Check out the agenda for the Environmental Conference 2024 event!
Interzero's Environmental Conference will already take place in Sopot on 18-20 September, where we will address the most important and up-to-date topics related to legislation, environmental protection and ESG.
This year's event will focus particularly on issues related to the legal changes dictated by the transposition of the EU SUP and PPWR directives, the introduction of a nationwide bail-in system in Poland from 2025, as well as sustainability models for business. The agenda features no shortage of speakers from brands in the Polish market, business organisations and the environmental industry. Read on to find out what else you will find in the Interzero 2024 Environmental Conference programme - full agenda available on the event page.
Bail system
As early as 2025, a deposit system will be in force in Poland, which will cover selected glass and plastic beverage packaging. This change poses quite a challenge for entrepreneurs, on whom obligations are imposed, including, among others, achieving a certain level of selective collection of packaging waste, keeping records or concluding an agreement with an entity representing in the deposit system. The Conference programme will include several lectures devoted strictly to the issue of the deposit system in Poland. Paweł Sosnowski, Plenipotentiary for Environmental Solutions at Interzero, will give a lecture entitled "Is a bail-in system without ROP a recipe for problems?", and Hanna Walczak, Implementation Manager at GS1 Poland, will talk about database standardisation in the lecture "Database for the bail-in system - what is worth knowing about it?". Also scheduled is a panel discussion "Deposit system - threat or opportunity for waste management?", which will include Interzero specialists, a representative of a trade network and an expert in the environmental industry with scientific and research achievements.
Interzero, together with the Polish Chamber of Packaging Recovery and Recycling, will set up an entity to represent entrepreneurs in the deposit system - learn more HERE.
Inextricably linked to this change is the EU PPWR (Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation) directive, which sets top-down collection levels for packaging waste. The assumptions of this legislation will be outlined by Paweł Sosnowski in his lecture "PPWR, or new waste management solutions"; in the panel discussion "PPWR - how much will it cost us?" experts in the closed loop economy - including Piotr Mazurek from the Lewiatan Confederation and Robert Szyman, Director of the Polish Plastics Converters Association - will discuss the challenges of designing, producing and recycling packaging in the face of the new regulations.
Business sustainability
In addition to topics on the latest developments in national and European law, the Environmental Conference will discuss closed-loop economies, integrated environmental solutions, and sustainable business.
The circular flow of raw materials and products is an issue that will be of interest to all entrepreneurs who want to reduce their harmful impact on the environment and also reduce production costs. Speakers at this year's Environmental Conference will include experts from leading brands on the Polish market - including Wiktoria Płocha, Sustainability Business Partner at IKEA Retail with a talk on "Circularity - do we know where it starts?", Joanna Leoniewska-Gogola, Deputy Director Sustainability Consulting Central Europe at Deloitte Advisory, with a talk on "A company's circularity strategy in the context of the requirements of the CSRD non-financial report" or Jacek Płaza, Chief Sustainability Officer at Decathlon Poland with a talk on "How to reduce waste and develop new business models?".
Mateusz Jemiol, producer and advertising director, as well as CEO of Mova Film, will talk about ESG from a marketing perspective in his lecture 'Can the subject of litter captivate the crowds? A recipe for an effective social campaign'.
Progressive technological development can go hand in hand with ecology - and this is thanks to digital tools to support waste management. In her talk, Aleksandra Mikiel, Operations Director at Interzero, will talk about Interzero Waste Platform - waste management tool.
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