DS Smith at a glance Our vision
Our culture
Our purpose
• Be caring: we take pride in what we do and we care about our customers, our people and the world around us. • Be challenging: we are not afraid to constructively challenge each other and ourselves to find a better way forward. • Be trusted: we can always be trusted to deliver our promises. • Be responsive: we seek new ideas and understanding and are quick to react to opportunities. • Be tenacious: we get things done.
To be the leading supplier of sustainable packaging solutions.
Redefining packaging for a changing world.
Our strategic goals
To redefine packaging for a changing world.
To delight our customers.
To realise the potential of our people.
To lead the way in sustainability.
To double our size and profitability.
We have a clear set of values that we expect all our employees to own and live by.
Find out more at dssmith.com/people/culture
Our global footprint A leading provider of corrugated packaging supported by paper and recycling operations.
North America Packaging and Paper integration The past year has been focused on building the necessary organisational structure, governance and accountability required to embed our sustainability targets. This report contains explanations about the performance of our North American operations. However as they are in the middle of being integrated into our sustainability programme, this year their performance data is not included in our target key performance indicators, only in our full data disclosure on page 44. Greenfield development will be a key growth area in this region. Wherever we explore greenfield sites, we will ensure environmental considerations are embedded into the design and build programme. 4
Europac acquisition The integration of our newly acquired, ex-Europac sites in France, Portugal and Spain is ongoing. Therefore they will not yet be included our sustainability reporting. We will include their performance data in our 2020 report.
Plastics division disposal In March 2019 the sale of our Plastics division was announced. We have included their performance data in our reporting, but it is not focused on in the descriptions.