In the context of the increasing momentum for sustainable business operations, LC Packaging’s customers in all industries, all around the world feel more and more responsibility and pressure to look for sustainable/circular packaging solutions.

However, the road ahead is full of challenges, fuelled by, for example, changes in regulations and tax schemes for plastic packaging. In any case, the need for circular packaging solutions – and for joining forces on this topic – is higher than ever before.

Session 1

The Path to a Sustainable, Circular Future: what this means for FIBCs
Thursday 19 May 2022 | 09:00 – 09:45 (CEST)

LC Packaging: Marcel Schouten, Director FIBC
LC Packaging: Lotte Mastwijk - Manager Communications and Sustainability
No-Waste Solutions: Sara Lindeblad Wingstrand - Circular Economy, Packaging and Innovation
LC Packaging believes that integrating sustainability into our business is the future. By means of our 2030 Ambition, we aim to move from ‘compliance’ to ‘purpose’. Why are we doing this and what benefit will it bring our customers? How can such voluntary commitments accelerate the transition to a Circular Economy by driving change on a global as well as a local scale?

Session 2

A transforming financial landscape: EPR, taxes and incentives
Thursday 19 May 2022 | 09:45– 10:30 (CEST)

LC Packaging: Tom Harrison-Prentice - Circular Economy Lead
KPMG: Arnoud Walrecht - Director, Global Circular Economy Lead
KPMG: Merijn Betjes - Tax Director, Sustainability

The existing and upcoming plastics regulations and taxes mark an important step towards reducing the use of (virgin) plastics. This session covers the headlines of these changes in relation to the production, distribution and use of FIBCs. What does the road towards compliance with these regulations mean for all parties in the chain, and what is required from each of them?

Session 3

The road to implementing circularity: an example from the IBC industry
Thursday 19 May 2022 | 10:45 – 11:15 (CEST)

Schütz GmbH & Co. KGaA: Michael Pleitgen - Manager Reconditioning Services EMEA
LC Packaging GmbH: Thorsten Classen - Managing Director

Around 15 years ago, Schütz implemented a circular solution for IBCs. During this session, they will give a quick recap of their journey toward this solution, including the obstacles they had to overcome, and the results that have been achieved by teaming up with the right partners along the way.

Session 4

Circular FIBC solutions: Design for Recycling, Reuse and Recycled content
Thursday 19 May 2022 | 11:15 – 12:15 (CEST)

LC Packaging International: Tom Harrison-Prentice - Circular Economy Lead
WorldBag: Sebastiaan Dalmeijer - Commercial Lead
LC Packaging GmbH: Thorsten Classen - Managing Director

An update on the essential elements of our journey to create a circular FIBC solution: explaining how Design for Recycling contributes to creating high-quality rPP, and how FIBC reconditioning extends its lifecycle. What are the benefits and the challenges, and how can we close the loop together? 

Marcel Schouten

Director FIBC
LC Packaging International

Marcel Schouten holds over 25 years of experience in the flexible bulk packaging industry and joined LC Packaging in 1995. As he worked through the ranks to his current position Marcel supported LC Packaging's development into an international and leading product and service supplier in the field of FIBCs. Both in developing a sales and distribution network throughout Europe and Africa, as well as in building up a sustainable manufacturing footprint through long term manufacturing partnerships and LC’s own (joint venture) manufacturing facilities - Dutch Bangla Pack in Bangladesh and LC Shankar in South Africa.

Lotte Mastwijk

Manager Sustainability and Communications
LC Packaging International

Lotte Mastwijk holds over 16 years of field experience in various industries, joining LC Packaging 7 years ago to set up its global communications strategy. In 2017 she also started specialising in sustainability, resulting in LC Packaging's first 5-year 2022 Sustainability Vision and its recently launched 2030 Ambition. As she combines both specialisms, Lotte has the ability to be on top of the company’s ‘do-good’ agenda, organising a positive environment and contributing to the UN Global Sustainable Development Goals.

