November 18th 2021 12pm HKT 6am CEST

Virtual event

Remould: Improving plastics management in Asia-Pacific is a practical workshop providing policymakers and stakeholders with the tools to improve national plastic management efforts. It is part of the UN Ocean Decade Laboratory on “A Clean Ocean” and part of the launch of the UN Decade of Ocean Science.

Discussions will draw upon The Plastic Management Index (PMI), the first attempt to quantify plastic management practices at a country level. The workshop will provide an inclusive forum for discussion and peer-to-peer knowledge sharing, providing actionable insights for stakeholders from business, policy, and civil society.

It will also expand the global conversation about plastic waste through focused, audience-led discussions that will draw on the PMI’s insights on Asia-Pacific and the Economist Intelligence Unit’s detailed plastics-focused research in India and South-East Asia.

The webinar’s recording is available on demand for registrants.


Programme
12.00 pm HKT
5min
Opening remarks

Speakers:

  • Charles Goddard, editorial director, The Economist Group
  • Vicky Maki Honda, ocean program planning and management team, ocean affairs division, The Nippon Foundation
12.05 pm HKT
20min
Presentation: The PMI report—Global and Asia-Pacific perspectives

Speaker: Shreya Mukarji, manager, policy and insights, Economist Impact

12.25 pm HKT
30min
Panel discussion: Operationalising the PMI reports

What specific steps can countries take to improve their national waste management plans?

Moderator: Charles Goddard, editorial director, The Economist Group

Speakers:

  • Andrew Almack, founder and chief executive, Plastics for Change
  • Ashwin Kak, director–procurement and sustainability, India and South-East Asia, AB InBev
12.55 pm HKT
25min
Focused discussion: South-East Asia

This session will begin with a short presentation about key insights from the PMI South-East Asia whitepaper and will then move to an interactive discussion.

Moderator: Charles Goddard, editorial director, The Economist Group

Speakers:

  • Osman Bhatty, head of group procurement, Nestlé Malaysia & Singapore
  • Jazlyn Lee, SEA regional coordinator–Plastics Circular Economy, Extended Producer Responsibility Project, WWF
1.20 pm HKT
25min
Focused discussion: India

This session will begin with a short presentation about key insights from the PMI India whitepaper and will then move to an interactive discussion.

Moderator: Charles Goddard, editorial director, The Economist Group

Speakers:

  • Meeta Narsinghani, senior investment director, Circulate Capital
  • Pratibha Priya, chief sustainability officer, Lucro Plastecycle
1.45 pm HKT Closing remarks

Speaker: Charles Goddard, editorial director, The Economist Group


The Back to Blue Plastic Management Index has been launched. It examines plastic management through the lens of policy, regulation, business practice and consumer actions at a country level.


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