RockTenn is one of North America's leading producers of corrugated and consumer packaging and recycling solutions. Based in Norcross, Ga., we employ approximately 26,000 people and operate more than 240 facilities in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Argentina and China.
In July 2012, RockTenn published its inaugural Sustainability Report to illustrate our long-standing commitment to sustainable business practices. The report provides information about RockTenn’s policies, procedures and ongoing projects in such areas as environmental stewardship, responsible fiber sourcing, recycling leadership, product responsibility and commitment to our co-workers and communities. RockTenn’s relentless journey toward continuous improvement is emphasized throughout the report.
The Sustainability Report describes our sustainability focus in three arenas – people, performance and the environment. It also publicly identifies six sustainability goals to be reached by 2020, based on a 2009 baseline. Our goals are to:
Within the report, readers will also find:
RockTenn’s Sustainability Report was developed following the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines, a reporting framework that provides a common method for providing transparency around sustainability activities, goals and progress. RockTenn’s Sustainability Report is available in an interactive PDF format online at www.rocktenn.com/sustainability.