Sustainability and the Plastics Industry

Abstract

An increased corporate emphasis on sustainability can be seen in such areas as: annual reports with published sustainability goals, sustainability management systems with balanced scorecards and dashboards, websites using increased screen area and space for sustainability communications, internal and external stakeholder opinion gathering, development of sustainable supply chain plans, and marketing strategies focusing on "green" or "sustainable" consumers. To address this ever increasing attention to sustainability, a research project to understand sustainability in the plastics industry was initiated with the membership of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE). This paper focuses on the results of the research (global survey) and the implications of sustainability to the plastics industry.

Meeting Name

70th Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition of the Society of Plastics Engineers, ANTEC 2012 (2012: Apr. 2-4, Orlando, FL

Department(s)

Economics

Keywords and Phrases

Plastic industry; Sustainability; Sustainable business

International Standard Book Number (ISBN)

978-162276083-1

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2012 Society of Plastics Engineers, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Apr 2012

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