World Environment Day: ITC and AGI Glaspac's sustainable messaging
On World Environment Day 2025, two of India's leading packaging companies, ITC and AGI Glaspac, have announced commitments to sustainable practices and reducing plastic pollution.
05 Jun 2025 | 358 Views | By WhatPackaging? Team
ITC reaffirmed its commitment to ending plastic pollution, in line with this year's World Environment Day theme, with its 'No Plastic, Better Plastic and Less Plastic' strategy. The company has maintained its plastic neutrality status for the fourth consecutive year, having collected and sustainably managed 76,000-tonnes of plastic waste in FY 2024-25. ITC aims for 100% of its packaging to be recyclable, reusable, compostable, or biodegradable by 2028, as part of its Sustainability 2.0 Vision.
S Sivakumar, group head for ITC's agriculture, IT businesses and sustainability, stated, "ITC has adopted a 360-degree approach towards enabling a circular economy," including community-led waste management programs and sustainable packaging plans.
Meanwhile, Rajesh Khosla, CEO of AGI, emphasised the need for a global shift towards circularity. He highlighted glass as a sustainable packaging option, citing its "inherent circularity and infinite recyclability". Khosla called for a collective mindset change from "convenience to conscious consumption and responsible material stewardship". He further stressed the importance of continuous innovation to enhance glass packaging efficiency and light weighting.
World Environment Day is celebrated every year on 5 June. The 2025 edition focuses on combating plastic pollution. Recent research has suggested that microplastics are in almost everything that exists on the earth.