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SDG 3: Here, the health and well-being of all people is the central concern. Plastic packaging supports these aspects because it protects food and other valuable goods, such as those from the healthcare sector, from spoilage, damage and contamination. Quality and hygiene remain guaranteed even over long transport distances. Hazardous goods are also safely sealed in plastic packaging – for the protection of people and the environment. In our day-to-day work, we contribute to this SDG with our high standards of occupational safety and production conditions (see also under People at Jokey) and continuously develop measures to improve them.

• For example, Jokey UK now has five MHFA first aiders. They have been trained as part of the “Mental Health First Aid” programme. The aim is to identify mental health problems in employees at an early stage so that support and assistance can be provided.
• In addition, ISO 45001 certification for all Jokey plants is planned as part of the Vision 0-0-0, which also includes the introduction of an occupational health and safety management programme.

SDG 4: Access to quality education and lifelong learning opportunities create the basis for sustainable development. Jokey places a high value on high-quality training and continuing education.

• The Jokey Sustainability Course 2030, implemented during the reporting period, has since been accompanied by numerous employee training courses at the Jokey Academy, which was also launched in 2022. These courses communicate and deepen the sustainability topics addressed.
• Donations also go to educational projects, preferably in the regions where our plants are located.
• A long-term donation project was initiated in 2023 in Kathmandu, Nepal (see also under Our sustainability engagement). It aims to provide access to education for children and young people from poor, underprivileged families. In an initial step, Jokey has taken on both school sponsorships and donations, among other things, for purchases and improvements to the school infrastructure.

SDG 5: We strive for gender equality in principle in all Jokey plants. In recent years, we have been able to fill some central management positions with women (see also Business metrics overview). Overall, we still see potential here.

• Diversity is not only appreciated at Jokey, but explicitly desired. That is why we have explicitly included this concern in our Code of Conduct, which will be implemented in 2023.
• Awareness training courses, which have been launched at Jokey Ibérica, for example, are a further measure on the topic of gender equality.

SDG 8: Sustainable economic growth, full employment and decent work for all – as an internationally operating family business, we have anchored these aspects in our corporate values. Among other things, this is demonstrated by our commitment to the Global Compact, Sedex auditing in accordance with SMETA and our supplier assessment since 2022.

• We submitted an annual progress report (Communication on Progress/CoP) for the first time during the reporting period as part of our membership of Global Compact Deutschland. We also fulfilled this obligation in 2023 (see under Our sustainability engagement).

SDG 9: Jokey relies on innovation to promote stable infrastructures and sustainable industrialisation. Whether climate targets, 360° projects such as Closed Loops or our Eco Design, which is geared towards a circular economy – all fields of action of the Jokey Eco Concept contribute to this SDG, because it stands for a future-proof and sustainable business model.

• In 2024, we updated the Eco Concept: Version 4.0 contains five additional fields of action and includes the new Eco Digital pillar.
• We are in close contact with key suppliers and network partners to jointly drive forward innovations and the expansion of sustainable infrastructures. For example, in the 2022 reporting period, we launched a new closed-loop project for non-food packaging in Germany together with a waste disposal company (see also Eco Concept > Secondary raw materials).
• Also in 2022, we launched a joint research project with the Institute for Plastics and Circular Economy (IKK) to explore ways of extracting and reusing recycled polypropylene (rPP) from food-grade rigid packaging (see also Eco Concept > New plastics for food packaging).
• As part of this research project, a further closed loop has been developed in cooperation with a German waste management company. The aim is to establish a closed-loop system exclusively in the food sector.
• Our research and development department is continuously exploring ways to further reduce our ecological footprint. For example, Jokey Ibérica has recently introduced new, rectangular containers for the food industry that require less raw material input and thus additionally save weight.

SDG 12: Responsible consumption and production – Jokey is committed to the circular economy, which we want to promote worldwide wherever possible. All fields of action of our Eco Concept are geared to this (see Eco Concept). At the strategy level, we are contributing to a CO₂ reduction path by 2030. Eco Resources and Eco Design create the conditions for closed loops at the product level.

• In 2023, we expanded our portfolio to include the reusable service packaging division. With our own brand KeepIn, we offer service packaging for the to-go sector. In spring 2023, Jokey Ibérica started delivering recyclable reusable packaging for the Spanish and Portuguese markets.
• In 2023, Jokey Poland received its first orders from ten major customers in the non-food industry for plastic buckets containing PCR.
• In addition, we have implemented internal Eco-Design guidelines for our products throughout the group.
• A “Customer Sustainability Guide” is to be rolled out at the end of 2024.
• In addition, we want to achieve the highest level of security and transparency with a constant stream of new certifications and re-certifications.

SDG 13: Measures to combat climate change and its effects – the Jokey Eco Concept, with its fields of action geared towards CO₂ reduction and a circular economy, contributes to this SDG, as does our entire sustainability strategy with its targets up to 2030.

• During the reporting period, Jokey signed the Commitment Letter of the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi).
• In 2023, we submitted our interim targets, the near-term targets, to the SBTi for assessment and validation (see also under Our sustainability engagement).
• The switch to green electricity saves additional CO₂ emissions: Since the beginning of 2023, Jokey Beograd has converted the energy supply of the entire plant to green electricity, and in 2024, the plant’s own photovoltaic power plant is to be added.
• Jokey Ibérica also received a new photovoltaic system in 2023.
• Some Jokey plants have switched to all-electric injection moulding machines as part of our Vision 0-0-0, significantly reducing their energy requirements.
• We continue to implement sustainability in our own company with many small steps and ideas: for example, all Jokey Poland employees have been given reusable water bottles. This has reduced the annual consumption of disposable plastic cups by approximately 100,000 units.
• At our German locations, all employees who own a company vehicle have received recommendations for reducing CO₂.

SDG 14: We have joined various initiatives to protect the oceans, seas and their resources, including Waste Free Oceans (see also Measures and projects to promote the circular economy). With group-wide initiatives such as “Zero Pellet Loss” or the annual Jokey Cleanup Day, we want to sensitise and actively support our employees, their private environment, but also the public, to the topic of waste avoidance.

• In spring 2023, we aligned the date of our annual waste collection campaign with World Cleanup Day and extended it to all Jokey plants worldwide for the first time. In doing so, we are taking a stand against the littering of our planet.

SDG 17: Global partnerships are essential to continually reinvigorate sustainable development. We believe that the ecological and social challenges can only be solved through the interaction of all members of the value chain. What applies to Jokey Werke also applies to our networks: they are geared towards diversity. We are therefore open to those who think differently and seek dialogue with critical stakeholders as well – including a strategic partnership with WWF Germany.

• For example, we have undergone multiple sustainability assessments by external partners. In 2023, Jokey underwent a group-wide sustainability rating by the Eco Vadis rating platform for the first time, after the German plants had already completed the rating. For this, we were awarded the bronze rank at the beginning of 2024.
• During the reporting period, various customer surveys and interviews on sustainability assessments also took place.
• Also in 2022, the Jokey sales team travelled around Sweden with our mobile showroom and our partner Tara Pac to inform customers about the topics of sustainability and recycling, PCR in the non-food sector, and chemical recyclates for the food sector.