• A holistic side-by-side analysis - considering and comparing the full life cycle impact of different packaging material solutions 
• Expanding the traditional LCA methods to include methods such as circularity, packaging waste reduction and improved shelf life
• Enabling better positioning of sustainability commitments and reducing the environment footprint

• Why packaging is key to ensuring the quality, integrity and safety of the food
• The relationship between the essential requirements driving packaging innovation and encouraging more sustainable food production
• Using active and intelligent packaging to improve quality and shelf life, prevent the causes of deterioration, and detail on the history and freshness of the product
• The challenges of integrating active and intelligent packaging solutions into existing food supply chains
• The influence of active and intelligent packaging on consumer food choice, confidence and perceptions of food safety

• Reaching your consumers with the right packaging strategy
• Understanding the underlying principles to sustainability in design
• Factoring consumer demands and sustainability trends into product packaging
• Linking sustainability to design innovations and achieving first-to-market advantage
• Avoiding misleading claims or green-washing messages

• Assessing the sustainability progress to date by packaging end users

• Reviewing barriers, enablers and circular business models
• Materials vs business model selection – what influences the environmental footprint of packaging more?
• Better understanding of the demographics of today’s consumers that are willing to pay extra for authenticated sustainable credentials
• Practical examples to encourage increasing uptake of recycled materials by businesses
• How major regulatory changes in advance countries will affect the global environmental packaging industry moving forward – what does the EU Green Deal mean in NZ?

Post consumer beverage cartons, coffee cups and flexible film packaging are now being saved from the landfill and upcycled into high performing building materials. This session will shed light on saveBOARD’s journey right from the start, the hurdles they have to overcome, through to selling finished products into the construction market.

• How saveBOARD is working with packaging providers to utilise waste streams to develop circular economy solutions and end-of-life solutions for their products
• Understand how saveBOARD plans to increase local recycling rates while creating new green manufacturing jobs, relieving local landfills and building strong domestic end markets for a number of waste streams

Reusable packaging models have been around for years but are regaining traction with consumers, which is driving innovation.  In this session Synlait will explore the feasibility of applying reusable packaging concept in supermarkets.

• Exploring the benefits of reusable and refillable options
• Potential barriers to reuse systems and how to overcome them
• Sharing of Synlait’s pilot stainless steel packaging innovations journey, highlighting work done to-date and the anticipated challenges ahead

• Creating alignment among diverse initiatives
• What’s needed from the brand owner perspective
• Guiding an inclusive transition towards a low carbon and circular economy for plastics
• Enhancing consumer education – who is responsible?
• Investment and innovation in recycling – where is the funding stream and who will benefit?

Companies are facing intense pressure to reduce the environmental impact of their product packaging. A variety of measures are being explored, including reduction of packaging, increasing recycled and recyclable content of packaging, the use of biodegradable materials, packaging returning schemes. The Warehouse Group shares its journey of improving packaging sustainability.

• Reduce and remove: Supporting the fight against over packaging and waste
• Replace: Improving packaging with sustainable alternatives
• Recycle: Give the unwanted packaging a new life