Better Health for All
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Ball Corporation's principal products, aluminum packaging, are becoming safer for consumers, with 93% of coatings, inks, and compounds Cradle to Cradle Material Health certified by 2024
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, and 100% of beverage packaging in North America converted to BPA-NI and PFAS-NI coatings.
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Its aerospace segment contributes positively to health by monitoring environmental factors like ozone and air pollution.
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The company generated 0.7% of its 2022 sales from weapon-related products.
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Ball demonstrates exceptional transparency regarding product material health, with 93% of coatings, inks, and compounds C2C Material Health certified by 2024.
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Despite incurring penalties for environmental and air pollution violations
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, the company has comprehensive mitigation efforts, including a goal to achieve net-zero carbon emissions prior to 2050
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and a 55% reduction in value chain emissions by 2030.
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Ball has comprehensive crisis response capabilities, having responded to 20 natural disasters across 10 countries in 2023
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and donating $1 million to Ukraine in 2022.
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KPIs related to user safety, price accessibility, vulnerable reach, health innovation investment, health equity programs, healthcare workforce support, preventative health measures, healthcare data responsibility, mental health initiatives, pharmaceutical patents, nutrition and food safety, healthcare education, and addiction mitigation are not applicable or lack relevant evidence under the specified value.
Fair Money & Economic Opportunity
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Ball Corporation's primary business is metal packaging and aerospace technologies, not financial services. The company does not offer lending, deposit, or insurance products to consumers. Therefore, all KPIs related to financial product pricing, fee exposure, lending compliance, customer data, debt burden, and financial literacy initiatives are not applicable. While Ball Corporation engages in philanthropic activities, donating nearly $5.5 million and over 42,000 volunteer hours to non-profits for initiatives like STEM education and food security, and has internal diversity and inclusion programs, these efforts do not directly relate to the provision of fair financial services or economic opportunity for underserved populations as defined by the rubric's KPIs.
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Fair Pay & Worker Respect
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Ball Corporation has faced substantiated labor law violations, including a $309,000 settlement in October 2024 for race-based hiring discrimination against 192 Black applicants at its Georgia facility between February 2020 and January 2021.
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Additionally, a $2.45 million settlement for overtime and breaks was approved for plant workers in September 2021.
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The company maintains a zero-tolerance policy for child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking.
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In terms of pay equity, the salary ratio for female to male employees across all levels was 1.07 in 2023.
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The Total Recordable Injury Rate (TRIR) was 1.37 per 200,000 hours worked in 2023, with zero work-related fatalities in 2022 and 2023.
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In 2022, 81% of employees reported feeling engaged, enabled, and energized by their work.
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The global employee turnover rate was 16.28% in 2022.
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In 2022, 18% of employees were covered by collective bargaining agreements globally.
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Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing
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Ball Corporation does not currently have an internal or third-party plan for auditing suppliers regarding compliance with sustainability and social responsibility goals, including human trafficking and slavery, as of March 2025.
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In 2024, 27% of the aluminum purchased by Ball was Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI)-certified.
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For traceability, 46% of rolling mill suppliers were Chain of Custody (CoC) certified in 2023.
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The company reports zero substantiated forced or child labor incidents in the last three years, maintains a zero-tolerance policy, and uses Category Sustainability Profiles as a risk filter for high-risk countries.
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Honest & Fair Business
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Ball Corporation reported zero ethics-related regulatory fines for 2023 and 2024.
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The company maintains a robust whistleblower program, featuring a 24/7 independent third-party hotline that allows for anonymous reporting where legally permissible and explicitly prohibits retaliation for employees and external stakeholders.
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Ball's anti-corruption policy is comprehensive, applies to subsidiaries and joint ventures, includes regular training for key personnel, requires due diligence for third parties, explicitly prohibits facilitation payments, and has resulted in zero confirmed cases of corruption or bribery involving governmental authorities over the past four fiscal years (2021-2024).
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A significant portion of the company's operations is covered by independent external audits, with 98% of its global packaging business being ASI-certified as of March 2024.
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Furthermore, the extent of independent verification of ethical claims is high, with 98% of the global packaging business ASI-certified
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and 93% of coatings, inks, and compounds used by volume being Cradle-to-Cradle Material Health certified as of year-end 2024.
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Kind to Animals
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Ball Corporation's primary business is metal packaging and aerospace, which does not inherently involve animal products, animal testing, or animal agriculture. While the company has implemented environmental initiatives such as lightweighting aluminum and water management that indirectly benefit wildlife, and its facilities have undertaken biodiversity audits with certified "Wildlife at Work" sites to enhance habitats for birds of prey and native pollinators, the provided article does not offer the specific quantitative data required by the rubric's thresholds for any KPI. Ball saved 6,342 metric tons of aluminum through lightweighting efforts in 2024.
