Episode #27: Finance plays a crucial role to catalyze environmental actions
Release Date: 11/13/2020
Episode #37: Strengthening recycling systems for PET packaging circularity
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Adam Gendell, The Recycling Partnership's Director of System Optimization, joins David Clark, Vice President Sustainability at Amcor, on the Amcor Big Ideas podcast to discuss the recycling market in the United States, challenges of rigid PET bottles, and the importance of consumer convenience in recycling.
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Episode #36: The journey towards a circular economy with Jeremy Wallach
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Jeremy Wallach, Partner at McKinsey & Company, joins David Clark, Vice President, Sustainability at Amcor, on the Amcor Big Ideas podcast to discuss the multi-faceted journey towards a circular economy, and how the packaging industry’s challenges are complex across the value chain.
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Episode #35: The essential role consumer participation plays in recycling
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Packaging industry veteran Roger Zellner joins Amcor’s vice president of sustainability, David Clark, on the Amcor Big Ideas podcast to discuss how important consumer participation is for increasing recycling rates across the United States.
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Episode #34: Turning commitments into actions: advocating for and building a circular economy for plastics
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Erin Simon, head of Plastic at WWF, joins David Clark, vice president of sustainability at Amcor, on the Big Ideas podcast to discuss progress toward reducing plastic in the environment. The pair also discuss the progress made by WWF’s “ReSource: Plastic” initiative, and its recently released progress report, Transparent 2021.
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Episode #33: “We won't recycle our way out of the issue of plastic pollution.”
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Mael Arribas, research analyst with the global commitment team of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, joined David Clark, Amcor’s vice president of sustainability, on Amcor’s Big Ideas podcast to discuss the progress brands and retailers are making towards a circular economy.
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Episode #32: Embracing sustainability: Growing investor interest in environmental and social governance is driving change for the packaging industry
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Gabriel Thoumi, head of the plastics program and director of financial markets at Planet Tracker, joined David Clark, Amcor’s vice president of sustainability, on Amcor’s Big Ideas podcast to discuss the financial market’s growing interest in one of the packaging industry’s trending topics – plastics underserved by recycling infrastructure.
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Episode #31: Empowering the next generation of packaging professionals with Michigan State University
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Ensuring a strong future for the packaging industry requires innovation, education and state-of-the-art technology. Leading the way are pioneering university programs, which play a pinnacle role in preparing the next generation of packaging professionals in facing the industry’s most pressing challenges.
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Episode #30: ‘Rethinking Recycling’ with McKinsey.org – lessons from an Argentinian pilot project
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Not all communities are built the same when it comes to dealing with packaging at the end of its life. Understanding how to engage individuals, groups and broader regions is a crucial part of successful recycling, composting and reusing. In this podcast, Amcor’s Vice President of Sustainability, David Clark, discusses McKinsey.org’s ‘Rethinking Recycling’ initiative with Cynthia Shih, Director of Knowledge and Larissa Sakamoto, Program Manager. They discuss their pilot project in Argentina, which aims to empower every community to build green, inclusive, and economic recycling systems....
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Episode #29: Consumer engagement – an essential part of recycling infrastructure
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There have been a lot of conversations around the importance of designing packaging for responsible end of life scenarios. From recycling, to reuse, to composting, there are many critical aspects to consider. In this podcast, Elizabeth Schuessler, Senior Director of Social Change, Behavior and Impact, and Cody Marshall, Chief Community Strategy Officer at the Recycling Partnership join Amcor’s Vice President of Sustainability, David Clark, to discuss a crucial part of the equation: consumer engagement.
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Episode #28: Reusable packaging and waste reduction can help curb plastic waste
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Plastic waste is now a widely understood issue, and with it, the limitations to recycling have become clear. In this episode of the Big Ideas podcast, Matt Prindiville, the CEO and Chief Solutioneer at UPSTREAM, joins Amcor's Vice President of Sustainability, David Clark, to discuss reusable packaging and how innovative product delivery models can help reduce plastic waste.
info_outlineMichiel De Smet, Finance Programme Lead at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, and Amcor’s David Clark discuss the lack of awareness of finance’s role in the circular economy, and how bankers and investors are driving a rapid uptake of circular models. The question is no longer if climate change matters to the financial sector, but how it will address it.