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    • 2017-02-27 PCA Edmore Named Employer of the Year by MMI
    • 2017-12-6 PCA Facilities Participate in Walking Challenge
    • 2017-12-20 PCA Plants Join Forces to Benefit Toys for Tots
    • 2018-1-19 PCA Huntsville Gives Back to Its Community
    • 2018-3-23 PCA DeRidder Mill Announces Scholarships
    • 2018-3-29 PCA Celebrates Groundbreaking for its New Box Plant
    • 2018-04-20 PCA Supports ICPF Dinner and Teleconference
    • 2018-05-09 PCA Holds Blood Drive at Corporate Offices
    • 2018-06-25 PCA Raises Funds for Children's Hospital After Theft
    • 2017-10-30 PCA Exhibits at PACK EXPO 2017 Trade Show
    • 2017-08-18 PCA Participates in Ohio State Fair Exhibit
    • 2017-03-15 PCA Vincennes Participates in Local “Tour of Opportunity”
    • 2017-04-13 PCA Exhibits at SNAXPO 2017 Trade Show
    • 2017-05-18 PCA Recognized for Safety Achievements
    • 2017-06-01 NAFP Launches Walk in the Woods Campaign
    • 2017-06-19 PCA Chicago Donates Materials to Local Regatta
    • 2017-07-18 PCA Supports Ravinia Festival's Reach*Teach*Play
    • 2017-07-28 PCA Roanoke Partners with Virginia Tech
    • 2018-06-08 PCA Participates in FAME Program
    • 2018-07-05 PCA Helps “Do Lunch” To Benefit Meals on Wheels
    • 2018-07-27 PCA Publishes Its 2017 Responsibility Report
    • 2019-10-25 PCA Employees Participate in Haitian Orphanage Projects
    • 2019-12-12 PCA Participates in Recruiting Event at Community College
    • 2020-1-20 PCA Named One of America’s Most Responsible Companies by Newsweek
    • 2020-4-13 PCA Employee Helps Neighborhoods Hit by Tornado
    • 2020-5-8 PCA Morganton Supports Local Food Drives
    • 2020-6-11 PCA Atlanta Partners With Hosea Helps
    • 2020-7-31 PCA Morganton Donates Materials to Local Robotics Program
    • 2020-10-7 PCA Mill Supports Food Needs at Local Community Center
    • 2019-09-19 PCA Ashland Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary
    • 2019-05-15 PCA Plant Hosts Local First Grade Class
    • 2018-09-10 PCA Corporate Employees Visit Local Grade Schools
    • 2018-10-09 PCA Richmond Supports Area Schools
    • 2018-10-29 Mark Kowlzan Named Global Containerboard CEO of the Year
    • 2018-11-13 PCA Employee Coaches Special Olympics Sailors
    • 2018-12-21 PCA Vincennes Helps Families in Need Over Thanksgiving
    • 2019-01-29 PCA Supports the Arts
    • 2019-03-14 Six PCA Plants Raise Funds to Benefit Toys for Tots
    • 2019-04-05 PCA Employee Provides Assistance to Guatemalan Town
    • 2020-12-1 PCA Tomahawk Named an Educator of the Year by TEAPIE
    • 2017-01-18 PCA Celebrates its 150th Anniversary
    • 2015-10-15 PCA Morganton Helps Set the Stage for Theater Performance
    • 2015-10-29 PCA Conrad Assists in Local School District Phone-a-Thon
    • 2015-11-10 PCA Supports Shedd Aquarium With Railroad Boxcar
    • 2015-09-28 PCA Employees Adopt a Classroom
    • 2015-09-08 PCA's Ben Frank Wins TAPPI Award
    • 2015-08-26 Atlanta Specialty Plant Provides Boxes for Peace on the Move
    • 2015-07-09 Tucson Community Outreach a Success
    • 2015-06-16 PCA Chicago Donates Supplies to Local Elementary School
    • 2015-05-21 Fairfield Design Center Brightens Local Orphanage
    • 2019-07-09 PCA Continues Partnership with the Red Cross
    • 2015-10-06 PCA’s Hexacomb® Product Helps Hospitals Test Building Plans
