Performance Dashboard

Environmental Data

ENERGY¹

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Energy consumption within the organization

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Reduction of energy consumption

	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023
Total Energy Consumption (MWh)	5,398,000	5,423,000	5,832,000	6,145,000	5,594,000
Energy Reduction per Unit of Production²	Baseline	-	-0.3%	-2.3%	-5.5%
Electricity Used (MWh)	1,398,000	1,374,000	1,492,000	1,410,000	1,273,000
Renewable Electricity Used (Thousands of MWh)³	15	15	32	5	27
Renewable Energy Consumption (Thousands of MWh)⁴	-	635	650	880	863
Renewable Energy Consumed % of Total Energy	-	12%	11%	14%	15%
Renewable Electricity Sourced (%)⁵	-	81%	86%	69.1%	3%
Renewable Energy Sourced (%)⁶	-	99.6%	99.3%	99.3%	96.8%
Energy Reductions Due to Reduction Initiatives (Scope 1, 2, and 3; gigajoules)	243,800	52,000	96,000	46,537	225,597

Notes:

Energy from acquired sites is included in the FY 2023 data (Lee, Centurion, and ColePak).
Energy use per unit of production only includes energy use at PPS Mills, PPS CorrChoice, PPS IPG, PPS RFG, GIP EMEA, GIP APAC, GIP North America, GIP Latin America, and LCS NA. This provides a more accurate year-over-year comparison in line with previous years' calculations.
The FY 2023 increase in renewable electricity used is attributable to new renewable electricity consumption at Brazilian sites.
This figure includes self-generated solar, purchased renewable electricity, as well as energy consumed from biomass.
This figure represents the percentage of consumed renewable electricity that is generated on site and is not purchased from a supplier. Significant decrease caused by significant I-REC purchases in Brazil (32,000 MWh).
This figure represents the percentage of consumed renewable energy that is generated on site and is not purchased from a supplier.

FUEL

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Energy consumption within the organization

	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023
Total Non-Renewable (gigajoules)¹	12,083,000	11,977,000	12,245,000	13,788,000	12,449,000
Coal/Lignite Used (Thousands of MT)²	0.31	0.11	0.32	0.81	0.07
Natural Gas Used (Thousands of m³)³	303,900	303,300	310,500	345,300	296,400
Crude Oil/Distillate Fuels (Including Diesel, #2 Fuel) Used (Thousands of m³)⁴	22,000	22,000	21,100	16,600	14,000
Renewables (gigajoules)⁵	2,316,000	2,232,000	2,222,000	3,242,000	3,006,000
Total Fuel (gigajoules)	14,399,000	14,209,000	14,467,000	17,030,000	15,455,000

Notes:

Sum of Scope 1 energy sources excluding biomass. Calculation includes propane, fuel oil, natural gas, natural gas used in cogeneration, coal/lignite, LPG, jet fuel, diesel, and motor gasoline. Fuel from acquired sites is included in FY 2023 data (Lee, Centurion, and Colepak).
Converted from units of energy to mass using the coal HHV from the United States (U.S.) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Emission Factors for Greenhouse Gas Inventories, 2023.
Converted from units of energy to mass using the natural gas HHV from the United States (U.S.) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Emission Factors for Greenhouse Gas Inventories, 2023.
Converted from units of energy to mass using the distillate fuel oil number 1, distillate fuel oil number 2, LPG, kerosene-type jet fuel, motor gasoline, and propane HHVs from the United States (U.S.) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Emission Factors for Greenhouse Gas Inventories, 2023.
Includes biomass. Renewable electricity excluded from fuels section.

EMISSIONS (THOUSANDS OF METRIC TONS)¹

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Direct (Scope 1) GHG emissions

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Energy indirect (Scope 2) GHG emissions

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Other indirect (Scope 3) GHG emissions

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GHG emissions intensity

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Reduction of GHG emissions

	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023
GHG Scope 1	686	693	697	756	656
GHG Scope 2 (Location-based)²	622	590	557	565	501
GHG Scope 3*	4,407	4,148	4,357	5,019
GHG Total	5,715	5,430	5,611	6,340
Emissions Reduction per Unit of Production³	Baseline	-	4.1%	0.41%	%
GHG Intensity (Scope 1 and 2, total per $ revenue)	0.00028	0.00028	0.00023	0.00021	0.00022
Emission Reductions Due to Reduction Initiatives (Scope 1, 2, and 3)⁴	3.0	3.7	4.5	3.9	13.2
Percentage of the Company’s Operations That Are Covered in Its Disclosures on Emissions⁵	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%

Notes:

^* FY 2023 Scope 3 GHG emissions data was not available at the original time of publication. Data will be made available in the future, following the verification process.

Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions include data from recent acquisitions (Lee, Centurion, and ColePak). Most Scope 3 sources include data from the acquisitions (business travel, outsourced shipping data, capital goods, investments and supplier spend include data from acquisitions).
FY 2019 Scope 2 emissions have been restated since 2021 because of Greif’s revised energy use data.
Emissions per unit of production only includes emissions associated with energy use at PPS Mills, PPS CorrChoice, PPS IPG, PPS RFG, GIP EMEA, GIP APAC, GIP North America, GIP Latin America, and LCS NA. This provides a more accurate year-over-year comparison in line with previous years' calculations.
Emissions Reductions are expressed in thousands of metric tonnes CO2e.
Company's operations are defined as production facilities, warehouses, offices, and mobile fleet. Please note that Greif's emission reduction goal only includes emissions associated with production facilities (except the headquarters office in Delaware, Ohio).
2023 GHG Verification Statement

SCOPE 3 EMISSIONS (METRIC TONS)*

	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	Explanation
Purchased goods and services	2,323,000	2,492,000	3,330,000	-
Capital goods	83,000	105,000	145,000	-
Fuel-and-energy-related activities (not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2)	291,000	286,000	313,000	-
Upstream transportation and distribution	253,000	278,000	425,000	-
Waste generated in operations	153,000	131,000	158,000	-
Business travel	3,000	1,000	2,000	-
Employee commuting	26,000	27,000	15,000	-
Upstream leased assets	-	-	-	Greif does not lease any upstream assets that are not included in Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions calculations.
Downstream transportation and distribution	-	-	-	It is Greif's practice to deliver finished products to customers using transportation paid for by Greif.
Processing of sold products	-	-	-	Greif's products are typically finished packaging products and no further processing by the customer is required.
Use of sold products	-	-	-	Greif's products do not directly consume any energy during use nor do they release any direct GHG emissions.
End of life treatment of sold products	1,016,000	1,124,000	632,000	-
Downstream leased assets	-	-	-	Greif does not lease any assets to third parties that are not already included in Scope 1 and 2 emissions calculations.
Franchises	-	-	-	Greif does not have franchise operations.
Investments	-	-	-	As a manufacturing company, Greif does not make investments with the objective of making a profit.

Notes:

^* FY 2023 Scope 3 GHG emissions data was not available at the original time of publication. Data will be made available in the future, following the verification process. Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions include data from recent acquisitions (Lee, Centurion, and ColePak). Most Scope 3 sources include data from the acquisitions (business travel, outsourced shipping data, capital goods, investments and supplier spend include data from acquisitions).

2023 GHG Verification Statement

OTHER SIGNIFICANT AIR EMISSIONS

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Nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur oxides (SOx), and other significant air emissions

Metric Tons	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023
NOx	22.1	22.0	17.0
SOx	0.1	0.1	0.1
POP	N/A	N/A	N/A
VOC	261.7	261.0	209.9
HAP	N/A	N/A	N/A
PM	1.7	1.7	1.3
Other	N/A	N/A	N/A

Other significant air emissions only currently cover GIPNA steel drum sites, and will include additional sites in FY 2024

