O-I Glass has published its 2024 Sustainability Report Update, highlighting key progress toward its ambitious sustainability goals driven by innovation and transformation.
The 2024 report details key O-I process innovations that have conserved more than 24,000 tons of glass and 13,000 tons of CO2 through collective light-weighting efforts. O-I reports more than 100 energy reduction projects have eliminated nearly 35,000 tons of CO2 emissions.
As part of its broader climate strategy O-I reports sourcing renewable energy, increasing recycled content, becoming more energy efficient, and leveraging new furnace technologies to drive sustainable progress. The combination of these levers has resulted in a nearly 20 percent reduction in scope 1 & 2 emissions from the 2017 base year.
The report also highlights 35 glass packaging collection sites, created by O-I to facilitate glass recycling for nine communities in North America. These recycling programs include four Glass4Good™ program sites, that have donated over USD 26,100 to United Way and collected 688 tons of glass. Through these Glass4Good™ programs, O-I reports savings of approximately 800 tons of raw materials, over 230 metric tons of CO2, and the equivalent emissions from about 28 homes’ energy use for a year. The company also reports conservation of nearly 145,000 tons of glass driven by 44 closed-loop partnership programs created with customers globally.
O-I attributes process innovations that transform its operations toward lower-carbon outcomes as a key driver in its sustainability success. The company is implementing proven technologies to deploy alternative fuel sources and innovative technologies to drive progress in its climate strategy.
Recent innovation investments covered in the report include a new facility in Bowling Green, Kentucky, purpose-built for the company’s proprietary MAGMA technology and designed with holistic sustainability in mind. In 2023, O-I also completed a EUR 50 million (USD 54.12 million) investment in Vayres, France, to install gas-oxy combustion technology and heat recovery systems and the company has started up a newly built GOAT (Gas Oxy Advancement Technology) furnace in Zipaquira, Colombia.