Packaging Europe’s Sustainable Packaging Summit is taking place from 10-12 November in Utrecht. In this article, we’ll bring you live updates on the key news, announcements, and talking points from the event.
The Summit brings together leading experts from across the packaging value chain for three days of discussions, panel debates, and presentations - with the aim of sparking real progess on packaging sustainability.
Friday 7th November
The beautiful (and extremely heavy) awards pictured above will be handed out to the winners of our Sustainability Awards in just a few days’ time!
The Awards ceremony takes place on the second day of our 2025 Sustainable Packaging Summit, which itself kicks off on Monday. The Summit is the culmination of months of intense planning, and we look forward to welcoming attendees in Utrecht from 10-12 November.
If you’re reading this before the start of the Summit, a small number of tickets are still available and we’d love for you to join us - click here for more information.
On Monday, after some words from Packaging Europe’s Tim Sykes, SPC’s Olga Kachook, and moderator Hery Henry; Willemijn Peeters from Searious Business will appear on the main stage as our first keynote speaker.
Then, after a panel discussion between representatives from Nestlé, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, the New European Reuse Alliance, and Avery Dennison; we’ll hear from the European Commission’s policy officer, Wolfgang Trunk, for an in-depth discussion on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation.
At the end of the first day, attendees are invited to join us at the first-ever Summit block party – where there’ll be opportunities to try cuisines from across the world and network with potential future collaborators.
On Tuesday, Jessika Roswall, European Commissioner for the Environment, will be joined by various FMCG business leaders to discuss the macro-trends currently facing our industry – from evolving consumer demands to trade-related frictions.
And, before the Sustainability Awards ceremony in the evening, there’ll be plenty of enlightening discussion taking place in various formats and across the Main, Emerging Tech, Knowledge Exchange, and Future Forum stages.
The final day of the Summit opens with the Accelerating the Transformation of Paper panel. Unilever’s Mark Newman, Laura Smith from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Huhtamaki’s Herwin Wichers, DS Smith’s Susana Aucejo, Oliver Kalmes from Actega, Lisa Clark from Archroma Packaging Technologies, FrieslandCampina’s Caroline Zwart, and Anna Perlina will delve into the direction and impact of R&D in packaging paper.
And then, after another action-packed day of discussion with representatives from across the value chain, Tim Sykes and Olga Kachook will host a session to close out the Summit and aggregate all the key learnings from across all three days.
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