Water

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Water withdrawal

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Water discharge

	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023
Water Withdrawal (Thousands of cubic meters)¹	13,864.4	12,936.6	13,164.7	13,364.7	11,505.9
Surface Water	10,266.8	10,132.0	10,274.8	10,634.9	10,217.9
Ground Water	3,597.6	2,804.6	2,889.9	2,729.8	1,288.0
Rainwater	-	-	-	-	-
Wastewater	-	-	-	-	-
Municipal Water²	-	-	-	-	-
Wastewater Discharge (Thousands of cubic meters)³	12,066.6	12,393.3	12,013.53	12,415.6	11,285.5
James River	7,949.5	8,375.0	8,324.8	8,473.9	8,689.2
City of Massillon	424.0	355.8	400.9	380.7	385.3
Tuscarawas River	2.5	8.8	69.0	11.5	64.5
Sweetwater Creek⁴	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0
Cobb County WWTP⁴	844.9	855.0	854.9	903.3	838.3
Enoree River (Carotell)	-	-	-	7.5	18.2
Renewable Water Resources POTW (Carotell)				0	63.4
Cincinnati Metropolitan Sewerage District⁵	37.6	40.6	49.8	83.7	76.5
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District⁵	349.0	335.9	328.4	381.2	431.4
Los Angeles County Sanitation District WWTF⁵	196.8	189.1	214.9	257.2	260.4
Village of Baltimore WWTF³	0.0	6.1	129.93	109.9	101.4
West Branch Paw Paw Creek³	697.1	581.4	0.0	0.0	-
San Jose-Santa Clara Regional WWTP^{5, 6}	288.1	334.2	383.2	326.4	-
Tacoma Central WWTP⁵	6.9	8.5	10.9	16.2	11.9
City of Fitchburg WWTP⁴	322.6	309.0	298.7	337.3	345.1
Iowa River^{3, 6}	291.8	364.9	341.3	357.7	-
Cherry Lake³	597.8	550.4	479.7	485.3	-
Iowa Tributary^{3, 6}	58.0	78.6	127.08	283.9	-
Wastewater Discharge, Fresh (<1000mg/L dissolved solids) or Other (>1000mg/L)
James River	-	-	-	Fresh	Fresh
City of Massillon	-	-	-	Other	Other
Tuscarawas River	-	-	-	Fresh	Fresh
Sweetwater Creek⁴	-	-	-	Fresh	Fresh
Cobb County WWTP⁴	-	-	-	Other	Other
Enoree River (Carotell)	-	-	-	Fresh	Fresh
Cincinnati Metropolitan Sewerage District⁵	-	-	-	Other	Other
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District⁵	-	-	-	Other	Other
Los Angeles County Sanitation District WWTF⁵	-	-	-	Other	Other
Village of Baltimore WWTF³	-	-	-	Other	Other
West Branch Paw Paw Creek³	-	-	-	Fresh	Fresh
San Jose-Santa Clara Regional WWTP^{5, 6}	-	-	-	Other	Other
Tacoma Central WWTP⁵	-	-	-	Other	Other
City of Fitchburg WWTP⁴	-	-	-	Other	Other
Iowa River^{3, 6}	-	-	-	Fresh	Fresh
Cherry Lake³	-	-	-	Fresh	Fresh
Iowa Tributary^{3, 6}	-	-	-	Fresh	Fresh
Wastewater Discharge (Destination Type)
James River	-	-	-	Surface water	Surface water
City of Massillon	-	-	-	Third-party	Third-party
Tuscarawas River	-	-	-	Surface water	Surface water
Sweetwater Creek⁴	-	-	-	Surface water	Surface water
Cobb County WWTP⁴	-	-	-	Third-party	Third-party
Enoree River (Carotell)	-	-	-	Surface water	Surface water
Cincinnati Metropolitan Sewerage District⁵	-	-	-	Third-party	Third-party
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District⁵	-	-	-	Third-party	Third-party
Los Angeles County Sanitation District WWTF⁵	-	-	-	Third-party	Third-party
Village of Baltimore WWTF³	-	-	-	Third-party	Third-party
West Branch Paw Paw Creek³	-	-	-	Surface water	Surface water
San Jose-Santa Clara Regional WWTP⁵	-	-	-	Third-party	Third-party
Tacoma Central WWTP⁵	-	-	-	Third-party	Third-party
City of Fitchburg WWTP⁴	-	-	-	Third-party	Third-party
Iowa River³	-	-	-	Surface water	Surface water
Cherry Lake³	-	-	-	Surface water	Surface water
Iowa Tributary³	-	-	-	Surface water	Surface water
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (Thousands of kg)	3,508.3	3,457.1	3,823.8	3,250.5	2,938.9
Total Suspended Solids (kg)	1,224,442	1,045,928	1,031,666	1,231,570	1,311,671.1
Phosphorus (kg)	4,708	4,445	8,817	8,064	4,662.1
Production (MT)	1,729,062	1,661,228	1,721,897	1,660,388	1,315,479.3
Total Water Consumption (Thousands of m³)	1,797.8	543.3	1,151.2	949.1	220.4
Consumption Rate (m³/MT)⁷	0.84	0.60	0.67	0.57	0.17

Evaporative losses estimated.
Greif does not currently track withdrawal of municipal water.
Treated with primary clarification, secondary clarification and aeration before direct discharge.
Treated with wastewater pre-treatment including soluble BOD removal.
Treated with wastewater pre-treatment with solids only.
Our Santa Clara and Tama mills shutdown in 2023 and no longer operate. As a result, data is not available for these locations.
The water consumption rate for previous years has been adjusted from previous report publications. Previous reports were reporting the water withdrawal rate rather than the water consumption rate.

