Crown Holdings shares climate transition plan

Packaging Dive reported the development on 2026-07-13. The report details further scope 3 emissions reductions strategies, improved data collection efforts and the cans specialist’s approach to managing risk.

The report places the news in a wider commercial context. Cans specialist Crown Holdings published a climate transition plan last month, which CEO Tim Donahue said covers the company’s “climate ambition,” including a decarbonization road map, approach to climate risks and other components. Crown has numerous 2030 sustainability goals under a program it calls Twentyby30.

For the food sector, the practical implications extend beyond the immediate announcement. By the end of 2025, Crown had nearly hit that goal, at 25%. Continued reduction strategies include collaborating with suppliers on sustainable sourcing and shared decarbonization efforts, and continuing to explore more efficient materials and solutions in its own products and secondary packaging. These efforts have also necessitated better data.

Attention now turns to how companies, customers and regulators respond. Crown also detailed strategies to specifically target transportation emissions. These include increasing the use of intermodal transport, namely rail and sea options to mitigate emissions from long-distance road shipments. “In parallel, load optimization efforts are helping increase truck utilization and reduce the total number of trips required,” the company reported.