    • 2015-12-11 PCA Winter Haven Hosts Manufacturing Day Tours
    • 2015-12-22 PCA Gas City Participates in Local Corporate Challenge
    • 2016-12-21 PCA Volunteers at Local Book Bank
    • 2016-11-21 PCA Vincennes Donates Boxes for Annual Gobbler Gathering
    • 2016-08-12 PCA and Canon Team Up to Support the Arbor Day Foundation
    • 2016-06-20 PCA Steps Up to Support Step Up For Students
    • 2016-05-18 PCA Newberry Creates Care Packages for Flood Victims
    • 2016-04-11 PCA’s Mark Kowlzan Elected Chairman of AF&PA
    • 2016-03-22 PCA Jacksonville Welcomes Florida Governor
    • 2016-02-17 PCA Helps Feed Starving Children at Food-Packing Event
    • 2016-01-06 Boise Paper Partners with the American Red Cross
    • 2016-01-19 History Lives on at PCA’s Tomahawk Mill
    • 2015-01-21 PCA Volunteers to Package Food With Love
    • 2015-02-02 Meeting Needs Over the Holidays
    • 2015-03-02 PCA Syracuse Brings Joy and Toys to Local Families
    • 2015-04-14 PCA Newark “Vrooms” Into STEMfest! With Corrugated Truck
  • Contact Us
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    • Corrugated Containers
      • Basic Designs
        • Regular Slotted Container (RSC)
        • Half Slotted Container (HSC)
        • Overlap Slotted Container (OSC)
        • Full Overlap Slotted Container (FOL)
        • Center Special Slotted Container (CSSC)
        • Snap or 1-2-3-Bottom Container (ALB)
        • Integral Divider Container
        • Telescopic Boxes (Design Style Trays, Infold Trays and Outfold Trays)
        • Double-Cover Container
        • Interlocking Double-Cover Container
        • Folders
        • Wraparound Blank
    • Retail Packaging and Displays
      • POP Displays
      • POS Packaging
      • Shelf Shipper-Displays
    • E-Commerce Packaging Solutions
    • Heavy-Duty Packaging
      • BulkMaster™
      • ExportPack™
      • Grid-Lok™
    • Produce Packaging
      • Field-to-Retail (F2R)
      • BulkMaster™
    • Stock Packaging and Supplies
      • Packaging Supplies
      • Record Storage Boxes
      • Stock Agricultural Packaging
    • Hexacomb®
      • Protective Packaging
      • Pallets
      • Load Securement
    • Falconboard®
      • Falconboard® Print
      • Falconboard® All White
      • Falconboard Luminous™
      • Falconboard® All Black
      • Falconboard® Mount
      • Falconboard® Build
    • Interior Packaging
    • Freight Saver™ Dunnage Bags
    • Printing Capabilities
    • Containerboard
  • Services
    • Design Services
    • Technical Services
    • Brand and Marketing Services
    • Value Improvement Process
    • E-Commerce
    • Display and Graphics Sales
    • National Accounts Sales
  • Locations
    • United States
    • International
    • Garland Full-Line Plant
    • Franklin Sheet Plant
    • Fairfield Sheet Plant
    • El Paso Sheet Plant
    • Edmore Sheet Plant
    • Donna Sheet Plant
    • Conrad Sheet Plant
    • Chicago Full-Line Plant
    • Atlanta Full-Line Plant
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    • Olive Branch Sheet Plant
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    • Opelika Sheet Plant
    • Pearl Full-Line Plant
    • Phoenix Full-Line Plant
    • Plano Full-Line Plant
    • Plymouth Full-Line Plant
    • Richmond Full-Line Plant
    • Roanoke Sheet Plant
