Sustainability
Annual Sustainability Report
By SGK
Clear and transparent reporting on our sustainability progress is critical to our business success. This report serves as an introduction to the work happening across SGK and highlights essential sustainability initiatives.
Data and disclosures in this report were determined in part by our materiality assessment and in consultation with our most important stakeholders.
This report aligns with the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Advertising and Marketing and Containers and Packaging Industry Standards and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards disclosures for select material topics. To disclose our progress towards the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), each material disclosure topic indicates its respective SDG. This report also highlights how our progress and strategic initiatives support the UN Global Compact’s (UNGC) Ten Principles, to which we committed in 2020. Combined, these frameworks take a multi-stakeholder approach to disclosing data that supports our mission as a sustainable, transparent, and responsible business.
This report includes data for the reporting year of 2024 that began on January 1, 2024, and ended on December 31, 2024. Unless indicated otherwise, the scope of this report reflects the activities of all SGK’s business units and operations.
The Matthews International Board and its Committees and Senior Management are responsible for ESG and sustainability oversight and approval of sustainability strategies, targets, and disclosures.
The SGK Executive Leadership Team (ELT) is responsible for overseeing sustainability initiatives and approving sustainability targets and disclosures. They are updated on sustainability matters at least twice a year, with additional briefings for specific regions or groups as needed. Our sustainability reporting efforts are led by the ELT in collaboration with subject matter experts across the business, who manage, oversee, and gather the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) data featured in this report.