Notes:

WWTP = Wastewater Treatment Plant.
FY 2017 and 2018 data is from Greif’s two paper mills, one of which is located in Riverville, Virginia, and the other in Massillon, Ohio. Historically, these two paper mills accounted for more than 90 percent of Greif’s global water footprint. They draw from the James River and on-site water wells, respectively.
FY 2019 data includes 12 former Caraustar mills that were acquired and integrated in 2019. All 2019 data is full year data. Quality of wastewater discharged from our mills meets permit requirements. No discharged water was used by another organization.
FY 2019 data includes the Mobile Wright Smith WWTP, which was shut down in 2020, and been restated to properly account for FY 2019 West Branch Paw Paw Creek discharge.

Water Use in Regions With High or Extremely High Baseline Water Stress

	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023
Water Withdrawal (Thousands of cubic meters)	170.4	109.9	99.5	70.7
Percentage of Total Water Withdrawal	1.3%	0.8%	0.7%	0.6%
Water Consumed (Thousands of cubic meters)	162.7	77.5	99.5	32.8
Percentage of Total Water Consumed	16.2%¹	6.7%	9.5%	13.0%
Water Discharged (Thousands of cubic meters)	-	-	0	37.9
Percentage of Total Water Discharged	-	-	0%	0.3%

Figure amended due to previous error in calculation.

Notes:

Data collected from 24 Greif facilities operating in regions with high or extremely high baseline water stress, as defined by WRI's Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas tool. Annual withdrawal data from Greif's Algeria facility estimated based on total withdrawal since installing a well in approximately 2003. Percentages reported as a percentage of water used in Greif’s mill operations in our Paper Packaging & Services business only, which is estimated to represent 95% of Greif’s total water withdrawal and consumption. Greif does not currently report global water data for all facilities.

WASTE

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Waste generated

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Waste diverted from disposal

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Waste directed to disposal

	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023
Hazardous Waste (Metric Tons)
Total Waste to Landfill	2,428	3,608	1,026	1,451	1,042.4
Waste to Landfill	1,161	2,989	577	882	889.8
Incinerated (no energy recovery)¹	1,267	619	449	569	152.6
Total Non-Landfill²	20,725	19,199	12,006	12,926	9,883.4
Incinerated (with energy recovery)³	4,073	3,275	4,480	4,359	3,921.7
Composted⁴	0	1	0	0	0
Recycled⁵	14,084	14,160	6,304	7,326	4,828.3
Reused⁶	651	706	482	178	526.2
Reclaimed⁷	366	376	172	264	72.1
Miscellaneous (Non-Landfill)⁸	1,551	681	568	799	535.0
Total Hazardous Waste	23,153	22,807	13,032	14,378	10,925.8
Non-Hazardous Waste (Metric Tons)
Total Waste to Landfill	33,837	137,211	147,710	143,796	112,226.6
Waste to Landfill	33,380	137,060	147,492	143,573	112,155.1
Incinerated (no energy recovery)¹	457	151	218	223	71.5
Total Non-Landfill²	184,357	326,546	817,004	823,971	818,972.7
Incinerated (with energy recovery)³	2,950	17,006	13,330	15,277	16,911.9
Composted⁴	15,784	49,734	53,855	43,852	12,530.4
Recycled⁵	141,217	212,075	702,832	727,815	753,478.9
Reused⁶	12,321	19,441	18,442	16,041	17,916.2
Reclaimed⁷	9,847	11,701	12,191	14,375	11,777.3
Miscellaneous (Non-Landfill)⁸	2,239	16,589	16,353	6,611	6,358.0
Total Non-Hazardous Waste	218,194	463,757	964,714	967,767	931,199.3
Total Waste to Landfill	36,265	140,819	156,400	1,247	113,269.0
Total Waste Diverted from Landfill	205,082	345,745	856,475	836,897	828,856.1
% of Total Waste Diverted from Landfill	85%	71%	85%	85%	88.0%
Total Waste (Hazardous & Non-Hazardous)	241,347	486,564	977,746	982,145	942,125.1