    • Rutherfordton Sheet Plant
    • Salisbury Full-Line Plant
    • Salt Lake City Full-Line Plant
    • Salt Lake City Specialty Plant
    • South Gate Sheet Plant
    • Syracuse Full-Line Plant
    • Trexlertown Full-Line Plant
    • Vincennes Full-Line Plant
    • Waco Full-Line Plant
    • Winter Haven Full-Line Plant
    • Counce Containerboard Mill
    • Filer City Containerboard Mill
    • Tomahawk Containerboard Mill
    • Valdosta Containerboard Mill
    • Bentonville Creative Design Center
    • Liverpool Packaging and Supply Center
    • Manheim Packaging and Supply Center
    • Orlando Packaging and Supply Center
    • Thomasville Packaging and Supply Center
    • Vista Packaging and Supply Center
    • Mundelein Technical and Development Center
    • Westfield Packaging and Supply Center
    • Winchester Packaging and Supply Center
    • Miami Packaging and Supply Center
    • Middletown Full-Line Plant
    • Honea Path Full-Line Plant
    • Golden Valley Full-Line Plant
    • Burlington Full-Line Plant
    • Lake Forest Corporate Headquarters
    • Chicago Specialty Plant
    • Winter Haven Training and Resource Center
    • South Gate Creative Design Center
    • Fairfield Creative Design Center
    • Hong Kong Creative Design Center
    • Honea Path Rebuild Center
    • Chicago Sheet Plant
    • Huntsville Sheet Plant
    • City of Industry Sheet Plant
    • Reading Full-Line Plant
    • Denver Full-Line Plant
    • Cheswick Sheet Plant
    • Hackettstown Creative Design Center
    • Burley Full-Line Plant
    • Nampa Full-Line Plant
    • Salem Full-Line Plant
    • Salt Lake City North Full-Line Plant
    • Wallula Full-Line Plant
    • Denver East Full-Line Plant
    • Sparks Sheet Plant
    • Atlanta Specialty Plant
    • Seattle Specialty Plant
    • Tillsonburg Hexacomb® Plant
    • DeRidder Containerboard Mill
    • Wallula Containerboard Mill
    • Trenton Hexacomb® Plant
    • Arlington Hexacomb® Plant
    • Auburn Hexacomb® Plant
    • Denver Hexacomb® Plant
    • Farmville Hexacomb® Plant
    • Kalamazoo Hexacomb® Plant
    • North Haven Hexacomb® Plant
    • Santa Fe Springs Hexacomb® Plant
    • Waco Sheet Feeder
    • Buffalo Grove Hexacomb Design Center
    • Boise Administrative Offices
    • Mooresville Creative Design Center
    • San Bernardino Sheet Plant
    • Miami Full-Line Plant
    • New Oxford Full-Line Plant
    • Valley Forge Sheet Plant
    • Gallatin Sheet Plant
    • Tampa Sheet Plant
    • Fair Lawn Creative Design Center
    • New Oxford Specialty Full-Line Plant
    • Providence Creative Design Center
    • Atlanta Fulfillment Center
    • Hanover Fulfillment Center
    • Columbus Full-Line Plant
    • Ashland Fulfillment Center
    • McClellan Full-Line Plant
    • Kingsburg Full-Line Plant
    • Waco Sheet Plant
    • Carrollton Sheet Plant
    • Hershey Creative Design Center
    • Marshfield Full-Line Plant
    • Richland Full-Line Plant
  • Sustainability
    • Managed Forestry
    • Continuous Recycling
    • Renewable Resources
    • Responsible Business Practices
    • PCA Responsibility Report
  • Beyond the Box
    • The Myth of 100% Recycled Content
    • Profiles With a Purpose
    • What Goes in a Box?
    • What Impacts Box Performance?
    • Getting the Good Message Out
    • More Than Ink on Paper
    • Do You Speak Corrugated?
