Lightweight Beverage Packaging

Lightweight Beverage Packaging – A Husky Webinar – May 2021

About this webinar

Converting to a lightweight neck and tethered closure system for PET beverage packages is an effective way to reduce operating costs, achieve sustainability goals and enhance a company’s brand.

In a time of economic challenges, shifting market demand and upcoming legislation, learn how reinventing a complete package presents an ideal opportunity to save money, stay ahead of legislation and adapt to market needs.

Husky’s latest webinar, titled ‘Lightweight beverage packaging – reinvent your package to save money, lower your carbon footprint and enhance your brand’ will cover:

The benefits of switching: Explore various business drivers behind the switch to lightweight tethered closure designs
Requirements, opportunities and best practices: Learn about the European tethered closures legislation and the opportunity that tethering presents for brands
Options for different beverage types: Discover best-practice approaches for carbonated, water and other beverages.
What is involved and how to get started: Run through the process and timeline for lightweighting initiatives
Real-world saving and design examples: Overview of several lightweighting examples to illustrate the scope of savings involved

Featured speakers will include Michael White, director of business development for closures, Husky Injection Molding Systems; and Quentin Vandelm, who leads Husky’s Application Solutioning team.

Schedule
Times shown below are in EDT

1:00 – 1:05pm
Welcoming remarks
Moderator Barbara Buchner, Global Managing Director, Climate Policy Initiative

1:05 – 1:15pm
The Imperative for the Agri-Food Business to Move Towards the SDGs
A conversation between:
Guido Barilla, Chairman, Barilla Group and Barilla Foundation
Moderator Barbara Buchner, Global Managing Director, Climate Policy Initiative

1:15 – 1:45pm
Sustainable Development Resetting the Food Industry and Finance Agenda
An interview with:
Jeffrey Sachs, Director, Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia University
Alzbeta Klein, Director and Global Head of Climate Business, International Finance Corporation
Alexandra Liftman, Global Environmental Executive, Bank of America

1:45 – 1:55pm
Fixing the Business of Food – The Report 2020
Guido Schmidt-Traub, Executive Director, SDSN
Angelo Riccaboni, Professor of Business Administration, University of Siena

1:55 – 2:05pm
Keynote
Amb. Armando Varricchio, Ambassador of Italy to Washington, Embassy of Italy in Washington

2:05 – 2:15pm
Keynote
Amb. Mariangela Zappia, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations in New York

2:15 – 2:25pm
Keynote
Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice President, European Commission

2:25 – 2:55pm
Roundtable
Wai-Chan Chan, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum
Pedro Moura Costa, Co- Founder and President, BVRio Environmental Exchange

2:55 – 3:00pm
Closing remarks
Rachel Kyte CMG, Dean, The Fletcher School, Tufts University