Among consumers and organizations there is growing concern about the environmental impact our lives have. Although the issue is getting ever more pressing, few companies have taken the plunge and started to take decisive action. There are exceptions, however.

Lil Packaging is a UK-based producer of mainly corrugated packaging with £17 million (US$22 million) in revenue and 120 employees. The company uses analog sheetfed printing equipment. Starting out as an offset printer, the company moved into e-commerce packaging early on and was able to thrive on the growth of e-commerce. So far, an important aim has been eliminating single-use plastic in packaging by coming up with innovative designs for carton-based packaging.

According to Fred Lill, Director at Lil Packaging, there was little focus on carbon emissions prior to 2020, but this was about to change. Lil Packaging joined The Climate Pledge, a group of companies and organizations that plan to become carbon-neutral by 2040—10 years ahead of the Paris agreement. Even beating this target, Lil Packaging decided to go carbon-neutral in 2022—not just by offering carbon-neutral print as an option, but by making the whole company carbon-neutral.