Incinerated (no energy recovery): Treatment method involving the combustion of solid waste that does not result in energy capture.
Non-Landfill: Includes chemical-physical, incineration with energy recovery, recycled, reused, reclaimed, composted and fuels blending treatment methods.
Incinerated (with energy recovery): Treatment method involving the combustion of solid waste that results in energy capture.
Composted: Treatment method involving the biological decomposition of solid or liquid operational waste.
Recycled: Treatment method involving the separation, preparation and sale of recyclable materials to end-user manufacturers.
Reused: Treatment method involving the use of a material for its original purpose multiple times.
Reclaimed: Treatment method involving the process of extracting and converting materials from recycled materials to be used again.
Miscellaneous (Non-Landfill): All other treatment methods not mentioned previously, including Deep Well Injection and On-Site Storage.

Notes:

Data does not include sites acquired in FY 2023 (Lee, Centurion, Reliance and ColePak).

Legacy Caraustar facilities were incorporated into waste reporting in FY 2020.

Total waste and Non-Hazardous recycling doubled from 2020 to 2021 due to inclusion of additional data from RFG facilities; in 2020 RFG and IPG only included data from their own operational waste streams. However, RFG also collects wastepaper from the market and recycles them.

FPS facilities were divested in FY 2022.

Minor revisions have been made to the FY 2021 waste data according to recommendations from ERM CVS.

2023 Waste data assurance statement

PRODUCT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT (SASB RT-CP-410A.1, RT-CP-410A.2)

Raw Materials from Recycled and Renewable Sources	Total Volume of Materials Sourced (Metric Tons)			Percent of Substrate (FY23)	Percent of Total Materials Sourced (FY23)
Raw Materials from Recycled and Renewable Sources	FY21	FY22	FY23	Percent of Substrate (FY23)	Percent of Total Materials Sourced (FY23)
Total Raw Materials Purchased	4,917,624	4,888,045	2,760,112	-	-
Total Recycled and Renewable Raw Materials	3,927,737	4,134,160	2,119,976	-	77%
Recycled Content	1,777,673	3,162,618	1,549,801	-	56%
Steel	156,699	146,829	140,130	18%	5%
Plastic	11,125	8,257	10,734	8%	0.4%
Fiber	1,609,849	3,007,532	1,398,937	71%	51%
Renewable Sources	3,759,913	3,975,605	1,969,112	-	71%
Plastic	0	0	0	0%	0%
Fiber	3,759,913	3,975,605	1,969,112	100%	71%

Notes:

All figures are estimated based on our current product classifications and reporting practices. Data is estimated based on average procurement and manufacturing data across our product lines. Post Industrial Recycled (PIR) plastic data is not available for our Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services (RIPS) business segment. 90 percent of the fiber used in our Paper Packaging Services business segment is sourced from 100 percent recycled content. 100 percent of the fiber used in our Paper Packaging Services business segment is sourced from renewable sources. For reporting purposes, 100 percent of that volume is reported as renewable and recycled content.

Revenue From Products that are Reusable, Recyclable and/or Compostable ($)	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023
Total	$4,719,069,067	$5,992,468,885	$4,753,283,539
Recyclable	$4,712,465,950	$5,594,774,432	$4,743,734,837
Reusable	-	-	-
Compostable	$6,603,117	$10,598,756	$9,548,702

Notes:

All figures are estimated based on our current product classifications and financial reporting practices. Data has been aggregated to eliminate double counting. In our Global Industrial Packaging business, the majority of our products that are recyclable are also reusable. To avoid double counting and reporting our sales from both reusable and recyclable products, we only categorize those products as recyclable and report our revenue from recyclable products. Our Paper Packaging products are 99 percent recyclable based on volume. Our coated containerboards, which is part of our Paper Packaging Business are compostable.

