Sonoco

2013

• Listed as one of only three global packaging companies in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for 2012/2013 -- Sonoco's fourth consecutive listing
• Received two Golden Cylinder Awards for flexible packaging innovations from the Gravure Association of America (GAA) -- one for the fllexible stand-up pouches produced by Sonoco for LEGO Group's Hero Factory toy lines, which received GAA's "Best of the Best" recognition in the Packaging Category; and a Golden Cylinder Award for producing a new rotogravure printed flexible package to help celebrate the 100th birthday of Mondelez International's Oreo® brand
• Sonoco ranked third in the Packaging and Container sector of Fortune magazine’s 2013 World’s Most Admired Companies
• Received two Outstanding Marketing at Retail Achievement (OMA) awards for Sonoco's point of purchase displays in the categories of drug store retailer and services and transporations at the 55th Annual Point of Purchase Advertising International (POPAI) competition
• Named a SAM Gold Class for a third consecutive year in SAM's Sustainability Yearbook 2013, and was also named SAM 2013 Sector Leader in the Containers and Packaging sector. This was Sonoco's second time winning Sector Leader, an award given to the company with the highest sustainability score in its sector

2012

• Included in the prestigious NYSE Century Index, created to recognize companies that have thrived for over a century, have been listed on the NYSE for 10 years, and have at least $1 billion in market capitalization
• Named one of the 25 Top Companies for Leaders in North America by Aon Hewitt, The RBL Group and Fortune for a fourth time
• Named the top ranked packaging company in the 2012 Top 100 Corporate Citizens by Corporate Responsibility Magazine
• Sonoco Plastics thermoforming, including Alloyd Brands, listed sixth in Plastics News annual ranking of North American thermoformers
• Improved its ranking on FORTUNE's World's Most Admired Companies listing in the Packaging and Container segment in 2011-2012 , moving up from a tie for fifth to fourth
• Rated as the top packaging company and the top company in the Materials Sector in Newsweek's 2012 Green Rankings
• Sonoco's paper mill in Hutchinson, Kan., was recognized for achieving "Best Record" in the 100% Recycle Mill category, presented in each category to the member that has the lowest year total case incident rate; and our Richmond, Va., mill achieved "Most Improved"
• Received four Outstanding Marketing at Retail Achievement (OMA) awards for Sonoco's point of purchase displays in the categories of health care, home and garden, and drug store retailers at the 54th Annual Point of Purchase Advertising International (POPAI) competition
• Won a Silver 2012 Flexible Packaging Achievement (FPA) award for its Kraft Philadelphia Cream Cheese flexible package project 
• Named a SAM Gold Class for a second consecutive year in SAM's Sustainability Yearbook 2012, and was also named SAM 2012 Sector Leader and SAM 2012 Sector Mover in the Containers and Packaging sector. This was Sonoco's first time winning Sector Leader, an award given to the company with the highest sustainability score in its sector
• Awarded four Design of the Times awards, including a prestigious Platinum award, two Gold awards and one Silver award, by the Path to Purchase Institute in the categories of Home/Hardware, Mass Merchandisers and Drug
• Sonoco Recycling was recognized with a 2012 Spirit Award by PalmettoPride for the Company's Columbia, S.C., Education Center.

2011

• Alloyd Brands, a Sonoco group, recognized with BiC's 2011 Supplier of the Year award, based on sustainability strategies, supply chain efficiencies and immersion into domestic and global product opportunities
• One of 30 companies recognized by Abbott  with a Supplier Excellence award for exceptional contributions in 2011, chosen from more than 23,000 worldwide suppliers
• Protexic Brands, a Sonoco group, was one of 15 suppliers to receive a Quality & Delivery award from Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. (Subaru), for demonstrating excellence in delivery, support and partnership
• Named one of the 25 Top Companies for Leaders in North America by Aon Hewitt, The RBL Group and FORTUNE for a fourth consecutive time 
• Named a Platinum Fit-Friendly Company by the American Heart Association
• Rated as the top packaging company and the top company in the Materials Sector in Newsweek's 2011 Green Rankings, and listed in the top 40% of the United States’ 500 largest publicly traded companies for a third consecutive year
• Included in the 2011-2012 Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for a third consecutive year
• Listed at 519 on the 2011 FORTUNE 1000 List
• Named 2010-2011 Philanthropist of the Year by The Pee Dee Chapter of the American Red Cross for the Company's 2010-2011 donations to provide relief in Darlington County, S.C., Haiti, Japan, New Zealand and Alabama
• Ranked as number 14 in Flexible Packaging's seventh annual Top 25 Converters listing
• Listed at number 12 in its Southeastern Corporate Sustainability Rankings by Green Business WORKS
• Awarded Gold Class status for 2011 by SAM (Sustainability Asset Management) in its Sustainability Yearbook 2011
• Named one of 2011’s Top 100 Corporate Citizens by Corporate Responsibility magazine
• Received Monarch Butterfly program certification from the Mexican Paper Chamber for production of paperboard, tubes and cores from 100 percent recycled fiber at ICD plants and paper mills in Mexico
• Sonoco’s point-of-purchase display business was one of just five vendors named a TharpeRobbins Award of Excellence winner two consecutive years

