30 Apr 2020 --- Metal beverage packaging supplier Ball has taken a series of steps to lower its carbon footprint and reduce resource waste. The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has approved of the company’s targets to reduce absolute carbon emissions within its own operations by 55 percent and within its value chain by 16 percent by 2030 against a 2017 baseline. Further, Ball has awarded five of its plants with the R. David Hoover Sustainability Award for their respective energy efficiency efforts made in 2019, while its “game-changing” aluminum cup was recognized in Fast Company’s 2020 World Changing Ideas Awards.