ALPLA, Austria; Britvic plc, UK; Danone S.A., France; Unilever, London; REMONDIS Recycling GmbH & Co.KG, Germany; and BP, London, joined forces to utilize BP’s enhanced recycling technology to create a new cross-industry consortium to develop a global circular economy for plastics.

Nestlé, Switzerland, joined forces with the Swiss Canton of Vaud, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) and the Swiss Hospitality Management School in Lausanne (EHL Group) to develop and promote a global innovation ecosystem on food and nutrition.

StePac L.A., Ltd., Israel, presented the company’s four pillared sustainability strategy for fresh produce packaging.

Unilever, London, announced new commitments to reduce its plastic waste and help create a circular economy for plastics.

As consumer and shareholder preferences shift toward sustainability, chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) must prepare for the transformation from a linear to a circular supply chain without waste, the circular economy will be the only economy, replacing wasteful linear economies by 2029, according to “Preparing for 2029, When Consumer Product Supply Chains Cannot Produce Waste”, presented by Gartner, Inc., Stamford, Conn.

The New Plastics Economy Global Commitment unites businesses, governments and other organizations behind a common vision and targets to address plastic waste and pollution at its source.

Danone, France, announced a series of new commitments and actions to ensure its packaging will become 100% circular and to accelerate the global transition toward a circular economy of packaging.