RockTenn is one of North America’s largest paperboard and packaging companies with a business founded upon manufacturing value-added products from recycled and renewable materials. With this heritage, RockTenn has a long standing commitment to environmental stewardship and sustainable business practices that guides how we collect, process and recycle materials; produce paperboard and packaging from recycled materials and sustainably managed forests; and how we operate our facilities. We are committed to making a positive impact on the communities in which we operate by conducting business in an environmentally sound, cooperative and charitable manner. We will constantly strive for continuous improvement initiatives that eliminate waste and drive costs from our processes, while helping our customers to design products that are sustainable throughout their life cycle.

RockTenn’s commitment to continuous improvement and reducing operating costs will be executed in a manner that will minimize the environmental impact of our operations and products, with the goal of exceeding our customers’ expectations on sustainability.

RockTenn will continuously work to:

• Reduce waste and materials consumption.
• Reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
• Reduce water consumption and enhance water re-use.
• Reduce the total environmental impact of our paperboard and packaging products.
• Improve recyclability and compostability of our products.
• Achieve independent certification to sustainable forestry & chain of custody standards (FSC/SFI/PEFC).
• Work with our customers to develop packaging solutions that meet cost and performance expectations; optimize materials and energy use; and minimize the environmental impact to individuals and communities throughout their life cycle.

RockTenn is committed to annually reviewing the effectiveness of its sustainability policy and initiatives, and to continually improve its management systems and environmental performance.

PERFORMANCE - PEOPLE - ENVIRONMENT

RockTenn’s culture of performance excellence guides and supports our strategies within the sustainability framework: delivering sustainable products that meet our customer’s cost and performance expectations; developing our people, ensuring their safety and taking care of our communities; and reducing the impact of our operations and products on the environment.