Day 2 - 29 November - APF Congress

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Day 2 - 29 November

Growing environmental awareness has put the word ‘sustainability’ on everyone’s lips in the rest of the world. With consumers increasingly demanding more attention to environmental issues, the Packaging Industry recognizes that it is no longer enough to uphold the 3 ‘P’s of packaging: Protect, Preserve and Promote the product. Now, the 3 ‘R’s: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle packaging, are just as important.

Corporate social responsibility, sustainable practices and compliance issues are starting to make demands on Asia, one of the world’s largest manufacturing bases. Product safety and security matters are also becoming more important.

Is Asia ready for this paradigm shift?

29th November

Asian Packaging Summit - Day 2:

9 am - 9.45 am: Use of Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainability initiatives by major US retailers like Wal-Mart
• Dr. Paul Singh - Professor, School of Packaging Michigan State University,USA ; Board member, International Association of Packaging Research Institutes (IAPRI)
An Asian Perspective
• Dr. Vanee Chonhenchob, Department of Packaging Technology Kasetsart University, Thailand

9.45 am - 12.30 am:

Packaging The Asian Environment - National Initiatives
• What is Sustainability - the Japanese experience
• Kunio Sawamura, Director, Japan Packaging Research Institute
• Voluntary agreement to reduce packaging waste in Singapore
• Sharon Ong, Senior Scientific Office, National Environment Agency (NEA) Singapore

The Brand Owner Experience:
Increasingly packaging buyers – the Brand Owners are implementing Environmental Compliance criteria beyond National Legislation. Can Asia - where most of its countries have no internal sustainability initiatives - meet compliance and packaging safety requirements from its customers?
- Hear the BRAND OWNER perspective, as decision makers Nestl and Unilever take to the stage.
- Find out from YOUR ULTIMATE CUSTOMER: the Retailer, what the sustainable retail requirements are

Speakers:
• Packaging Reduction & Environmental Impacts
- Nestle: Bruce Funnell – Group Manager, Packaging & Innovations Network (OAO), Nestle R&D Centre

12.30pm - 1.30pm: Lunch

1.30pm – 4pm:

The Brand Owner Experience (cont'd):
Speakers:
• Cheap is no longer Enough!
- Unilever: Mr Paul Clegg – Global Head, Packaging (retd)
• Tetra Pak: Sustainable in Nature - Tetra Pak: Tomas Svenson - Environmental Director for Asia

Summary Forum

Summary: Actions & Moving Forward
• Albert Lim, President of Asian Packaging Federation

Evening Programme

AsiaStar Awards Presentation & Gala Dinner
Venue: CHIJMES Hall

Billed as The Packaging Oscars of Asia, the Gala Dinner will be a formal function during which both the SingStar and AsiaStar Awards will be presented between courses.

Entertainment will also be provided.

The event will be video recorded and broadcast on the internet.

Conference Highlights

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Sustainability Links Eco Matters Sustainable Packaging Coalition Sustainable Packaging Forum The Truth ABout Recycling (The Economist) Australia's Packaging Covenant (Packaging Council Australia) Japan's Packaging Sustainability Trends

Dr Carl Olsmats

Secretary General

World Packaging Organisation

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