LIFE CYCLE SERVICES – ESTIMATED DRUMS AND IBCS RECONDITIONED¹

	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023
Recycled	831,576	968,296	1,153,345	517,369	1,064,871
Steel Drums	509,884	562,980	987,427	265,236	311,910
Poly Drums	243,186	358,280	95,176	184,618	620,553
IBCs	78,506	47,036	70,742	67,515	132,408
Reconditioned	3,533,358	3,276,259	3,164,809	2,220,026	2,684,847
Steel Drums	2,699,393	2,483,485	2,185,329	1,408,876	1,286,328
Poly Drums	194,011	178,627	141,782	152,385	327,241
IBCs	639,954	614,147	837,698	658,765	1,071,278
Total Collected	4,348,706	4,164,585	4,345,284	2,737,395	3,749,718
Steel Drums	3,193,049	2,971,549	3,192,196	1,674,112	1,598,238
Poly Drums	437,197	536,281	236,958	337,003	947,794
IBCs	718,460	656,755	916,130	726,280	1,203,686
Virgin Materials Saved by Reconditioning and Reuse (Metric Tons)²	76,415	71,149	74,713	54,031	76,806
Steel	66,860	62,016	63,143	44,592	59,076
High-Density Polyethylene	5,897	5,553	6,610	5,561	13,614
Wood	3,659	3,580	4,960	3,879	4,115
Virgin Materials Saved by Recycling (Metric Tons)³	14,117	14,358	19,772	9,330	18,554
Steel	10,273	10,215	17,394	6,239	10,441
High-Density Polyethylene	3,402	3,871	1,960	2,691	7,829
Wood	442	272	418	400	284

Estimated Drums and Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBCs) Recycled and Reconditioned (North America and Europe, Middle East and Africa).
Estimates based on the quantity of reconditioned packaging and average packaging specifications (North America and Europe).
Estimates based on the quantity of recycled packaging and average packaging specifications (North America and Europe).

Notes:

Virgin Materials Saved by Reconditioning and Reuse data has been restated to standardize units across regions.

Risk Assessments Completed

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Operations and suppliers at significant risk for incidents of child labor

Percentage of Auditable Entities¹	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023
Health and Safety Risk (% of facilities)	100%	100%	100%	100%
Environmental Risk (% of facilities)	-	23%	75%	100%
Supplier ESG Risk (through EcoVadis) (% of Greif spend to suppliers)	11%	20%	39%	57%
Human Rights Audits² (% of facilities)	30%	0%	12%	12%
SOX Risk-Based Audits² (% of facilities)	9%	16%	7%	10%

"Auditable Entity” is specified for each category of risk in the table.
Total percentages have been adjusted to show the percent of current Greif facilities (i.e. eliminating audits done at facilities no longer a part of Greif)

Social Data

EMPLOYMENT

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Employees

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Workers who are not employees

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Diversity of governance bodies and employees

	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023
Total Employees	17,042	15,720	15,828	12,280	12,458
Full Time	16,668	15,370	15,618	12,058	12,202
Part Time	169	162	210	190	204
Temporary	205	188	151	32	52
% Women in Management	16%	16%	16%	20%¹	21%
% Women in Workforce²	23%	23%	23%	15%	17%
% Employees Covered by Collective Bargaining Agreements	45%	42%	46%	38%	36%

2022 data is restated from Greif’s 2022 Sustainability Report. In 2023, we refined our definition of "management" by adjusting the salary bands, resulting in a change in the data.
In April 2022, Greif finalized its divestment of the Flexible Packaging joint venture (FPS) to Gulf Refined Packaging. This divestment is the cause of the decline in percentage women in workforce from FY 2021 to FY 2022.

FY 2023 EMPLOYMENT TYPE BY GENDER AND REGION

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Employees

2-8

Workers who are not employees

	Not Answered	Female	Male	Not Declared	Total
Total Full-time Employees	23	2,006	10,171	2	12,202
Asia Pacific	-	139	589	-	728
Europe, Middle East and Africa	8	454	2,717	1	3,180
Latin America	-	147	882	-	1,029
North America	15	1,266	5,893	1	7,265
Total Part-time Employees	2	80	122	-	204
Asia Pacific	-	-	-	-	-
Europe, Middle East and Africa	1	57	71	-	129
Latin America	-	8	13	-	21
North America	1	15	38	-	54
Total Temporary Employees	-	11	41	-	52
Asia Pacific	-	-	-	-	-
Europe, Middle East and Africa	-	1	8	-	9
Latin America	-	-	19	-	19
North America	-	10	14	-	24

