We’re setting clear sustainability targets under each of our three pillars and holding ourselves accountable for achieving them, measuring our progress along the way.
Our Sustainability Pillars
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Circular Economy
Our participation in the circular economy is all about maximising the recycled content of our products and ensuring they can be continually recycled to minimise waste and pollution.
Focus areas: Recycled Content, Recyclable Packaging, Recyclable Substrates, Certification
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Climate Change
Addressing climate change is an important issue for the world, Orora, our customers, our investors and the end-users of our products, so we’re reducing gross greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across our entire business.
Focus areas: GHG Reduction, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Climate Risk Analysis
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Community
We're enriching the lives of our teams and our communities by protecting safety, health and human rights, and championing diversity, equity and inclusion.
Focus areas: Safety & Health Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Human Rights and Supply-Chain, Responsible Sourcing
We're a proven leader in the Circular Economy
Our promise
Global Glass: 68% recycled content* for glass beverage containers by FY35
Orora Cans: 80% total recycled content** in aluminium cans by FY30
Our progress
Orora's Cullet Beneficiation Plant in Gawler was completed, with full commissioning in August 2022. This enables Orora to increase the amount of recycled content in glass packaging manufactured at the site and utilises more recycled glass during packaging production. This will deliver sustainability benefits, including a reduction in the amount of CO2e emissions (and energy use), in virgin materials deployed to manufacture glass, and diverting waste away from landfill.
Orora has achieved 59.5% recycled content (cullet) in glass containers*^, a significant increase on the 50% achieved in FY24.
Orora has achieved an average of 78% recycled content in the aluminium flat sheets and coils* used to manufacture beverage cans, an increase on the 72% achieved in FY24.
Expanding cullet sourcing in Australia and increased use in Europe and the Americas.
*Colour glass only excluding flint and extra flint glass – post consumer, post-industrial use, excludes internal reuse glass
** Total recycled content including post-consumer and post-industrial
^ Gawler facility – not including Saverglass
Circular Economy
Sustainable Glass Recycling with Orora Glass
Glass recycling is an important step within the manufacturing process, where used glass packaging is taken to create new glass products that help create a sustainable circular economy.
Today, glass waste is used to create new glass bottles through the process of beneficiation. Here at Orora we collect recycled glass from container deposit schemes, which is then processed on site at our Glass Beneficiation Plant to create cullet.
Watch this video to learn more about Orora’s strategy to creating sustainable glass packaging!
We’re committed to addressing climate change
Our promise
Net zero emissions by 2050.
41% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions by FY35*
31% reduction in Scope 3 emissions by FY35**
* From a FY19 baseline
** From a FY25 baseline
Our progress
19%* and 22%** reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions*in FY25
Oxyfuel glass furnace
Reduced energy use by ~30%
Reduced CO₂ by ~30%
Reduced nitrogen oxides by 80%Achieved ~4% weight reduction in 375ml can bodies through the Cans lightweighting program
*Scope 1 emissions are direct emissions from owned or controlled sources. Scope 2 emissions are indirect emissions from the generation of purchased energy.
* From a FY19 baseline, market-based factors for Scope 2
** From a FY19 baseline, location-based factors for Scope 2
Climate Change
Orora fires up new oxyfuel wine glass furnace
Orora is proud to announce it has commenced operation of one of Australia’s most sustainable wine glass furnaces in Gawler, South Australia.
The newly rebuilt furnace is powered in part by oxyfuel technology drawn from our very own onsite oxygen plant. This exciting step moves Orora’s furnace into the top 10% of energy efficient furnaces worldwide.
Orora’s new oxyfuel furnace is expected to deliver significant sustainability benefits including a reduction in nitrogen oxides of up to 80%, CO2 reduction of approximately 25% and total furnace energy reduction of up to 30%.
We’re working to enrich our communities
Our promise: Prioritising action for our people and our communities
Key initiatives
WILO - A professional development and leadership program for women at Orora, with 187 alumni graduating over past 9 years of program.
iBelong @ Orora - A team member-led program, championing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, for Australia and New Zealand
Safety - A range of dedicated programs drive a continuously improving safety culture across the Group including Safety Leadership Tours, Psychosocial Health and Safety Assessments, and Orora Health and Safety Procedures.
Our progress
Improved safety performance with Recordable Case Injuries decreasing more than 15% and Lost Time injuries decreasing more than 40%, compared to FY24.
Introduction to Culture at Orora available to all team members globally via a new Global One Orora Onboarding Portal in 2025.
ANZ DEI&B Council launched in early 2025 consisting of volunteers across all functions.
Women in Leadership program expanded in 2025 to include European cohort.
Community
Orora’s Mejlina Tjoa Named Innovation Champion at 2025 Women in Packaging Awards
Orora is proud to celebrate Mejlina Tjoa, Procurement Manager, who has been named Innovation Champion at the 2025 Women in Packaging Awards.
Mejlina’s vision and persistence have driven major sustainability breakthroughs for Orora and the wider packaging industry. Mejlina spearheaded changes to South Australia’s Retailer Energy Productivity Scheme (REPS), enabling large industrial businesses to access energy-saving benefits for the first time.
Memberships and associations
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