Supply Chain Digital Magazine June 2025 | Page 98

AVERY DENNISON
SUPPLY CHAIN SUSTAINABILITY

AVERY DENNISON

HEADQUARTERS: MENTOR, OHIO, US NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 35,000 MARKET CAP: US $ 13.2BN NUMBER OF COUNTRIES: 50 +
Avery Dennison is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company with locations in more than 50 countries and approximately 35,000 employees worldwide. Its products and solutions optimise labour and supply chain efficiency, reduce waste, advance sustainability, circularity and transparency, and better connect brands and consumers. DS Smith designs and develops labelling and functional materials, radio frequency identification( RFID) inlays and tags, software applications that connect the physical and digital, and offerings that carry information that improves the customer experience. The company serves a wide array of industries, including home and personal care, apparel, retail, e-commerce, logistics, food and grocery, pharmaceuticals and automotive.
Packaging powers circularity Avery Dennison, the global materials science and digital ID solutions specialist, and consulting giant Bain & Company have conducted their own in-depth research into packaging and its potential to power circularity for the world’ s most influential consumer packaged goods( CPG) companies.
Their recent white paper found that, while almost all global CPG brands have a goal of 100 % recyclable, reusable and compostable packaging by 2030, nearly 80 % remain short of their waste and recycling targets.