Sabert Corporation Achieves Global Recognition with 2025 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award
SAYREVILLE, NJ., March 12, 2025 - Sabert Corporation, a global leader in innovative and sustainable food packaging solutions, is proud to announce it has been honored with the prestigious 2025 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award (GEWA) for its outstanding achievements and commitment to employee engagement and organizational excellence.
“What makes this award extraordinary is how it reflects the collective dedication of every member of our Sabert global team –from front-line workers to leadership– to embedding and prioritizing employee engagement throughout our culture," said Paul McCann, CEO of Sabert Corporation. "Our core value of continuous improvement encourages our employees to actively share their ideas and feedback with us so we can take action and support their professional growth and success in the ways that matter the most to them."
In 2024 and a year ahead of its business goal, Sabert achieved a Gallup Global Employee Engagement score of 4.6 out of 5, exceeding world-class engagement levels with a 96% employee participation rate. This accomplishment is particularly noteworthy as Sabert stands among a select few manufacturing companies that have received this distinguished recognition.
"We knew that to achieve this milestone, we had to put the right strategy in place to ensure employee engagement was at the center of every facet of our organization," shared Tim Knoerzer, Chief Human Resources Officer at Sabert. “We created clear development pathways, reimagined our compensation and benefits to recognize employee contributions, and significantly enhanced our work environment and safety protocols. We take great pride in showing how our engagement journey has paved the way for our employees to see a future for themselves at Sabert.”
“To be among only 20% of companies globally invited to apply for the award proves that when you invest in people and foster an environment where they are inspired and encouraged to do their best work, they bring the same energy and enthusiasm to our customers, driving both satisfaction and business performance,” added McCann.
Jon Clifton, Gallup's CEO, praised this year's winners: "Congratulations to this year's Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award winners for setting the standard for a thriving workplace. Your commitment to creating an environment where employees feel valued, heard and empowered to do their best work is truly remarkable. By prioritizing both people and performance, you are shaping the future of work and proving that exceptional workplaces drive real results."
Gallup’s meta-analysis on team engagement and performance is the most comprehensive workplace study ever conducted, with data on more than 3.3 million employees in 347 organizations across 53 industries and 90 countries. Highly engaged organizations significantly outperform their peers on important business outcomes, including customer ratings, profitability, productivity, turnover, safety incidents, shrinkage, absenteeism, quality, wellbeing and organizational citizenship.
For a complete list of GEWA winners, visit the 2025 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award Winners page. Learn more about the awards here.
About Sabert
Sabert is a leading global manufacturer of innovative food packaging products and solutions. The company was founded in 1983, grounded in the purpose of reinventing food packaging to nourish and protect our world. Headquartered in Sayreville, New Jersey, Sabert operates North American facilities in California, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, New Jersey, Texas, and Virginia as well as manufacturing facilities in Nivelles, Belgium; Kimbolton, England; Lodz, Poland; and Zhongshan, China. Using its proprietary Packaging Value Model™, Sabert combines deep insights about food lifecycles and consumer lifestyles, with fast and flexible production capabilities. Its industry-leading product designs encompass all five areas of innovative packaging: Performance, Presentation, Safety, Sustainability and Economics. For more information, visit www.sabert.com.
About Gallup
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