Partnering for Plastics Circularity - LIVE from AFPM IPC 2023 - Ep. 94

04/25/23 • 60 min

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Partnering for plastics circularity refers to the collaborative efforts of stakeholders across the plastics value chain to create a more sustainable and circular approach to plastic production, consumption, and disposal. With increasing concerns about plastic pollution and its impact on the environment, there is a growing need for companies, governments, and individuals to work together toward a circular economy that promotes the reuse, recycling, and responsible disposal of plastics.

In this week’s podcast episode, Victoria interviews industry insiders Dave Andrew, Vice President of New Market Development with ExxonMobil, Bill Cooper, Sr. Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Development at Cyclyx, Gulay Serhatkulu Sr. Vice President of Performance Materials at BASF, North America, and Jeremy Wallach, Partner with McKinsey.

Previously recorded at the AFPM IPC, Victoria and panelists discuss how they are partnering with consumer brands, recycling consortiums, and others in the plastic value chain, who are working to accelerate a more circular economy for plastics.

Topics discussed in this week’s episode:

Partnering for plastic circularity
Has circularity changed the customer-supplier relationship?
Various stakeholders in this journey of the chemical industry
The biggest hurdles in trying to build plastics circularity in the value chain
Collaboration for the plastic value chain
Challenges to increase recycling rates
The demand for circular plastics
The role of brands in helping expand the recycling activity
Collaborating with other companies - is it a hindrance or is it a help?

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Topics discussed in this week’s episode:

Partnering for plastic circularity
Has circularity changed the customer-supplier relationship?
Various stakeholders in this journey of the chemical industry
The biggest hurdles in trying to build plastics circularity in the value chain
Collaboration for the plastic value chain
Challenges to increase recycling rates
The demand for circular plastics
The role of brands in helping expand the recycling activity
Collaborating with other companies - is it a hindrance or is it a help?

This is surely one of the most exciting episodes on The Chemical Show podcast that you shouldn’t miss. Tune in!

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Creating a Robust Employee Value Proposition at Palmer Holland with Jaycie Bradshaw - Ep. 93

An Employee Value Proposition is essentially the set of benefits and rewards that a company offers to its employees in exchange for their skills, knowledge, and experience. It's the total package of what an employee gets out of working for a particular company.

So with that, in this week’s podcast episode, The Chemical Show welcomes Jaycie Bradshaw as the quest, who is Human Resources Director at Palmer Holland, Inc. Palmer Holland is an Employee-Owned organization in this Specialty Chemical industry that focuses on driving strategic partnerships, business results, and empowering their employees to be successful.

Topics discussed this week:

The reason why Jaycie got interested in HR
What brought Jaycie to Palmer Holland?
The significant change during the pandemic for Jaycie and the organization
Things that influence Jaycie to guide recruitment and onboarding of new employees in Palmer Holland
The practices integrated into the HR processes during post-pandemic
Creating a strong employee value proposition to attract new people to join the organization
ESOP defined and explained
Keeping the balanced growth from business and employee perspectives with an uncertain economic future
Leveraging training and development to help people move beyond into more of a collaborative value-selling approach
Recruiting millennials and Gen Z
The priority list of Jaycie and Palmer Holland

Tune in as Jaycie shares her human resources background, which is a bit of a different switch from what the podcast usually talks to people about. Victoria and Jaycie are also going to discuss some insights about people, employees, and all the things going on today

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Surfing Economic Chaos with Karl Maier - Ep. 95

Adaptability is crucial in navigating today's unpredictable global economy, which can experience economic chaos through market volatility, political instability, natural disasters, or unexpected pandemics. In this week's episode, Karl Maier, author of Surfing Economic Chaos, shares his expertise on seizing opportunities amidst such chaos. With over 25 years of experience in managing and advising lower middle-market companies, Karl offers profit improvement workshops and CEO peer advisory roundtable groups.

Topics discussed this week:

Changes and trends in the industry
Military prowess versus economic prowess and intellectual prowess to maintain competitiveness
International Trade five-star model
Energy as a global hot topic
The shift in International Trade today
Global changes with the repatriation of manufacturing in various countries, and less reliance on imports
Economic chaos today
How does the economic chaos affect the chemical companies?
Understanding the current economic scenarios and putting strategies in place around them
Focusing on the peak profits and opportunities

Join us in this episode as Karl and Victoria talk about the book Surfing Economic Chaos and the economic challenges and the current trends in the chemical industry today.

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