Level: Intermediate

Duration: 1 Day

Who Should Attend?

Executive  Management level:

Brand Owner, Designer & Packaging Producer looking to understand the issues and advantages behind ‘environmentally friendly packaging’

Objective:
To provide a fundamental understanding of Sustainability in Packaging, Regulatory Framework & Cost savings through Sustainability

Outcomes:
Students will be able to assess their own business operations and implement costs and waste reductions through Sustainability

What is Sustainability?

• The 8 key sustainability principals
• Implications for packaging
• Why is Sustainability a big issue?
• Cost Savings

Compliance Framework

• Implications for International Compliance

The Benefits & Savings of Sustainability

• Waste reduction = cost reduction
• Design for Environment - what is it?
• Life Cycle Assessment - what is it?
• Carbon Credits - what are they?
• Is there a financial advantage in all this?

What is 3-R?

• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - what does it mean in practice
• How does it benefit the business?
• Where do we start?

20 Sustainable tips to Implement Immediately

• Real-lifepagkaging & cost reduction measures

Best Practice Sustainability

• Calibrating Sustainability
• Marketing of Your Sustainability Efforts
• Measures that can re-position packaging
• The Sins & Dangers of Greenwashing
• How to avoid them

Who Should Attend?

Executive Management level, CSR & Compliance Officers, HR Executives at:

Brand Owner, Design House & Packaging Producers looking to implement Sustainable Best Practices

Objective:

To provide a Management System to implement a Design for Environment programme of cost and waste savings

Outcomes:

Students will be equipped with tools that can be adapted into their corporate culture of packaging requisitioning & production

What is Sustainability?

• The 8 key sustainability principalsImplications for packaging

Why is Sustainability a big issue?

• Cost Savings with DfE (Design for Environment)
• Global Warming
• Media & Consumer pressure
• Waste Management Issues

Compliance & Legislation

• Legislation & Standards in Asia differences
• Regulations in Asia & Internationally: EC Directive 94/62 (Packaging Waste), RoHS & REACH (EU), Packaging & Container Law (Japan), Package Recycling Regulations (China)
• Environmental Standards: CEN (EU), Asian Environmentally Conscious Packaging Standards, Sustainable Packaging ISO Standards

Understanding Sustainable Cost Benefits

• Waste reduction = cost reduction
• Lightweighting/ package migration/ material selection

What is 3-R?

• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - What does it mean in practice
• How does it benefit the business?
• Where do we start?

Twenty 3-R Cost Savings to Implement Tomorrow

Design for Environment (DfE) The Management Perspective

• Management Considerations, strategies
• Writing the specs
• Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
• Ensuring Fit for Purpose

Practical DfE

• Design tools
• Resource Minimisation:
• Reducing production losses
• Reducing voidspace, Lightweighting & downsizing
• Reducing energy use

Integrating DfE into the Corporate Culture

• Establishing responsibility
• Setting up the team/ Defining the goals
• Monitoring Compliance

Case Studies

• Success stories from Europe & Japan

Best Practice Marketing

• Measures that can re-position your brand packaging
• The Sins of Greenwashing