    • How Containerboard Is Made
    • How Corrugated Boxes Are Made
  • Our Company
    • The PCA Advantage
    • Senior Management Team
      • Mark W. Kowlzan
      • Thomas A. Hassfurther
      • Robert P. Mundy
      • Pamela A. Barnes
      • Charles J. Carter
      • Jeff S. Kaser
      • Kent A. Pflederer
      • Bruce A. Ridley
      • Robert A. Schneider
      • D. Ray Shirley
      • Thomas W. H. Walton
    • Community Outreach
    • History
      • History (1990-1999)
      • History (1867-1970)
  • Investor Relations
    • Senior Management Team
      • Mark W. Kowlzan
      • Thomas A. Hassfurther
      • Robert P. Mundy
      • Pamela A. Barnes
      • Charles J. Carter
      • Jeff S. Kaser
      • Kent A. Pflederer
      • Bruce A. Ridley
      • Robert A. Schneider
      • D. Ray Shirley
      • Thomas W. H. Walton
    • Board of Directors
    • Corporate Governance
    • Shareholder Information
    • Stock Information
    • Financial Reports
    • SEC Filings
    • Presentations
    • Calendar of Events
    • News Releases
  • News
    • 2017-02-27 PCA Edmore Named Employer of the Year by MMI
    • 2017-12-6 PCA Facilities Participate in Walking Challenge
    • 2017-12-20 PCA Plants Join Forces to Benefit Toys for Tots
    • 2018-1-19 PCA Huntsville Gives Back to Its Community
    • 2018-3-23 PCA DeRidder Mill Announces Scholarships
    • 2018-3-29 PCA Celebrates Groundbreaking for its New Box Plant
    • 2018-04-20 PCA Supports ICPF Dinner and Teleconference
    • 2018-05-09 PCA Holds Blood Drive at Corporate Offices
    • 2018-06-25 PCA Raises Funds for Children's Hospital After Theft
    • 2017-10-30 PCA Exhibits at PACK EXPO 2017 Trade Show
    • 2017-08-18 PCA Participates in Ohio State Fair Exhibit
    • 2017-03-15 PCA Vincennes Participates in Local “Tour of Opportunity”
    • 2017-04-13 PCA Exhibits at SNAXPO 2017 Trade Show
    • 2017-05-18 PCA Recognized for Safety Achievements
    • 2017-06-01 NAFP Launches Walk in the Woods Campaign
    • 2017-06-19 PCA Chicago Donates Materials to Local Regatta
    • 2017-07-18 PCA Supports Ravinia Festival's Reach*Teach*Play
    • 2017-07-28 PCA Roanoke Partners with Virginia Tech
    • 2018-06-08 PCA Participates in FAME Program
    • 2018-07-05 PCA Helps “Do Lunch” To Benefit Meals on Wheels
    • 2018-07-27 PCA Publishes Its 2017 Responsibility Report
    • 2019-10-25 PCA Employees Participate in Haitian Orphanage Projects
    • 2019-12-12 PCA Participates in Recruiting Event at Community College
    • 2020-1-20 PCA Named One of America’s Most Responsible Companies by Newsweek
    • 2020-4-13 PCA Employee Helps Neighborhoods Hit by Tornado
    • 2020-5-8 PCA Morganton Supports Local Food Drives
    • 2020-6-11 PCA Atlanta Partners With Hosea Helps
    • 2020-7-31 PCA Morganton Donates Materials to Local Robotics Program
    • 2020-10-7 PCA Mill Supports Food Needs at Local Community Center
    • 2019-09-19 PCA Ashland Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary
    • 2019-05-15 PCA Plant Hosts Local First Grade Class
    • 2018-09-10 PCA Corporate Employees Visit Local Grade Schools
    • 2018-10-09 PCA Richmond Supports Area Schools
    • 2018-10-29 Mark Kowlzan Named Global Containerboard CEO of the Year
    • 2018-11-13 PCA Employee Coaches Special Olympics Sailors
    • 2018-12-21 PCA Vincennes Helps Families in Need Over Thanksgiving
    • 2019-01-29 PCA Supports the Arts
    • 2019-03-14 Six PCA Plants Raise Funds to Benefit Toys for Tots
    • 2019-04-05 PCA Employee Provides Assistance to Guatemalan Town
    • 2020-12-1 PCA Tomahawk Named an Educator of the Year by TEAPIE
    • 2017-01-18 PCA Celebrates its 150th Anniversary
