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Smurfit Kappa Group

Acronym: SKG

General Information

Identification Code: 03607212990-30
Website: [object Object]
Entity Form: Plc
Registration Category: Companies & groups
Registration Date: 1/12/2010
Last Update: 12/20/2023
EP Accredited Number: 0

Mission & Interests

Goals: Smurfit Kappa is one of the leading providers of paper-based packaging solutions in the world, with approx. 48,000 employees in over 350 production sites across 36 countries and with revenue of €10 billion in 2021. We are located in 23 countries in Europe, and 13 in the Americas. Our products, which are 100% renewable and produced sustainably, improve the environmental footprint of our customers. We have a portfolio of paper-based packaging solutions, which is constantly updated with our market-leading innovations. This is enhanced through the benefits of our integration, with optimal paper design, logistics, timeliness of service, and our packaging plants sourcing most of their raw materials from our own paper mills. We have a tradition supporting social, environmental and community initiatives in the countries where we operate. Through these projects we support the UN SDG, focusing on where we believe we have the greatest impact.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
  • Business and industry
  • Climate action
  • Competition
  • Employment and social affairs
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Food safety
  • Single market
Levels of Interest:
  • global

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: Smurfit Kappa closely follows developments regarding the policy framework for climate and energy, the circular economy and waste and waste recovery. We have a keen interest in ETS, fossil CO2 emission reduction targets, legislation regarding the use of renewable energy, the Green Deal legislation, Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, Single-use plastic legislation, Producer responsibility schemes, etc. We believe that European climate change policies should not be tightened in the absence of international agreements. We therefore recommend that the EU gives greater priority to improving the overall competitive situation of industry in Europe towards which lowering energy prices forms an important step. In general, we favour policies that promote the circular economy concept and stimulate the recovery of wastepaper. Wastepaper or recovered paper as it is called in our industry is the basis raw material for our base product which is paper produced on the basis of recovered papers (fibres).
Communication Activities: We publish annually a Sustainable Development Report (SDR) in which we discuss our progress regarding certain sustainability goals. A copy can be found on our internet page www.smurfitkappa.com
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: Beech Hill,Clonskeagh
Post Code: 4
City: Dublin
Country: IRELAND
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EU Office

Address: Smurfit Kappa EuropeEvert van der Beekstraat 1
Post Code: 1118 CL
City: Amsterdam
Country: NETHERLANDS
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Financial Data

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Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 1
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 1
Members F T E: 0.25

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: http://www.cepi.org/ https://www.ert.eu/ https://www.fefco.org/ https://4evergreenforum.eu/about/
Organisation Members: Smurfit Kappa is a member of the European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT).ERT is an informal forum bringing together approximately 55 chief executives and chairpersons of major multinational companies of European parentage covering a wide range of industrial and technological sectors. Companies of ERT Members are widely situated across Europe, with sales to EU customers exceeding € 1,000 billion, thereby sustaining around 6.6 million jobs in the region Smufit Kappa is also through its operating companies a member of the Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI). CEPI is a Brussels-based non-profit making organisation regrouping the European pulp and paper industry and championing this industry’s achievements and the benefits of its products. Its mission is to promote the member’s business sector by taking specific actions notably, by monitoring and analyzing activities and initiatives in the areas of industry, environment, energy, forestry, recycling, fiscal policies and competitiveness in general. Our Group CEO, Tony Smurfit, is a board member of CEPI Through its operating companies Smurfit Kappa is also a member of FEFCO (European Federation of Corrugated Board Manufacturers) which represents the interests of the European Corrugated Board Manufacturers. Headquartered in Brussels, FEFCO has 17 Association members, all European national corrugated packaging organisations. The role of the Federation is to investigate economic, financial, technical and policy issues of interest to the corrugated packaging Industry, to analyse all factors which may influence the industry, and to promote and develop its reputation. Smurfit Kappa is also a member of 4evergreen which is a cross-industry alliance with the goal of optimizing fibre-based packaging circularity and climate performance. As the industry value chain, 4evergreen wants to contribute to a climate-neutral society by perfecting the circularity of its members products. Its aim is to raise the overall recycling rate of fibre-based packaging to 90% by 2030.