RACE AND ETHNICITY, U.S. ONLY

	FY 2023	FY 2023 (%)
Total	7,062	100%
American Indian or Alaska Native (Not Hispanic or Latino)	38	0.5%
Asian (Not Hispanic or Latino)	186	2.6%
Black or African American (Not Hispanic or Latino)	1,304	18.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1,216	17.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (Not Hispanic or Latino)	77	1.1%
Not Specified	381	5.4%
Two or More Races (Not Hispanic or Latino)	102	1.4%
White (Not Hispanic or Latino)	3,758	53.2%

New Colleague Hires

GRI 401-1

401-1

New employee hires and employee turnover

	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023
New Colleague Hires (Total)	3,626	2,910	3,330	4,150	3,973
Region
Asia Pacific	456	389	300	97	80
Europe, Middle East and Africa	1,074	805	854	651	603
Latin America	410	137	182	247	206
North America	1,686	1,579	1,994	3,155	3,084
Gender
Female	841	669	647	728	863
Male	2,785	2,209	2,683	3,422	3,079
Age
16–20	247	209	244	397	379
21–30	1,372	1,012	1,243	1,422	1,310
31–40	1,023	815	946	1,178	1,024
41–50	620	541	514	691	704
51–60	315	285	335	402	435
60+	49	46	48	60	121

Employee Attrition

GRI 401-1

401-1

New employee hires and employee turnover

	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023
Employee Attrition¹	24.0%	20.5%	23.2%	29.5%	31%
Region
Asia Pacific	14.8%	25.1%	25.8%	13.2%	16.1%
Europe, Middle East and Africa	31.0%	14.9%	16.0%	18.0%	18.9%
Latin America	9.1%	20.5%	18.3%	15.6%	19.4%
North America	45.1%	24.3%	29.9%	38.9%	39.8%
Length of Service
Less than 12 Months	49.0%	40.4%	47.5%	61.8%	53.9%
More than 12 Months	51.0%	59.6%	52.2%	38.2%	46.1%

Attrition by region and length of service given as percent of attrition for fiscal year.

COLLEAGUES COVERED BY PARENTAL LEAVE POLICIES

	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023
Total	56%	62%	68%	99%	99.6%
Asia Pacific	28%	29%	100%	100%	100%
Europe, Middle East and Africa	99%	96%	96%	96%	98.6%
Latin America	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
North America	18%	33%	32%	100%	100%

COLLEAGUES COVERED BY PARENTAL LEAVE POLICIES BY REGION AND GENDER, FY 2023

GRI 401-3

401-3

Parental leave

	Female Eligibility	Female Eligibility (%)	Male Eligibility	Male Eligibility (%)
Total	2,095	99.9%	10,292	99.6%
Asia Pacific	139	100%	589	100%
Europe, Middle East and Africa	510	99.6%	2,754	98.5%
Latin America	155	100%	914	100%
North America	1,291	100%	6,035	100%

Notes:

Colleagues that do not answer or declare gender during self identification are also eligible for parental leave. The eligibility information provided reflects those colleagues who have self identified as male or female.

COLLEAGUE TRAINING

GRI 404-1

404-1

Average hours of training per year per employee

	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023
Training Hours per Colleague¹
Greif University (formerly used Skillport)	5.5	5	5.38	5.35	6.29
Lead to Last	3.2	2	8.6	5.6	14
Colleagues and managers eligible for compliance training in Greif University	-	-	-	3,344	6,532
Average Training Hours by Gender^{2, 3}
Male	-	-	-	-	8.2
Female	-	-	-	-	5.2
Colleagues Completing Regular Performance Reviews⁴	92%	89.1%	87%	80.2%	65.4%
Professional, clerical, and administrative employees receiving regular performance reviews	92%	89.1%	87%	80.2%	97.7%
Production employees receiving regular performance reviews					56.4%
Colleagues Completing Regular Performance Reviews by gender, Successfully Completed
Male	-	-	-	1,518	5,881
Female	-	-	-	890	1,336
Employees across all locations who have received training on environmental issues	74%	71%	71.2%	68.1%	62%
Employees across all locations who have received career and skills-related training	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Professional colleagues who have completed training on Code of Conduct⁵					94.8%
Professional colleagues who have completed training on Anti-bribery					97.6%
Employees across all locations who have who have completed training on Human Rights Issues⁷					83.3%
Professional colleagues who have completed training on Anti-trust⁶				3,638	383