Sara Lindeblad Wingstrand, PhD

Founder
No-waste Solutions

Sara is an independent consultant helping businesses and other organisations transition to a circular economy for plastics. Sara has a PhD in material science, she has led the Plastics Innovation team at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (a UK-based charity and worldwide thought leader on circular economy) and she has worked with the world's largest corporates, emerging innovators and experts from across the industry on projects related to reusable packaging, extended producer responsibility and upstream innovation to drive momentum towards solutions that keep packaging in the economy and out of the environment..

Tom Harrison-Prentice

Circular Economy Lead
LC Packaging International

Tom Harrison-Prentice is a change-maker, driven to contribute to a more sustainable and more equitable world. He has 10 years of experience working on the Sustainable Development Goals within international institutions such as the European Commission and United Nations, NGOs and the commercial sector. He joined LC Packaging in 2021 to help accelerate towards the ambitious sustainability goals. His role is to disconnect the company’s success from the use of virgin materials, by spearheading a Circular Economy strategy for reuse and recycling and working across the organisation to deliver on this vision.

Arnoud Walrecht

Director, Global Circular Economy Lead
KPMG

As a director, Arnoud Walrecht is responsible for leading KPMG Sustainability in Circular Economy engagements in the Netherlands and worldwide. Arnoud has over 19 years of experience in environmental, sustainability, and strategy projects. He has led multiple circular economy projects for clients in the public and private sector. As the leader of KPMG Circular Economy Advisory business lines as part of KPMG IMPACT Arnoud has extensive experience in managing complex multi stakeholder projects in an international context and has been working on multiple engagements related to Circular Economy or the broader Sustainability strategy topic.

Merijn Betjes

Tax Director, Sustainability
KPMG Meijburg

Merijn Betjes began his career at Meijburg in 2006 and has over 15 years experience. Merijn has a focus on real estate and sustainability. He is part of the Real Estate Group and he is leading the Dutch Tax Sustainability team. Merijn has extensive experience with environmental taxes, like energy tax and carbon taxes. He is also part of KPMG's global ESG tax team, as a global environmental tax expert. Merijn advises various clients, including healthcare, investors, listed companies and industrial organizations. Merijn has published various articles regarding environmental taxes.

Michael Pleitgen

Manager Reconditioning Services EMEA
SCHÜTZ GmbH & Co. KGaA

Michael Pleitgen holds over 20 years of experience in the packaging industry and has joined SCHÜTZ GmbH & Co. KGaA in 2002. In his current role he is responsible for the return network SCHÜTZ TICKET SERVICE, with which SCHÜTZ offers ecological return services for emptied IBCs worldwide. For over 15 years now, his professional focus is to return used packaging for their environmental-friendly reconditioning, safe recycling material flows and to improve the ecobalance of packaging.

Thorsten Classen

Managing Director
LC Packaging Germany GmbH

Thorsten Classen holds over 25 years experience in the packaging industry and joined LC Packaging as country manager for the German GmbH in 2013. Thorsten has supported the LC Packaging Group to build up the International Key Account organization during his first years in the company, while turning around the business in Germany. The team of LC Packaging Germany is a strong contributor of the LC Group Sustainability Strategy and is building up circular business models with an increasing number of relevant industry partners.

Sebastiaan Dalmeijer

Commercial Lead | WorldBag Team Leader FIBC
LC Packaging International

Sebastiaan Dalmeijer holds over 15 years of experience in the flexible bulk packaging industry and joined LC Packaging in 2004, his current position being Team Leader FIBC International. Next to this role, Sebastiaan is also responsible for the commercial activities within Worldbag. This includes establishing relationships with customers who strive for permanent improvement of their environmental performance and actively reducing their CO2 emissions by reusing FIBCs and keeping a high-quality supply for the end-users. By offering a closed-loop formula, WorldBag provides a 100% solution.