2010

• Included in the 2010-2011 Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for a second consecutive year
• Listed in the top 25% of the United States’ 500 largest publicly traded companies in Newsweek magazine’s “Green Rankings” for a second consecutive year in 2010
• Named the Top Investor Relations Company in the Paper and Packaging Sector by Investor Relations magazine in its All America 2011 Executive Team Rankings
• Named one of 2010’s Top 10 Most Trustworthy Public Companies and the most trustworthy company in the Industrial Products sector by Trust Across America™ (TAA). TAA also named Sonoco Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Harris DeLoach one of the Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business Behavior in 2010.
• Received two 2010 Design of the Times Silver Awards for point-of-purchase displays for a distinctively shaped floor stand designed and produced for Cadbury Adams USA’s launch of Dentyne Pure™ gum and a colorful PDQ counter display for the launch of Cadbury Adams’ Stride® Shift™ gum
• Named a Gold Level Fit Friendly Company for the second time in two years by the American Heart Association for championing the health of its employees at work and working to create a culture of physical activity in the workplace
• Sonoco’s Strykow, Poland, service center was named central Poland’s safest workplace by Poland’s National Labour Inspectorate
• Sonoco Chairman and CEO Harris DeLoach was inducted into the South Carolina Business Hall of Fame in 2010 
• Listed as number 13 on Flexible Packaging magazine’s 2010 Top 25 Converters List.
• One of only 36 companies to receive Abbott’s prestigious Supplier Excellence Award for outstanding performance in supplying quality materials, equipment and services in 2009
• Recognized with a Gold Award in Printing Achievement from the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) for the 5.2-oz. Stabilo flexible bag the Company’s Global Flexibles business designed and produced for Werther’s® Original Caramel Chocolate candies. Also received a Silver Printing Achievement Award for its Halls® Nite cough drop flexible bag. 
• Received a U.S. Print Quality Award in the Cartons/Paperboard/Top Coated category from the Packaging and Label Gravure Association Global for its vibrant, four-color Marlboro Blend No. 54 100s cigarette package. 
• Food and Beverage magazine named Sonoco’s Linearpak® rigid paperboard container for Target’s Archer Farms® cereal a category buster.
• Named the “SAM Sector Mover” in the Container and Packaging Sector for achieving the largest year-over-year sustainability performance improvement of the companies in the sector’s top 15%. Also awarded the SAM Bronze Class status for attaining a total score within 5% ofthe SAM Sector Leader.

2009

• Included in the 2009-2010 Dow Jones Sustainability World Index
• Listed in the top 25% of the United States' 500 largest publicly traded companies in Newseek magazine's 2009 "Green Rankings"
• Named one of 2009's Top 100 Corporate Citizens by Corporate Responsibility magazine
• Fortune magazine named Sonoco one of the top five Most Admired companies in the packaging industry.
• Recognized for a third consecutive time as one of North America’s 25 Top Companies for Leaders 
• DiversityPlus magazine recognized Sonoco’s Director of Supplier Diversity, Marc Ensign, as one of its 2009 Champions of Diversity. Sonoco, Ensign and his team were honored for quadrupling the Company’s diversity spend in the last five years.
• Service award supplier Tharpe Robbins presented employees at Sonoco’s Statesville, N.C., point-of-purchase facility with a 2009 Award of Excellence for Outstanding Partnership. Only 10 of Tharpe Robbin’s 900 suppliers receive the award each year.