 Sustainability Report. The 2024 Sustainability Report includes information on Ardagh Group's two operating businesses – Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMP) and Ardagh Glass Packaging (AGP). The report underscores Ardagh Group's ongoing commitment to transparency, accountability and driving positive environmental and social change. In a year marked by both growth and challenges, Ardagh Group continued to advance its sustainability agenda, guided by the strategic pillars of Emissions, Ecology and Social.

Although the European Union's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the related European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) are not currently in force with respect to Ardagh Group, we have nevertheless developed the 2024 Sustainability Report with the goal of integrating the current CSRD and ESRS structure, to the extent practicable, reflecting Ardagh Group's dedication to enhanced ESG disclosure and responsible business practices.

Key highlights include:

• Renewable Electricity: AMP increased global renewable electricity coverage to 30%, with strong regional progress (Europe: 46%, South America: 43%), with AGP boosting its renewable electricity coverage to 22% (Europe: 48%)
  
  
• GHG Emissions:
• Scope 1 & 2: AMP achieved 10% emissions reduction versus 2023; 18% emissions intensity reduction versus the 2020 baseline, while AGP achieved a 12% reduction versus 2023, 16% lower than 2020 levels.
  
  
• Scope 3: AMP achieved a 25% reduction versus the 2020 baseline, surpassing the 2030 target, while AGP achieved 10% reduction versus the 2020 baseline.
  
  
• Circularity: AMP's beverage cans are made with an average recycled content of 78% recycled aluminium, among the highest in the industry, based on peer disclosures. 56% of the glass used in AGP's production processes was recycled cullet (internal and external).
  
  
• Waste and Water: 83% of AMP's facilities achieved Zero Waste to Landfill (ZWTL), while AGP increased its ZWTL rate to 35%. AMP's water withdrawal intensity improved 5% over the previous year. AGP's water withdrawal intensity improved 13% over the same period.

Social and Governance Progress:

• The Group's flagship programme, Ardagh for Education, invested $13 million across 44 communities, benefiting over 210,000 students with hands-on STEM learning opportunities in approximately 680 schools.
  
  
• Ardagh Group was recognised with an EcoVadis Gold Medal for sustainability management and listed on the CDP A List for supplier engagement,
  
  
• In addition, Merck Life Science named AGP as an 'Outstanding Partner'.

"Our 2024 Sustainability Report provides detailed insights into our environmental, social and governance performance." said Herman Troskie, Chair, Ardagh Group. "We continued to make meaningful progress toward our sustainability goals, guided by our Core Values of Inclusion, Trust, Teamwork and Excellence. As a leading manufacturer of highly recyclable aluminium and glass packaging, we understand the responsibility we carry - and the opportunity we have - to contribute to a more sustainable future for both the planet and the communities we serve. While our beverage can business delivered strong growth, our glass division navigated a more challenging and dynamic trading environment. Through it all, we remained focused and disciplined, and we continued to invest for a more sustainable future across the Group."

The report also serves as a supplement to Ardagh Group's 2025 Communication on Progress (COP) to the UN Global Compact and reinforces Ardagh's long-term ESG roadmap.

To access the full 2024 Sustainability Report, please visit the Ardagh Group Sustainability Report. To access the stand-alone AMP 2024 sustainability report, please visit the Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMP) Report.

Notes to the editor 

Ardagh Group is a global supplier of sustainable, inherently recyclable, metal and glass packaging for brand owners around the world. Ardagh operates 58 metal and glass production facilities in 16 countries, employing approximately 19,000 people with sales of $9.1bn in 2024. 

SOURCE Ardagh Group S.A.