Smurfit Westrock introduces 2030 sustainability goals

In its first sustainability report covering the integrated company, Smurfit Westrock laid out targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, water use and waste. It also teased that more goals could be coming.

What happened

Smurfit Westrock introduced new 2030 goals in its sustainability report released Tuesday, and it noted more targets are in the works.

This sustainability report covers the 2025 calendar year and is the first one to integrate coverage of the combined companies since Smurfit Kappa acquired WestRock in July 2024.

Why it matters

After the deal closed, Smurfit Westrock launched a materiality assessment to determine which topics are most relevant to the combined company, the report says. It evaluated impact materiality and financial materiality, identifying 11 relevant sustainability topics including climate change, water, circular economy, biodiversity and sustainable forestry, and transparency and compliance, among others.

Because of the integration, Smurfit Westrock did not previously have public, date-aligned sustainability targets. The newly announced targets for 2030, compared to a 2019 baseline, include:

Reduce scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions across operations by 28%.

This news brief is based on reporting published by Packaging Dive on 2026-05-13. The original report is linked below.