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The company increased the use of lightweight STARcan designs to 56% of total can production, with a goal to reach 80% by 2030.
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Ball used 8.3 million cubic meters of water worldwide in 2024, primarily for forming, washing, rinsing, and cooling processes.
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This includes measurable biodiversity impact metrics, percentage of revenue invested in conservation, or any data related to cruelty-free certifications, animal testing, or animal-derived inputs.
No War, No Weapons
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Ball Corporation completed the sale of its entire aerospace business on February 16, 2024, for $5.5 billion, representing a strategic shift away from defense and military-related contracts.
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This divestiture means the company now has 0% revenue from arms or defense contracts and no longer develops or sells dual-use technologies. The divested aerospace business previously produced components for military applications and had 0.7% of Ball's total sales in 2022.
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The company has therefore completed 100% divestment of its defense-related assets. As a result, Ball Corporation currently has no exposure to any weapons. Regarding conflict minerals, Ball's 2023 report identified 662 smelters, of which 122 were not certified as conflict-free and 7 were active but not yet certified, resulting in approximately 80.51% of identified smelters being certified conflict-free.
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Planet-Friendly Business
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Ball Corporation reported total Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas emissions of 8.1 million metric tons of CO2e in 2024.
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The company has a 1.5°C science-based target, approved in 2020, to reduce absolute GHG emissions across all scopes by 55% by 2030 from a 2017 baseline.
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In 2024, global renewable electricity coverage reached 73%.
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Water withdrawal in 2023 was 821.6 cubic meters per $1 million revenue, with 40% of water withdrawn in 2024 sourced from high to extremely high water-stressed areas.
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Less than 1% of total waste was sent to landfills in 2024.
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In 2024, 74% of the aluminum used in global beverage packaging came from recycled sources.
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Ball received zero environmental fines over $10,000 in 2023.
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The company aims to achieve net-zero emissions between 2040 and 2050.
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In 2024, Ball conducted a climate risk and opportunity assessment in line with TCFD recommendations.
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A new aluminum aerosol can was launched with a carbon footprint half that of standard cans.
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Respect for Cultures & Communities
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Ball Corporation reports no cultural appropriation incidents.
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The company's Business Ethics Code of Conduct is available in 22 languages, demonstrating strong local language support.
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Safe & Smart Tech
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Ball Corporation has no documented data breaches or incidents of unauthorized data use. The company maintains a dedicated, globally distributed information security team that leads strategy, conducts periodic external audits, and reports regularly to the Board of Directors for oversight.
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Personal data in Human Resource Management System (HRMS) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems is protected by advanced encryption, firewalls, and strict access controls.
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Violations of data privacy standards can result in severe disciplinary actions, including termination.
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Ball adheres to international data privacy standards, including the EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Frameworks.
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Employees and customers are informed about data usage, can opt out of external data sharing, and can access, review, and correct their personal data.
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The company maintains a neutral stance on digital rights issues.
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Zero Waste & Sustainable Products
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Ball Corporation demonstrates strong performance in waste diversion, with less than 1% of total waste generated in 2024 sent to landfills, indicating over 99% diversion.
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Its primary products, aluminum cans, bottles, and cups, are infinitely recyclable and easily recyclable with no material degradation, making its packaging 100% sustainable.
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The average recycled content for global beverage packaging was 74% in 2024.
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The company actively integrates circular design principles, viewing circularity as a transformative approach and designing packaging for it, including developing uni-alloy solutions.
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Numerous waste reduction initiatives are in place, such as comprehensive training, recycling programs, diverting filter cake from landfills, and lightweighting designs like STARcan (up to 8% lighter) and ReAl® alloy cans (30% lighter), which saved 6,342 metric tons of aluminum in 2024.
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Ball has company-wide waste reduction targets, including a goal to achieve a 90% global recycling rate for aluminum beverage cans, bottles, and cups by 2030, and an 85% average recycled content by 2030.
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The company also supports customer waste education through partnerships like 'Recycling is Like Magic' and the 'Social Can Bank' campaign, which have resulted in tens of thousands of cans and tons of aluminum being recycled.
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Ball assesses ESG practices of critical suppliers and ensures corrective actions.
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Hazardous waste management includes 93% C2C Material Health certified materials and efforts to reduce BPA, PFAS, and VOCs.
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Aluminum cans offer a significantly better shelf life of up to one year compared to other packaging materials.
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