Added: Mar 21, 2023
Last edited: Mar 21, 2023
Led by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, in collaboration with the UN Environment Programme, the Global Commitment has united more than 500 consumer businesses behind a common vision of a circular economy for plastics. Driven by the goal of tackling plastic pollution at its source, companies representing 20% of all plastic packaging produced globally have committed to ambitious 2025 targets to help realise that common vision.
The traditional linear economic model of ‘take-make-use-dispose’ is not sustainable and is causing severe environmental problems such as resource depletion, waste accumulation, and pollution. Customers are also contributing to this problem by generating more waste and consuming more resources than necessary. However, customers often lack awareness, resources, and incentives to adopt sustainable practices and reduce waste.
The Global Commitment 2022 is a global initiative that aims to accelerate the transition towards a circular economy by addressing the root causes of waste and pollution. The initiative brings together governments, businesses, NGOs, and individuals to work towards a common goal of reducing waste and promoting the circular economy. The program particularly targets post-consumer waste by accelerating businesses actions, particularly around reuse, flexible packaging, and decoupling business growth from packaging use.
By enabling a range of initiatives and incentives such as sustainable design, circular business models, and recycling, the program supports customers to adopt sustainable practices by creating the conditions to act as a real stakeholder of the circular economy.
The Global Commitment 2022 has helped customers become more circular by providing incentives and resources to adopt sustainable practices. The program has enabled companies to adopt circular business models, design products for durability and repairability, and adopt sustainable supply chain practices. The program has also encouraged the development of innovative technologies and materials that are compatible with the circular economy. Through this program, customers have access to more sustainable products, services, and solutions that promote the circular economy. Overall, the Global Commitment 2022 has helped to raise awareness among customers, companies, and policymakers about the benefits of the circular economy and promoted the transition to a more sustainable and circular economic model.
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