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MOSCOW (MRC) -- The Alliance to End
Plastic Waste announced that Jacob Duer will serve as the inaugural President
and CEO of the newly formed not-for-profit, effective October 1, according to Hydrocarbonprocessing.
Duer
joins the AEPW from the United Nations, where he most recently served as a
Program Director for the UN Environment Program.
"Jacob is an
experienced, impact-driven, global leader with a breadth of expertise working
across a broad range of stakeholders in the public and private sectors," said
David Taylor, Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of Procter & Gamble,
and Chairman of the AEPW. "His demonstrated leadership, passion for
promoting sustainability, and track record of building solution-oriented
multilateral partnerships will be an invaluable asset as the AEPW grows into
this next phase."
In this newly created role, Duer will advance the
Alliance mission to develop, deploy, and bring to scale solutions that will
minimize and manage plastic waste and promote solutions for used plastics.
This includes plastic reuse, recovery, and recycling to keep it out of the
environment. Since launching in January, the Alliance has initiated
projects focused on: river renewal; municipal and city partnerships; idea
incubation; and IT infrastructure.
"Being strongly committed to
environmental sustainability, I am honored to lead the Alliance as a unique
solution model to address plastic waste as one of the most pressing
environmental issues of today," said Duer. "Working with all stakeholders,
the Alliance will play a lead role in driving sustainable solutions for the
future."
The Alliance is the only organization bringing together the
entire plastics value chain (manufacturing, packaging, collecting, and
converting) and the associated technical, materials, logistics, and engineering
expertise. In total, the Alliance has committed to a goal of USD1.5
billion to deliver sustainable solutions over five years.
"As a strategic
partner to the AEPW, we are excited about the vision and leadership that Jacob
will bring to this role,” said Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council
for Sustainable Development. “This is an important inflection point as we
build an unparalleled force to systematically and sustainably bring solutions to
scale that will end plastic waste in the environment."
The Alliance to
End Plastic Waste (AEPW) welcomed 12 new companies from across the plastics
value chain, including Chinese state-owned Sinopec. The new members expand both
the global footprint of the Alliance and the participation of companies across
the plastics value chain seeking to develop and bring to scale solutions to help
eliminate plastic waste in the environment.
As MRC informed before,
in mid-January 2019, an alliance of global companies from the plastics and
consumer goods value chain launched a new organization to advance solutions
to eliminate plastic waste in the environment. BASF co-founded a
global alliance of nearly 30 companies to advance solutions that reduce and
eliminate plastic waste in the environment, especially in the ocean. The
Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) has committed over USD1.0 billion with the
goal of investing USD1.5 billion over the next five years to help end plastic
waste in the environment. New solutions will be developed and brought to scale
that will minimize and manage plastic waste. This also includes the promotion of
solutions for used plastics by helping to enable a circular economy. |
