PREPARING CONTENT
Back to Blue, an initiative of Economist Impact and The Nippon Foundation, brings together two organisations that share a common understanding of the need to improve evidence-based approaches and solutions to the pressing issues faced by the ocean, and to restoring ocean health and promoting sustainability. The initiative will focus initially on aspects of the vexing challenge of pollution.
PLASTICS MANAGEMENT INDEX
The Plastics Management Index measures, compares and contrasts the efforts made by a selection of 25 countries at different stages of development in their management of plastics, covering the entire lifecycle of plastic products. Its goal is to assess each country’s capacity to minimise plastics mismanagement or leakages across the plastics lifecycle, while promoting the optimal production and use of plastic as a resource. In so doing, it views the issue through the lens of policy, regulation and business practice, while also incorporating consumer actions and perspectives.
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| Oversight of management process | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
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| Infrastructure to enable recycling | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Investment in capacity-building to ensure sustainability of systems | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
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| National commitment through cooperation and adherence to international standards | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| National government-led approach to minimising plastic management | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Private sector commitments on reduction and promoting responsible plastic use | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Responsible consumer actions and perceptions | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
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| Promiting responsible plastic production and consumption | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Promiting safe and informed plastic usage | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Plastic waste management | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Operational enablers | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
COUNTRIES & REGION REPORTS
Based on the Plastics Management Index, Back to Blue has prepared briefing reports on South East Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam), India, Ghana and Egypt, analysing the key gaps and best practices in the country's plastics management index, and identifying opportunities for filling them.
WHITEPAPER & DATA WORKBOOK
This report introduces the Plastics Management Index (PMI) and brings attention to growing global concerns around the use of plastic and highlighting how its management can be made sustainable.
INFOGRAPHIC SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS
When it comes to personal actions, the survey shows about two-fifths of consumers always segregate their waste, two-fifths sometimes segregate it, and one-fifth never do. Find out more about consumer actions and perceptions towards plastic use and management in this infographic.
BACK TO BLUE PODCASTS
The inaugural Plastics Management Index (PMI) was launched in early October. Naka Kondo, editor of the report, and Shreya Mukarji, manager of the index development, discuss findings of the PMI.
CONTENT FROM THE NIPPON FOUNDATION
The Sustainability Project
With less than ten years to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, there is a renewed urgency to examine global systems and balance human aspirations with the planet’s ability to sustain them. This is why Economist Impact has launched The Sustainability Project, a content platform and community hub combining insights, innovation and influence. Our aim is to convene and engage global stakeholders who have the power to bring real change.
WORLD OCEAN INITIATIVE
Economist Impact's World Ocean Initiative imagines an ocean in robust health, and with a vital economy. Year-round and at our flagship World Ocean Summit, we foster a global conversation on the greatest challenges facing the seas, inspiring bold thinking, new partnerships and the most effective action to build a sustainable ocean economy.
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