Our commitment to packaging

We protect the quality of our products

Our product packaging plays an essential role in protecting food, preserving its properties, ensuring shelf life, and providing consumers the best quality and experience. At the same time, packaging is part of the offer we deliver to our clients and consumers, who seek to purchase products in packages that are functional and practical. Examples include our resealable and reusable packages and those that are easily compacted.

With your help, we care for the environment

At Sigma, we invest in research and the development of new technologies to create functional packaging that both ensures the quality of our products and has a low impact on the environment. At the same time, we are attentive to new regulations, and are aware of the responsibility we all have of caring for the environment.

We remain at the forefront

We strive to stay at the forefront in the development of new technological solutions for packaging. Our Research and Development, Innovation, Quality, Technology, and Marketing divisions and our Operational Units all participate in the collaborating process with our suppliers, prestigious universities, and startups. As a result, we have developed dozens of patents and innovative industrial designs that contribute to the reduction of the use of virgin plastic in our bottles and packaging.

5,300+ tons

of virgin plastic avoided in our packaging with optimization projects and the use of state-of-the-art technologies.

We apply best practices throughout our operations We work as a team

Inside the Sigma Sustainability Community, the packaging team includes a group of more than 25 employees who are experts in green technology, consumer experience, and new materials. This team focuses on the development of better packaging solutions for our products and leverages the technical know-how we have acquired globally. We collaborate with our clients to identify opportunities to make environmentally friendly packaging solutions. We also participate with several nonprofit associations focused on promoting the adequate handling of packaging waste as well as a culture of recycling among consumers, including ECOCE in Mexico and ECOEMBES in Spain.

Zero waste to landfills

We believe that an effective waste management strategy should focus on minimizing waste, separating it properly, and maximizing recycling. At our plants and distribution centers, waste is separated so that an authorized third parties can reuse it or dispose of it in accordance with the regulations of each country where we operate. As part of this commitment, we continually search for new allies who can co-process the waste generated.

In Europe, 10 plants have achieved a Zero Waste status, an initiative through which we recycle or repurpose 90% of our operations’ solid waste.