ZURICH, June 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Amcor (NYSE:
AMCR) (ASX: AMC) has today joined the World Wildlife Fund-led
activation hub, ReSource: Plastic, a global consortium of companies
and organizations collaborating to keep waste out of the
environment.
Launched last year, ReSource aims to help accelerate large-scale
plastic commitments by organizations. By 2030, Resource has a
target to prevent at least 50 million metric tons of plastic waste
from entering nature. ReSource welcomed Amcor to the organization
alongside Colgate-Palmolive and Kimberly-Clark.
"Amcor is leading the way on packaging innovation, but new
products and technologies alone won't be enough to meet our
sustainability ambitions and to solve the global waste issue.
Keeping waste out of the environment will require not only the
right package design but also efficient collection and waste
management along with active consumer participation," said Amcor
CEO Ron Delia.
"Global challenges are best addressed together, and we are proud
to work with Resource: Plastic and the world's largest brands to
better protect the environment," Mr. Delia said.
Today also marks the launch of ReSource's inaugural report
"Transparent 2020", which identifies a common measurement baseline
for principal members and contains a detailed analysis of the
challenges and potential solutions.
"When WWF set our global vision of no plastic in nature by 2030,
we knew we couldn't achieve this feat alone. We're thrilled to
welcome Amcor into ReSource: Plastic and look forward to tackling
the plastic pollution problem, together," said Erin Simon, Head of Plastic and Business at
World Wildlife Fund.
Amcor is dedicating unprecedented resources to solving the issue
of more sustainable design and is bringing innovative products to
market. Additionally, the company collaborates with industry
partners, governments, and non-governmental organizations to
improve collection, recycling, and recovery of plastic packaging
and develop new approaches to advance a circular economy and better
protect the environment.
Amcor has global partnerships with Ocean Conservancy and the
Ellen MacArthur Foundation's New Plastics Economy initiative, where
experts led the development of a global design-for-recyclability
standard for high-barrier flexible packaging.
Amcor is making progress towards its commitment to develop all
its packaging to be recyclable or reusable by 2025, significantly
increase use of recycled materials, and drive greater recycling of
packaging around the world.
About Amcor
A global leader in developing and producing responsible
packaging for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, medical, home- and
personal-care, and other products. Amcor works with leading
companies around the world to protect their products and the people
who rely on them, differentiate brands, and improve supply chains
through a range of flexible and rigid packaging, specialty cartons,
closures, and services. The company is focused on making packaging
that is increasingly light-weighted, recyclable and reusable, and
made using recycled content. Around 50,000 Amcor people generate
US$13 billion in sales from
operations that span about 250 locations in 40-plus
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