UNITED CAPS has published its first Group Sustainability Report, covering the 2025 reporting year and the full consolidated Group including its sustainability approach, performance, governance framework and key priorities across its operations in Europe and Asia.

From activity to accountability

The publication covers all entities included in the Group’s financial reporting perimeter and reflects UNITED CAPS’ ambition to strengthen transparency, accountability and long-term value creation.

In 2025, UNITED CAPS conducted a double materiality assessment, identifying its material impacts, risks and opportunities across areas including climate change, pollution, biodiversity, circular economy, own workforce, consumer and end-user safety, governance, cybersecurity and corruption risk.

This assessment provides the foundation for the report’s structure and for future sustainability priorities.

The report also sets UNITED CAPS’ progress in the context of external sustainability frameworks and validation. The company is a participant in the United Nations Global Compact, has set SBTi near-term targets aligned with a 1.5°C pathway for Scope 1 and Scope 2, and holds an EcoVadis Bronze Medal.

Climate progress and value-chain challenges

The report outlines UNITED CAPS’ performance against its climate-related targets, including its commitment to reduce absolute Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 42% by 2030 from a 2022 base year.

In 2025, UNITED CAPS reported a reduction of 87.6% in Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions on a market-based basis, already ahead of the 2030 target.

This development is supported by several operational measures. Since 2023, UNITED CAPS has covered 100% of electricity needs for its European operations, excluding SIMON, on a market-based basis through the Åliden wind farm virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA).

The Group has also expanded on-site solar capacity, including installations at Duna and Wiltz, with further projects planned.

In addition, UNITED CAPS continued the electrification of its production equipment, with 78% of presses now electrical or hybrid and eight additional units acquired in 2025.

Circular design and product safety

Resource efficiency and circular design are central themes of the report and key customer-facing priorities for UNITED CAPS. The Group has set ambitious operational targets regarding plastic waste, water consumption and secondary packaging.

The report also highlights product innovation as an important lever for circularity. One example is 26 FLIP ON, a closure designed to limit littering through a non-losable tamper-evident band, improve recyclability and reduce material use.

Product quality, safety and compliance are also central to UNITED CAPS’ responsibility as a B2B supplier whose closures are integrated into consumer products. The report describes the Group’s validation processes, microbiological monitoring for sensitive applications such as infant nutrition, and a more systematic end-user listening process introduced in 2025 to better align product development with real conditions of use.