The first Essentials of Sustainable Packaging course was held January 22-23 in Chicago. From now until the end of the year, the course will be traveling to the following cities: Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, Montreal, Newark, Philadelphia, Seattle, and Toronto.
“This new course gives packaging, marketing, design, and procurement personnel the common vocabulary and understanding essential for implementing sustainable packaging processes across a company,” says Anne Johnson, director of SPC, a project of GreenBlue. “Fundamentally, sustainable packaging is collaborative—requiring multiple disciplines to contribute their expertise. This course is designed to give people the foundation for doing that.”
Following an overall introduction to sustainable packaging, key sections of the two-day course focus on:
• Global Case for Sustainability
• New Perspective on Performance and Cost
• Energy and Packaging
• Recovery Challenges and Opportunities
• Responsible Sourcing and Material Considerations
• Design for Optimizing Materials and Energy
• Metrics and Tools for Sustainable Packaging
• Clean Production and Environmental Management
• Material Health
• Social Responsibility and Packaging
• Communicating Sustainable Packaging
