Nine tips for sustainable work trips

The leaves have started turning, school’s back in session, and for sustainable packaging professionals, conference season has commenced.?

This Fall conference season, we’re committed to making sure that our events are sustainable, and if you’re interested in reducing your own carbon impact during travel, you can check out our nine tips for taking sustainable work trips.?

In this issue of Unpacked, we’re also looking forward to SPC Advance, SPC Engage, and more sustainable packaging events and webinars where you can connect with members of our team. Thanks for reading, and we hope to see you in six short days at SPC Advance!

- Olga Kachook,?Director, Sustainable Packaging Coalition, GreenBlue

Nine Sustainable Travel Tips from SPC

“Sustainable travel” might seem like a contradiction in terms, but it doesn’t have to be—especially when your business travel takes you to a conference centered around sustainability, like SPC events.?

At our events, we gather stakeholders across the packaging value chain to advance scalable, meaningful action on sustainability. Of course, any conference convening international experts will come with a carbon emissions impact, but before you head out to SPC Advance or SPC Engage this Fall, we’ve gathered nine sustainable travel tips for you to use.?

From local waste bins to sustainable lodging habits, let’s look at ways we can make work travel more sustainable together.

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Ready for SPC Advance? Let’s Move Further and Faster on Carbon Reduction?

Ready for SPC Advance? Now that registration has closed, we’re looking forward to registered SPC members in Chicago from September 30 - October 2. Together, we’ll explore moving Further and Faster to reduce carbon emissions with better packaging.? To make the most of your trip, you can:

• Plan Your Participation: With sessions, panels, and workshops on everything from Store Drop-off to consumer eye-tracking research, check out the agenda to plan what you’ll participate in during the event
• Download the App: Sponsored by Printpack, the SPC Advance Event App puts the full agenda at your finger tips, letting you connect with fellow attendees, and receive notifications of need-to-know know information on site.
• Register for Immersive Experiences: Between morning yoga to walking tours of Chicago, if you haven’t already, you can sign up for tours, socials, or immersive experiences that still have availability.

Find the SPC Team at Events this Fall

Hitting the road this conference season? Look out for our team at packaging and sustainability conferences. And if you're not traveling, you can still log on to join us on sustainable packaging webinars.?

• The Sustainable Packaging Innovation Forum:?Attend SPC Director Olga Kachook’s moderated panel at the event, which takes place on October 29 - 30.
• Unlocking Circularity for PET Packaging in the USA: On October 24, SPC’s Olga Kachook will moderate a webinar with Systemiq on improving the circularity of PET packaging and polyester textiles.?
• The Velocity Institute Sustainability Summit:?From October 22 - 23, you can look out for SPC Fiber Manager Brad Kurzynowski's session at the Velocity Institute Sustainability Summit.
• ReMA Fiber Readiness Recycling Tool Webinar: On October 29, you can join SPC’s Brad Kurzynowski for his webinar with ReMA to explore the organization's new paper packaging recyclability tool.
• Sustainable Brands’ SB 2024 San Diego Link up with Anika Hager, GreenBlue Marketing & Communications Manager, at the Sustainable Brands San Diego conference from October 14 - 17.
• Resource Recycling Conference: On November 13 - 15, you can look out for SPC Senior Project Manager Lucy Pierce at the Resource Recycling Conference in a policy panel discussion.

In Other News

• Could the solution to plastic waste be as straightforward as standardization? Check out Olga Kachook’s latest Trellis article.
• Don’t forget to save the date for SPC Impact 2025, where we’ll gather to advance sustainable packaging from April 28 - May 1 in Seattle.
• From CAA deadlines to California’s EPR legislation, check out SPC’s September Policy Roundup for important legislative news.
• Registration is open for SPC Engage 2024 in Amsterdam—co-located with Packaging Europe’s Sustainable Packaging Summit on November 11.?
• GreenBlue Executive Director Paul Nowak joined the Beyond the Shelf Podcast to discuss sustainable packaging challenges and potential solutions.
• Interested in becoming a sponsor for SPC Impact 2025? Check out the latest opportunities to sponsor the 800+ attendee event in our brochure today.