Visitor profile

Visitors will include people interested in the role of packaging in reducing carbon footprint, from both a commercial and CSR perspective:

• Brand director
• Business development director
• Packaging designer
• Marketing director/manager
• Director/manager of Corporate Social Responsibility 
• Environmental standards officer
• Production director/supply chain manager
• Procurement managers/buyers

They are drawn mainly from the following industry sectors:

• Food & drinks 
• Non-food consumer packaged goods
• Cosmetics, toiletries & pharmaceuticals 
• Retail & wholesale
• Contract packaging 
• Logistics & distribution 
• Design, creative & branding services

Why visitors will attend

• Visitors to this event are motivated to:
• Enhance corporate reputation
• Influence purchasing behaviour among key consumer groups
• Fulfil environmental responsibilities
• Comply with regulations
• Reduce costs

Here’s what packaging and retail industry leaders are saying about sustainable packaging

“I want us to come up with a clear system of labelling so in future customers will be able to compare a product’s carbon footprint just as easily as they can currently compare its price or nutritional value. When millions of customers a week have this information and start using it to exercise green choices, believe me, it will send very powerful economic signals through the supply chain – shock waves that will change behaviour.”
Sir Terry Leahy, CEO, Tesco

 “Sustainability is a journey—a process that creates opportunity.”
Dennis McGrew, President and CEO, NatureWorks LLC

“Our members want Co-op Food stores to be a leader in ecologically sensitive packaging.” Elizabeth Ferry, Assistant Director of Education, Co-op Food Stores, USA

“Forgive the jargon, but we think sustainability is ‘cool’.”
H. Lee Scott, Jr. CEO and President of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.