Hi All,
This is where the 'Sustainable Packaging Forum' came from .... the 'Sustainable Packaging Coalition' ....
Sustainable Packaging Coalition
GreenBlue is working with a group of companies from throughout the packaging industry value chain to pursue cradle-to-cradle principles in packaging.
Background
In Spring 2003, cradle-to-cradle principles began drawing attention in the packaging industry with a Packaging World cover story (May 2003) and an EPA-sponsored Cradle to Cradle Design Challenge focused on e-commerce shipping packaging and logistics. Seeing an opportunity for the industry to build on this attention, David Newcorn, author of the Packaging World cover article, suggested holding a meeting to invite members of the packaging industry to consider forming a working group around cradle-to-cradle concepts.
GreenBlue, the newly formed non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and developing cradle-to-cradle principles and methods, organized a workshop and meeting held in July 2003, hosted by the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia and sponsored by McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry. The first meeting revealed significant interest among the attendees from throughout the packaging value chain, and a follow-up meeting was held in November 2003 to adopt a mission and develop strategy and organizational structure for an industry working group. The Sustainable Packaging Coalition officially launched in March 2004.
Mission
The Sustainable Packaging Coalition is a working group of packaging professionals, ranging along the value chain from paper and resin manufacturers to consumer product companies and retailers whose mission is (1) to advocate and communicate a positive, robust environmental vision for packaging; and (2) to leverage innovative, functional packaging materials and systems that support economic and environmental health.
Members
As of early May 2004, members of the Sustainable Packaging Coalition include: BioCorp; Cargill Dow; Design & Source Production; Dow Chemical Company; Estee Lauder/Aveda; EvCo Research; MeadWestvaco; Nike; Priority Metrics Group; Starbucks Coffee Company; Tropicana; and Unilever.
Progress
After initial organizing meetings in July and November 2003 at the University of Virginia's Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, the first meeting of the Sustainable Packaging Coalition is scheduled for June 24-25, 2004 in Seattle, WA and will be hosted by Starbucks Coffee Company. Work is already underway for the Coalition's initial projects, and will be reviewed at the meeting in June.
Please visit the Sustainable Packaging Coalition website
http://www.sustainablepackaging.org/ to learn more and to join the Coalition. Specific questions may be directed to: spcinfo@greenblue.org.
http://www.greenblue.org/activities_lead.htm