    • 2015-10-15 PCA Morganton Helps Set the Stage for Theater Performance
    • 2015-10-29 PCA Conrad Assists in Local School District Phone-a-Thon
    • 2015-11-10 PCA Supports Shedd Aquarium With Railroad Boxcar
    • 2015-09-28 PCA Employees Adopt a Classroom
    • 2015-09-08 PCA's Ben Frank Wins TAPPI Award
    • 2015-08-26 Atlanta Specialty Plant Provides Boxes for Peace on the Move
    • 2015-07-09 Tucson Community Outreach a Success
    • 2015-06-16 PCA Chicago Donates Supplies to Local Elementary School
    • 2015-05-21 Fairfield Design Center Brightens Local Orphanage
    • 2019-07-09 PCA Continues Partnership with the Red Cross
    • 2015-10-06 PCA’s Hexacomb® Product Helps Hospitals Test Building Plans
    • 2015-12-11 PCA Winter Haven Hosts Manufacturing Day Tours
    • 2015-12-22 PCA Gas City Participates in Local Corporate Challenge
    • 2016-12-21 PCA Volunteers at Local Book Bank
    • 2016-11-21 PCA Vincennes Donates Boxes for Annual Gobbler Gathering
    • 2016-08-12 PCA and Canon Team Up to Support the Arbor Day Foundation
    • 2016-06-20 PCA Steps Up to Support Step Up For Students
    • 2016-05-18 PCA Newberry Creates Care Packages for Flood Victims
    • 2016-04-11 PCA’s Mark Kowlzan Elected Chairman of AF&PA
    • 2016-03-22 PCA Jacksonville Welcomes Florida Governor
    • 2016-02-17 PCA Helps Feed Starving Children at Food-Packing Event
    • 2016-01-06 Boise Paper Partners with the American Red Cross
    • 2016-01-19 History Lives on at PCA’s Tomahawk Mill
    • 2015-01-21 PCA Volunteers to Package Food With Love
    • 2015-02-02 Meeting Needs Over the Holidays
    • 2015-03-02 PCA Syracuse Brings Joy and Toys to Local Families
    • 2015-04-14 PCA Newark “Vrooms” Into STEMfest! With Corrugated Truck
  • Contact Us
  • Managed Forestry
  • Continuous Recycling
  • Renewable Resources
  • Responsible Business Practices
  • PCA Responsibility Report

PCA Responsibility Report

At PCA, we are committed to sustainable and responsible growth over the long term. We are very pleased to publish our 2019 Responsibility Report to our stakeholders and share the progress we have made in doing our part to ensure the continued health of the resources on which we all depend. Our Responsibility Report conforms to the Global Reporting Initiative™ (GRI) standards.

 

PCA Responsibility Report

 

GRI Index

Disclosure Description Detail
Organizational Profile
102-1 Name of the Organization Packaging Corporation of America
102-2 Activities, Brands, Products and Services 2019 Annual Report, pages 2–4
102-3 Location of Headquarters Lake Forest, Illinois USA
102-4 Location of Operations 2019 Annual Report, page 2
102-5 Ownership and Legal Form Packaging Corporation of America is publicly held, incorporated in Delaware, USA. Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "PKG".
102-6 Markets Served 2019 Annual Report, pages 4, 6
102-7 Scale 2019 Annual Report, pages 1–6
102-8 Employees and Other Workers 2019 Responsibility Report, page 19
102-9 Supply Chain 2019 Annual Report, pages 3–6
102-10 Significant Changes No significant changes to the organization during 2019
102-11 Precautionary Approach or Principle PCA follows a "precautionary approach" when developing and prior to offering new products. We seek to identify potential hazards and risk early in development, such that they can either be eliminated or assuredly managed to a level where they are acceptably mitigated for purposes of our customers, employees, communities and other stakeholders. Sensitivity to the impact that our products, their sourcing/production/provision may have on health, safety and the environment is a key underpinning of our sustainability strategy and objectives.
