Check out the agenda of the 2024 Environmental Conference!

The Interzero Environmental Conference will be held in Sopot on 18-20 September, where we will discuss the most important and most current topics related to legal regulations, environmental protection and ESG.

This year’s event will focus in particular on issues related to legal changes dictated by the transposition of the EU SUP and PPWR directives, the introduction of a nationwide deposit system in Poland from 2025, as well as sustainable development models for business. The agenda includes presentations by speakers from brands on the Polish market, business organizations and the environmental protection industry. Read on to find out what else you will find in the program of the Interzero 2024 Environmental Conference – the full agenda is available on the event page .

Deposit system

As of 2025, a deposit system will be in force in Poland, which will cover selected beverage packaging made of glass and plastic. This change is a real challenge for entrepreneurs who are obliged to meet certain obligations, including achieving a specific level of selective collection of packaging waste, keeping records or concluding an agreement with an entity representing them in the deposit system. The conference program will include several lectures devoted strictly to the issue of the deposit system in Poland. Paweł Sosnowski, Representative for Environmental Solutions at Interzero, will give a lecture entitled “Is a deposit system without EPR a recipe for problems?”, and Hanna Walczak, Implementation Manager at GS1 Polska, will talk about database standardization in the lecture “Database for the deposit system – what is worth knowing about it?” A panel discussion “The deposit system – a threat or an opportunity for waste management?” is also planned, with the participation of, among others: Interzero specialists, a representative of a retail chain and an expert in the environmental protection industry with scientific and research achievements.

Interzero, together with the Polish Chamber of Packaging Recovery and Recycling, will establish an entity representing entrepreneurs in the deposit-refund system – find out more HERE .

The EU PPWR (Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation) directive is inextricably linked to this change, setting top-down levels for the collection of packaging waste. Paweł Sosnowski will present the assumptions of this legal act in his lecture “PPWR, or new solutions in waste management”; in the discussion panel “PPWR – how much will it cost us?” experts in the circular economy – including Piotr Mazurek from the Lewiatan Confederation and Robert Szyman, Director of the Polish Association of Plastics Converters – will discuss the challenges in the design, production and recycling of packaging in the face of new regulations.

Sustainable development in business

In addition to the topics devoted to the latest changes in national and European law, the Environmental Conference will discuss issues of the circular economy, integrated environmental solutions and sustainable business.

Circular circulation of raw materials and products is an issue that will interest all entrepreneurs who want to reduce the harmful impact on the environment and reduce production costs. This year’s Environmental Conference will feature experts from leading brands on the Polish market – including Wiktoria Płocha, Sustainability Business Partner at IKEA Retail, with a lecture entitled “Circularity – do we know where it begins?”, Joanna Leoniewska-Gogola, Deputy Director Sustainability Consulting Central Europe at Deloitte Advisory, with a lecture entitled “Circularity strategy of a company in the context of the requirements of the non-financial CSRD report” and Jacek Płaza, Chief Sustainability Officer at Decathlon Polska, with a lecture entitled “How to reduce waste and develop new business models?”.

Paweł Lesiak na konferencji srodowiskowej

Mateusz Jemioł, advertising producer and director, and CEO of Mova Film, will talk about ESG from a marketing perspective in his lecture “Can the topic of garbage captivate crowds? A recipe for an effective social campaign.”

The progressive technological development can go hand in hand with ecology – and this is thanks to digital tools supporting waste management. Aleksandra Mikiel, Operations Director at Interzero, will talk about Interzero Waste Platform – a waste management tool.