The 2018 National Sustainability in Business Conference will be held over Thursday 8 and Friday 9 March at the Hotel Grand Chancellor, Brisbane.
Dr Helen Lewis, Adjunct Professor, Institute for Sustainable Futures at UTS joins us at the upcoming 2018 National Sustainability in Business Conference in Brisbane as a Keynote Speaker to discuss ‘The Business Case for Packaging Sustainability’.
Helen Lewis
Most organisations deal with packaging every day. If they don’t make or sell packaging, or packaged products, they generate packaging waste at their farm, factory, office, warehouse, store or building site. Packaging sustainability is therefore a challenge that we all share.
Community concerns about the environmental impacts of packaging have been around for a long time. Industry responses have tended to be reactive, such as advertising to promote the benefits of packaging, sponsorship of litter or waste programs, or development of niche ‘green’ products. These initiatives are all useful, but they don’t go far enough if we want to transform packaging systems to be more circular and sustainable.
This presentation will show how companies that take a more strategic approach to packaging sustainability are generating value for their organisation, for their customers, and for the community.
Dr Helen Lewis runs her own consulting business Helen Lewis Research, providing research and strategic advice to a range of industry and government clients on resource recovery, product stewardship and packaging. She is also an Adjunct Professor with the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney.
Her previous roles have included Chief Executive of the Australian Battery Recycling Initiative and Director of the Centre of Design at RMIT University.
Helen has written widely on product stewardship and corporate social responsibility including several books. She recently published Product stewardship in action (2016) and is a co-author of Packaging for sustainability (2012) and Design + Environment (2001). She has a PhD in product stewardship and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Packaging.
Visit the 2018 National Sustainability in Business Conference website for further information and to register today!
