Our Open Community 2021

Smurfit Kappa | Our open community 2021

I am delighted to share with you just a few examples of the many great things we are doing across the company for people and the communities in which we have the privilege to operate.

As part of our mission to be a globally admired business I believe it is imperative that we give back when we can. The examples in this booklet show that so many of our fellow Smurfit Kappa employees are doing amazing work across many different countries. We are also funding many initiatives through the Smurfit Kappa Foundation that are literally changing people's lives for the better every day. I am confident this commitment will get stronger and stronger in the years ahead.

I feel immensely proud that so much good is being done especially against the context of a world living with the awfulness of COVID-19.

Please enjoy reading and seeing what you and your colleagues are contributing towards and I hope you feel as happy as me when you see the things that Smurfit Kappa is doing to make a difference!

Tony Smurfit

Group Chief Executive Officer

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Smurfit Kappa | Our open community 2021

We are proud to be a company with an essential and enduring purpose:

We create, protect & care.

Introduction

Smurfit Kappa supports the

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Our Open Community initiatives cover all aspects of our involvement with our communities around the world. We are proud that many of our ongoing community efforts support key United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

We have captured our community initiatives under four categories.

INITIATIVE CATEGORIES

UN SDGs SUPPORTED BY INITIATIVES

Empowering communities

Pages: 5 - 15

Encouraging wellbeing

Pages: 16 - 25

Inspiring our future

Pages: 26 - 33

Protecting our planet

Pages: 34 - 41

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Image: Community garden providing food security in Yumbo, supported by SK Colombia.

Smurfit Kappa | Our open community 2021

Empowering communities

Investing in our communities through volunteering our time, energy and resources.

At Smurfit Kappa we are deeply committed to supporting the local communities across the

36 countries in which we operate. Internally and externally, we make the wellbeing of people a priority throughout our organisation. We are proud to invest in our communities and to give back through volunteering our time, effort and expertise, as well as through financial and other donations.

UN SDGs SUPPORTED BY INITIATIVES

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Smurfit Kappa | Our open community 2021

Above: SK UK team members take a selfie during the 6 week walking challenge.

Pre-Print walking challenge

UNITED KINGDOM

Empowering communities

"This is how we support livelihoods of thousands of hardworking families dedicated to perpetuating this artisan legacy that is part of the cultural heritage of Colombians."

Gilberto Avendano, Experience Centre Manager

Above & below: Local artisans at work.

Training local artisans

COLOMBIA

Walking challenges at Pre-Print were established to encourage employees to join in with the Wellbeing for Life programme. As a team, we took on a

6 week challenge to raise money for a local foodbank in Corby and a foodbank in Cape Town as well.

The total money raised was split equally between the charities. As a team we walked over 16.5million steps and covered 11,496 kilometres.

Colombia is a country rich in ancestral handicraft traditions, with artisans country-wide creating and selling handmade items including ceramics, jewellery and wood carvings that are part of the country's cultural heritage. Because of the pandemic, many of the craft fairs that provided an outlet for these artisans were closed, and many moved to eCommerce to sell their items.

Unfortunately, many struggled to source sustainable and effective packaging, leading to damaged products and unnecessary, unsustainable waste.

Smurfit Kappa partnered with the organisation Artesanías de Colombia to provide a virtual workshop and training to artisans around the country. The training placed an emphasis on the importance of sustainable packaging and the protection of the environment.

11,496

Total kilometres walked by team.

190

Artisans trained.

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