102-12 External Initiatives CDP
EcoVadis
Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI)
Paper & Packaging: How Life Unfolds
Project UP! In partnership with Arbor Day
Sedex
102-13 Membership of Associations 2019 Responsibility Report, page 53
Strategy
102-14 Statement From Senior Decision Maker 2019 Responsibility Report, page 4
102-15 Description of Key Impacts, Risks and Opportunities 2019 Responsibility Report, page 10; pages 24–25
Ethics and Integrity
102-16 Values, Principles, Standards and Norms of Behavior Corporate Governance; Statement of Business Principles; Code of Ethics for Directors; Code of Ethics for Executive Officers and Principal Accounting Personnel
102-17 Mechanisms for Advice and Concerns About Ethics PCA has established a toll-free help line: (877) 643-8722

Concerns may also be written and mailed to:
Compliance Officer
Packaging Corporation of America
c/o Corporate Counsel
1 North Field Court
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

Statement of Business Principles, pages 2–3
Governance
102-18 Governance Structure and Committees Responsible Corporate Governance Guidelines; Audit Committee Charter; Compensation Committee Charter; Section 162(m) Subcommittee Charter; Nominating and Governance Committee Charter; Board of Directors; Senior Management Team
Stakeholder Engagement
102-40 List of Stakeholder Groups  Employees, customers, shareholders and other capital providers, neighbors (community members), landowners, suppliers, company leadership

2019 Responsibility Report, page 7
102-41 Collective Bargaining Agreements 2019 Annual Report, pages 6–7
102-42 Identifying and Selecting Stakeholders 2019 Responsibility Report, page 7
102-43 Approach to Stakeholder Engagement 2019 Responsibility Report, page 7
102-44 Key Topics and Concerns Raised 2019 Responsibility Report, page 7
Reporting Practice
102-45 Entities Included in the Consolidated Financial Statements 2019 Annual Report, page 43
102-46 Defining Report Content and Topic Boundaries 2019 Responsibility Report, page 8
102-47 List of Material Topics 2019 Responsibility Report, page 8
102-48 Restatements of Information 
Any restatements of information are noted with an adjacent footnote. Restatements in this report are for comparability purposes, as our reporting practices have become more robust over time.
102-49 Changes in Reporting  No changes in reporting period, material topics or topic boundaries.
102-50 Reporting Period PCA’s Fiscal (Calendar) Year 2019
102-51 Date of Most Recent Report June 28, 2019
102-52 Reporting Cycle Annual
102-53 Contact Point for Questions Regarding the Report responsibility@packagingcorp.com
102-54 Claims of Reporting in Accordance with GRI Standards This report has been prepared in accordance with the GRI Standards: Core Option.
102-55 GRI Content Index 2019 Responsibility Report, page 50
102-56 External Assurance No external assurance for PCA’s 2019 Responsibility Report. All data and information has undergone thorough internal review.
Economic Disclosures
201 Economic Performance Management Approach 2019 Responsibility Report, page 45
201-1 Direct Economic Value Generated and Distributed  2019 Responsibility Report, page 46
201-2 Financial Implications Due to Climate Change 2019 Annual Report, page 28
201-3 Benefits 2019 Responsibility Report, pages 45–46
201-4 Financial Assistance The company did not receive financial assistance from the government in 2019, 2018 or 2017.
204 Procurement Practices Management Approach 2019 Responsibility Report, page 40
204-1 Proportion of Spending on Local Suppliers 2019 Responsibility Report, page 41
Environmental Disclosures
301 Materials Management Approach 2019 Responsibility Report, page 30
301-1 Materials Used by Weight or Volume 2019 Responsibility Report, page 30
301-2 Recycled Input Materials Used 2019 Responsibility Report, page 30
301-3 Reclaimed Products 2019 Responsibility Report, page 33
302 Energy Management Approach 2019 Responsibility Report, page 26
302-1 Energy Consumption Within the Organization 2019 Responsibility Report, page 27
302-2 Energy Consumption Outside of the Organization 2019 Responsibility Report, page 27
302-3 Energy Intensity 2019 Responsibility Report, page 11
303-1 Interactions with Water as a Shared Resource 2019 Responsibility Report, page 37
303-2 Management of Water Discharge-Related Impacts 2019 Responsibility Report, page 38
303-3 Water Withdrawal 2019 Responsibility Report, page 37
303-4 Water Discharge 2019 Responsibility Report, page 38
304 Biodiversity Management Approach 2019 Responsibility Report, page 35
304-1 Operational Sites 2019 Responsibility Report, page 35
304-2 Significant Impacts on Biodiversity 2019 Responsibility Report, page 35
304-3 Habitats Protected or Restored 2019 Responsibility Report, page 35
304-4 IUCN Red List Species 2019 Responsibility Report, page 35
305 Emissions Management Approach 2019 Responsibility Report, page 28
305-1 Direct (Scope 1) GHG Emissions 2019 Responsibility Report, page 28
305-2 Energy Indirect (Scope 2) GHG Emissions 2019 Responsibility Report, page 28
305-3 Other Indirect (Scope 3) GHG Emissions 2019 Responsibility Report, page 28
305-4 GHG Emissions Intensity Reduction of GHG 2019 Responsibility Report, page 29
305-5 Reduction of GHG Emissions 2019 Responsibility Report, page 11
305-6 Emissions of Ozone-Depleting Substances (ODS) All emissions from unrecovered refrigerant are HFCs. We do not use or make CFCs.

