PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA

PCA’s success depends on a highly engaged, results-oriented workforce operating in an entrepreneurial culture. Our primary objective is to place the right people in the right roles and empower them to succeed.

Safety is a core value at PCA and we believe that all accidents are preventable and an injury-free environment is achievable. We have implemented a robust occupational health and safety management system to assure accountability throughout the organization for safe work practices. Key components to our system include commitment from management, extensive training of employees, hazard identification and communication and regular safety audits.

PCA has, at times, experienced labor shortages and/or higher than historical employee turnover in certain of our facilities. However, PCA has not experienced significant disruptions in its operations and has managed to maintain adequate availability of its workforce and supply of raw materials and services to continue to serve its customers.

We have extensive recruiting, training and development programs designed to attract and retain a highly talented workforce aligned with our objectives to relentlessly serve our customers and achieve operational excellence throughout our organization. As demand for qualified personnel is increasing, we are expanding our efforts in these critical areas along with efforts to continue to develop, promote and maintain a diverse workforce with a culture and an environment of respect and inclusion. We believe it is essential to hire and promote diverse candidates and employees in order to bring the best ideas to serve our customers. We have established a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council consisting of leaders throughout our organization to hone our strategy and to create a roadmap for inclusive leadership. We publicly disclose in our annual responsibility report our employee demographics in the form of our annual EEO-1 report. Our responsibility report is available on our website and is not intended to be incorporated by reference herein.

PCA regularly conducts employee engagement surveys to measure our employees’ overall satisfaction as well as gain a better understanding of how to improve our employees’ work experience. Our last survey, conducted in 2022, had a high level of participation, assuring us that the results were an accurate reflection of the feelings and opinions of our employees. Our employees reaffirmed our strong safety culture, our dedication to being socially and environmentally responsible and responded favorably to questions on diversity, equity and inclusion. Our overall engagement index, which is in line with other U.S. manufacturing companies, is only one benchmark we consider in measuring employee satisfaction. Our commitment to continuous improvement means we use employee feedback to foster progress. Based on our 2022 survey responses, our plants formed action teams to identify and address areas for improvement specific to their location. We remain committed to seeking feedback from our employees as we work together to continue to make PCA a great place to work. Our next employee engagement survey will be conducted as scheduled in the first half of 2024.

As of December 31, 2023, we had approximately 14,900 employees, including 4,300 salaried and 10,600 hourly employees. Approximately 63% of our hourly employees worked pursuant to collective bargaining agreements. The majority of our unionized employees are represented by the United Steel Workers (USW), the Printing Packaging Production Workers Union (PPPWU), the Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers (AWPPW), the International Association of Machinists (IAM), and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT). We are currently in negotiations to renew or extend union contracts that have recently expired or are expiring in the near future. During 2023, we experienced no work stoppages, and we believe we have satisfactory labor relations with our employees.