On the 20th and 21st February, Bologna will host the general states of sustainable packaging. Ucima (Italian Packaging Machinery Manufacturers’ Association) and FICO Foundation organize Packaging Speaks Green, an international forum dedicated to the development of sustainability and to the circular economy in the packaging sector.
An event dedicated to B2B, which includes a high attendance of international guests who will be discussing three macro-themes: legislation, retailers and Brand Owners, materials and technologies.
Packaging Speaks Green will be focussing on examples to follow set by leading global companies, such as Coca-Cola, Fater (a joint venture between P&G and P&G, Angelini), Alibaba, Amazon, and Coop, to name but a few, which will be examining the question of sustainable industrial activities to create value and share it with all the stakeholders.
Space also for the WWF international project for the development of sustainable business models, presented by Tim Letts, Deputy Director climate and energy.
“Sustainability must be a lifestyle and must be reflected in our everyday actions, as well as in the way we manufacture and consume – explains chair of the FICO Foundation and agro-economist Andrea Segrè – which is why the FICO Foundation is committed, together with UCIMA, to providing a forum that will bring together, in Bologna, a number of the world’s leading brands, whose responsibility it is to contribute to achieving a sustainable, circular society. The choices made by these businesses have a real impact on our future”.
“Italy needs a ‘Green Industry’ plan, along the lines of that devised for the ‘Industry 4.0’ approach, and with its all-Italian production chain in the packaging industry, Italy ranks as leader and forerunner in the development of sustainable solutions and has got everything it takes to both drive and guide a green revolution in packaging materials and technologies on an international scale” says Enrico Aureli, chairman of UCIMA.
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