2019 Responsibility Report, page 28
305-7 Nitrogen Oxides (Nox), Sulfur Oxides (Sox) and Other Significant Air Emissions 2019 Responsibility Report, page 38
306 Waste Management Approach 2019 Responsibility Report, page 39
306-2 Waste by Type and Disposal Method 2019 Responsibility Report, page 39
306-4 Transport of Hazardous Waste 2019 Responsibility Report, page 39
307 Environmental Compliance Management Approach 2019 Responsibility Report, page 43
307-1 Non-Compliance with Environmental Laws and Regulations PCA did not have any material violation of environmental laws in 2019, 2018 or 2017.
Social Disclosures
401 Employment Management Approach 2019 Responsibility Report, page 19
401-1 Employee Hires and Turnover 2019 Responsibility Report, page 19
401-2 Benefits Provided 2019 Responsibility Report, page 19
401-3 Parental Leave 2019 Responsibility Report, page 19
402 Labor and Management Relations Management Approach 2019 Responsibility Report, page 21
402-1 Minimum Notice Regarding Operational Changes 2019 Responsibility Report, page 21
403-1 Occupational Health and Safety Management System 2019 Responsibility Report, page 13
403-2 Hazard Identification, Risk Assesment and Incident Investigation 2019 Responsibility Report, page 14
403-3 Occupational Health Services 2019 Responsibility Report, page 14
403-4 Worker Participation, Consultation and Communication on Occupational Health and Safety 2019 Responsibility Report, page 15
403-5 Worker Training on Occupational Health and Safety 2019 Responsibility Report, page 13
403-6 Promotion of Worker Health 2019 Responsibility Report, page 15
403-7 Prevention and Mitigation of Occupational Health and Safety Impacts Directly LInked by Business Relationships 2019 Responsibility Report, page 14; page 36; page 47
403-8 Workers Covered by an Occupational Health and Safety Management System 2019 Responsibility Report, page 13
403-9 Work-Related Injuries 2019 Responsibility Report, page 14
404 Training and Education Management Approach 2019 Responsibility Report, page 16
404-1 Average Hours of Training Per Year Per Employee 2019 Responsibility Report, page 16
404-2 Programs for Upgrading Employee Skills and Transition Assistance Programs 2019 Responsibility Report, pages 16–18
404-3 Percentage of Employees Receiving Regular Performance Reviews PCA utilizes various formal and informal performance management processes, trainings and development programs to build competence among employees. Employees are evaluated on job performance, including performance against the expected standards of conduct.
405 Diversity and Equal Opportunity Management Approach 2019 Responsibility Report, page 22
405-1 Diversity of Governance Bodies and Employees 2019 Responsibility Report, page 22
413 Local Communities Management Approach 2019 Responsibility Report, page 44
413-1 Operations with Local Community Engagement 2019 Responsibility Report, page 44
413-2 Operations with Significant Actual and Potential Negative Impacts on Local Communities PCA is not aware of any current operations that pose actual or potential material negative impacts on the communities where we operate. 
416 Consumer Health and Safety Management Approach 2019 Responsibility Report, pages 47–48
416-1 Assessment of the Health and Safety Impacts 2019 Responsibility Report, pages 47–48
416-2 Incidence of Non-Compliance Concerning Health and Safety PCA did not have any incidents of non-compliance with product safety regulations or material instances non-compliant with voluntary product safety codes in 2019.
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