Big Ideas

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.

In the podcast, they discuss how investor and analyst attention is having knock-on effects for the packaging landscape and driving innovation, creating opportunities and making lower impact products. The financial market is starting to take a greater interest – but how can this interest drive change for more responsible packaging and positive environmental outcomes?

You can also read the Unwrapping Investor Risk report and the Stormy Outlook report, both written by Planet Tracker.

Finally, you can watch the ‘ESG & the Global Plastic Supply Chain: Uncovering material risks & opportunities in a changing world’ event by clicking here.

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.

Scenario planning, a strategic planning method, is applied to climate change and discussed by Nardia Haigh, business strategist and associate professor of management at the University of Massachusetts, and Amcor’s David Clark. The focus on the potential impacts of climate change on businesses and how scenario planning can be applied to plastic waste are examined, as the pair discuss Haigh’s new book on the subject.

Adrienna Zsakay, CEO at Circular Economy Asia, talks with Amcor’s David Clark about how the Asian Plastics and Packaging Agreement (APPA) is working to achieve a more circular plastics and packaging system in the region. One way is by encouraging consumers to make more informed choices about recycling. Tune in to hear Adrienna and David discuss this and more.

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.

In the podcast, they discuss the findings of the most recent Global Commitment 2021 Progress Report, the huge potential of reuse models and why a global treaty on plastic is essential to achieving a circular economy, in order to prevent a patchwork of disconnected solutions.