Average hours of training per unique participant. Data excludes safety training and local functional training. FY 2017 data has been restated from the 2018 Sustainability Report to exclude this data. For more information on safety training, please see Health & Safety.
Includes eligible professional, clerical and administrative colleagues.
FY 2022 data was inaccurately reported in previous report.
Production employees’ performance reviews were not tracked prior to FY 2023.
Code of Conduct training includes the following topics: recognize employees' responsibility to safeguard confidential company information and intellectual property, identify situations that may create or give the appearance of a conflict of interest, recognize employees' responsibility to conduct themselves in a manner that is consistent with our organization's values, culture, and mission, recognize employees' responsibility to avoid conflicts of interest or the appearance of conflicts of interest when accepting gifts and offers of business entertainment, recognize the benefit of an organizational environment where retaliation is prohibited, verify that you have read and agree to comply with the Greif Code of Conduct
Anti-trust training was only offered to new hires in FY 2023.
Human Rights Training includes the topics of human rights grievance process, community and stakeholder engagement, freedom of association and right to collective bargaining, elimination of forced and compulsory labor, abolition of child labor, diversity/anti-harassment/anti-discrimination, work hours/wages/benefits, safe and healthy workplace, workplace security, and working against corruption/extortion/bribery, and fair treatment of others.

Employee HEALTH & SAFETY

GRI 403-9

403-9

Work-related injuries

	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023
MCR¹	1.49	1.18	1.49	1.5	1.75
LWCR²	0.69	0.62	0.74	0.74	0.83
Employees across all locations who have received training on health & safety issues	74%	71%	71.2%	68.1%	67%

MCR, or Medical Case Rate, measures the number of recordable injuries per 100 full-time employees in a 12-month period.
LWCR, or Lost Workday Case Rate, measures the number of recordable injuries resulting in lost workdays per 100 full-time employees in a 12-month period.

Notes:

2019 data includes Caraustar for only March forward – no data included for first 4 months of fiscal year.

Product Data

PRODUCT QUALITY

		FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023
Corrective Action Rate (CAR)¹	Global Industrial Packaging North America	1.0	0.9	0.6	0.7	0.2
	Europe, Middle East and Africa	1.4	1.0	0.5	0.4	0.1
	Latin America	-	-	0.1	0.2	0.1
	Asia Pacific	2.7	1.3	0.8	0.7	0.1
Number of Customer Complaints	Global Industrial Packaging North America	330	277	189	181	236
	Paper Packaging & Services	-	-	-	170	409
	Europe, Middle East and Africa	959	685	400	278	831
	Latin America	-	-	89	71	202
	Asia Pacific	298	137	90	73	273

CAR measures customer complaints per 100,000 units produced.

ACTIVITY METRICS (SASB RT-CP-000.A, RT-CP-000.B, RT-CP-000.C)

Production by Substrate (Metric Tons)	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023
Total	3,551,235	2,961,693	3,195,588	2,828,087	2,717,830
Paper	2,319,195	1,777,678	2,084,952	1,735,511	1,547,875
Plastic	264,450	216,954	176,444	182,435	200,045
Steel	967,633	967,017	934,154	910,096	969,891
Aluminum	7.3	44	38	45	18.8

Production figures are aggregated based on primary substrate of finished good products.

Production by Revenue (%)	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023
Paper	38.8%	42.5%	39.9%	42.5%	48.1%
Plastic	17.9%	17.3%	17.8%	15.5%	15.5%
Steel	32.0%	29.2%	31.9%	33.4%	31.0%
Other¹	11.3%	11.0%	10.5%	8.6%	5.4%

Other includes Filling, Reconditioning, Land and Other Misc. Products. Greif does not produce glass.

Production figures are aggregated based on primary substrate of finished good products.

Supply Chain Data

GRI 414-2

414-2

Negative social impacts in the supply chain and actions taken

	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023
Greif procurement specialists receiving training on sustainable procurement	-	-	33%	100%
Purchase orders accepted by suppliers that mandate adherence to Greif’s Supplier Code of Conduct	-	-	-	100%
Supplier spend assessed for CSR	11%	20%	39%	57%

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