Sustainability
Sustainability is at the core of SICPA
SICPA operates globally and is committed to acting as a responsible corporate citizen across the environmental, social, economic and governance spectrums. Sustainability is part of our heritage, values and vision.
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SICPA is a member of the United Nations Global Compact, adopter of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and committed to the International Currency Association (ICA) Sustainability Charter.
Aiming to assess and improve practices in the areas of environment, labour and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement, SICPA launched its EcoVadis assessments in 2021 and continues to expand them to other regions and sites.
Headquarters, Switzerland
Our sustainability journey
Since the 1970s, SICPA has initiated several programmes to improve its social and environmental performance, to propose safe and sustainable products and solutions to its customers and support local communities.
SICPA has worked to minimise its environmental and social impact for the last 50 years, with the ongoing development of new generations of security inks and solutions, the optimisation of transport and packaging as well as energy efficiency initiatives, ensuring the protection and safety of its employees, its customers and citizens around the world.
Our sustainability approach
SICPA is committed to continuously improving and adapting its sustainability approach based on innovation, learning and exchange with all stakeholders to ensure that we continue to have a positive impact on our environment, communities and people.
SICPA is committed to achieving carbon neutrality by the end of 2035 and has the ambition to reach Net Zero by the end of 2050.
In addtion, SICPA is committed to making a positive social impact in the communities in which it operates, to ensuring the well-being and safety of its employees, and to maintaining a high level of business integrity by complying with the law and acting in accordance with its values.
Sustainability in our activities
SICPA seeks a balance between the economic, social and environmental aspects of the company by integrating a sustainability mindset in all its activities, products and solutions.
We assess in a factual and structured way SICPA's positive and negative impacts in ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) areas across the Group’s entire value chain by using recognised analytical methods such as materiality, group-wide carbon footprint or life-cycle assessments.