Corporate’s Insights for Reducing the Environmental Impact of Packaging

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Wed, Nov 10 2021
Asia/Bangkok: 2:00 - 4:00pm
Asia/Jakarta: 2:00 - 4:00pm
Asia/Kuala_Lumpur: 3:00 - 5:00pm
Europe/Berlin: 8:00 - 10:00am
ONLINE EVENT

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Existing production and consumption patterns worldwide are mainly based on a linear commodity economy. Especially Single-Use Plastic ends up as waste after a short use with disastrous consequences for marine and terrestrial ecosystems. To change this, we need solutions that prevent single-use plastic from entering the market in the first place. But how to do this? What policy options exist and have proven effective to prevent single-use plastics? What are the experiences of practitioners that are subject to those policies, and how do they implement them in their operations?

There is a growing agreement on the negative consequences of increasing single-use plastic and packaging waste to human health, marine and terrestrial ecosystems, climate change, and biodiversity. However, the implementation of measures to tackle the problem varies considerably. The prevalent inconsistency in the measures to address the problem of single-use plastics and packaging waste is partly due to a lack of knowledge on environmental impacts and potentials of material choices for sustainable packaging designs and single-use plastic alternatives.

Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology offers a comprehensive analysis of the environmental impact of packaging materials, highlighting areas of urgent intervention, and showing potential conflict of interest between different environmental goals. 
 
In this episode of the dialogue series, we will discuss the findings of LCA studies on single-use plastics and packaging and reflect how companies are using this knowledge in their business operations.

The dialogue series is part of the project “Collaborative Action to Reduce Single-Use Plastic in South-East Asia (CAP SEA)”, which is part of a global project “Export Initiative for Green Technologies” commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU).

The event will take place in English with simultaneous interpretation into Thai and Bahasa Indonesia.  

Listen to the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruk4ugpxWtw 

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Agenda

BKK & Jakarta Time

Activity

14.00 – 14.05

Greetings and Welcome

  • Moderator, CAP SEA Thailand, GIZ

14.05 – 14.10

About CAP SEA and Dialogue Series

  • Christoffer Brick, Project Leader, CAP SEA, GIZ

14.10 – 14.25

Material Choices for environment-friendly packaging: Analysis of existing LCA studies

  •  Siddharth Prakash, Senior Researcher, Oeko-Institut (German Institute for Applied Ecology)

14.25 – 14.40

LCAs & Plastics: A Blindspot or Deliberate Obfuscation

  • Satyarupa Shekhar, Asia Pacific Coordinator, Break Free From Plastic Movement

14.40 – 14.55

Assessment of packaging sustainability: Key aspects, conflicting goals, and methods

  • Dr Erik Pauer, Consultant at Sphera Solutions GmbH, Germany

14.55 – 15.10

Q & A

15.10 – 15.25

Practice in material/packaging selection based on LCA analysis

  • Mr. Vivekanand Sistla, Research and Development Director Hair of Unilever SEAA and Site Leader, UNILEVER THAILAND

15.25 – 15.40

How Nestlé make packaging choices based on Life Cycle Assessments

  • Jiraphat Thansandose, Head of Packaging, Nestlé (Thai) Ltd. 

15.40 – 15.55

Q & A

15:50 – 16.00

Wrap Up and Closing by the Moderator