Corporate Social Responsibility & Avery Dennison Foundation Report 2025
Corporate Social Responsibility & Avery Dennison Foundation Report
In 2025, Avery Dennison proudly celebrated its 90th anniversary, honoring the inventive spirit and values of our founder, Stan Avery.
While Stan is recognized for creating the world’s first self-adhesive label in 1935, his true legacy is the belief that business success should be tied to social impact. Stan often said he founded the company during the Great Depression with the goal of providing opportunities and jobs to help those in need. Over the years, Stan's commitment to corporate social responsibility became embedded in the company culture, formalized with the establishment of the company's Foundation in 1977.
Today, that enduring spirit of generosity thrives across our 35,000 global employees and through the Avery Dennison Foundation. Together with our partners, we continue Stan's legacy, investing our time and resources to uplift communities and accelerate a more just and sustainable world. This report reflects our collective passion and how, together, we are making possible a brighter future.
2025 Company and Foundation contributions
$6.1M
Avery Dennison Foundation 2025 Grant Awards
The Avery Dennison Foundation envisions a diverse, equitable, sustainable global community where people and the planet thrive.
Our mission is to support communities globally to address inequities through improved Education Access, Environmental Sustainability, and Secure Livelihoods.
In 2025, ADF awarded more than 165 grants impacting communities in 45 countries.
Avery Dennison Foundation 2025 Grant Awards
We advance our mission through several grantmaking programs, including Disaster Response, Global Grantmaking Initiative, and Granting Wishes.
We support organizations addressing inequitable access to educational opportunities. Examples include:
We support scholarship opportunities for children of Avery Dennison employees through partnerships with:
GRANTEE HIGHLIGHT
In 2025, grantees reported that 9,159 students had improved literacy and/or numeracy skills, and 6,329 women and girls had successfully completed an ADF-supported education program. Learn how ADF grantee Womanity Foundation is increasing access to education.
GRANTEE HIGHLIGHT
Global Grantmaking Initiative
2025 Environmental Sustainability Grants
We support efforts to improve environmental sustainability through climate resilience, mitigation and adaptation. Examples include:
● Give2Asia (China)
● Global Fund for Children (Multiple countries)
● Surge for Water (Indonesia)
● Textile Exchange (South Africa)
● World Wide Fund for Nature Pakistan
In 2025, grantees reported 226 communities with improved climate resilience and 11,271 participants at educational events. Learn more about how one ADF grantee, Global Forest Generation, is advancing environmental sustainability.
Global Grantmaking Initiative
2025 Secure Livelihoods Grants
We support causes that increase access to economic opportunities for marginalized populations. Examples include:
● De Puertas Abiertas al Trabajo Solidario (Argentina)
● Disability Action Yorkshire (Great Britain)
● Fundación Nantik Lum (Spain)
● NEO National Society of Black Engineers (United States)
● Plexus Education Foundation (United States)
● RISE (Bangladesh)
● Rosa Manus (Netherlands)
● She Loves Data (Multiple countries)
● Sheltersuit (Netherlands)
● Sivan Arul Hope (Sri Lanka)
● The Palestinian Center For Democracy and Conflict Resolution (Gaza)
● Trans-Kinder-Netz (Germany)
In 2025, grantees reported that 1,926 people were employed and 2,731 businesses were launched through ADF-supported programs. Discover how ADF grantee, Building Markets, is supporting secure livelihoods.
GRANTEE HIGHLIGHT
Granting Wishes
Granting Wishes is an employee-driven giving and volunteer program that empowers employees globally to identify local NGOs to receive financial and employee volunteer support.
116 grants
5 continents
38 countries $1M+ awarded
Global Disaster Relief
GlobalGiving
ADF partners with GlobalGiving to distribute donations from ADF and company employees to trusted organizations that are embedded within and understand the communities affected by natural and humanitarian disasters.
In 2025, donations supported humanitarian aid in the Middle East Crisis and Ukraine, as well as California wildfire relief, East Africa hunger relief, and flood relief in Brazil.
ADF Employee Crisis Fund (ECF)
Administered by Global Impact, the ECF directly supports employees impacted by natural disasters and humanitarian crises.
In 2025, the fund was activated to support employees affected by the Southern California wildfires, the fire in Hong Kong and flooding in Sri Lanka.
“When my family was displaced earlier this year, the ECF provided some relief and ease during an unpredictable time. Having this resource available to me was truly meaningful.”
— 2025 ECF Recipient
Avery Dennison in Community
China
Employees in China celebrated the Dragon Boat Festival and Children’s Day by creating festival-themed art and collecting food and gifts for children for their neighbors in need.
United States
During an annual service day, employees helped sort and box roughly 7,000 pounds of food at the Arkansas Food Bank.
Bangladesh
As part of an ongoing partnership with Maer Achol Shelter, employees mentor children through career development initiatives and regularly donate food and hygiene supplies.
Avery Dennison in Community
Poland
Employees volunteered at the Special Olympics World Unified Volleyball Cup in Poland, supporting the transformative power and joy of sport for people with disabilities.
Korea
Delivering warmth and kindness to those in need, employees in Korea volunteered to deliver fuel to families during the cold winter months.
Employees in Brazil volunteer with Associação Beneficente ABID, an organization that supports the care and development of vulnerable and at-risk children.
