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Upcoming Webinars
Empowering Responsible Supply Chains in the Pet Industry
January 21st, 2021
9:00am PST/ 10:00am MST/ 12:00pm EST
Join us for a discussion on supply chain risks and responsibility. We will be joined by Katerina Paraskeva
from Sedex and Zachary Wallace from Wellpet.
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Recent Webinars
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion with Ben & Jerry’s
As one of the most active brands taking a stand on social justice issues, Ben & Jerry’s partnered with the Pet Sustainability Coalition in this engaging webinar to support pet industry businesses in taking action on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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A 30-day challenge to inspire 1,000 actions toward a diverse, equitable, and inclusive pet industry
PSC partnered with the innovative technology platform WeSpire to create a 30-day challenge to inspire 1000 micro-actions, ultimately driving toward a more diverse, equitable and inclusive pet industry.
This webinar addressed the important topics of allyship, diversity, anti-racism, and inclusive leadership, and kicked of the 30-day challenge. Participants learned how to use the WeSpire platform to access suggested actions and resources, and to track their actions. Over 5,000 actions were tracked in the month of September 2020, engaging nearly 500 individuals among 47 pet industry companies.
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The Sustainable Development Goals:
2-part Webinar Series
This two part series introduced the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that guide sustainability plans and actions in companies. Pet product brand Moderna discussed their use of the SDGs to focus their sustainability goals and drive business value.
The second webinar in the series included a Q&A session regarding the SDG Action Manager, including a walk through of how to register and get started, followed by breakout sessions for businesses new to PSC’s assessment tools.
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Greening Holiday Returns
Retailers lose a third of their revenue to returns, says RSR Research. In addition to the steep financial cost, there is also a huge environmental cost as well!
Returns in the US alone create 5 billion pounds of landfill waste and 15 million tonnes of carbon emissions annually, equivalent to the amount of trash produced by 5 million people in a year.
Meagan Knowlton, Director of Sustainability at Optoro discussed the environmental impact of consumer returns and how retailers are solving for those impacts amidst the growth of e-commerce and during peak holiday season.
How2Recycle: A Recycling Labeling Solution for the Pet Industry
Recording Now Available
Join, the Pet Sustainability Coalition, The Sustainable Packaging Coalition, and Thunh Phu packaging, a member company of PSC to learn about a labeling solution for the pet industry.
Flex Forward: Piloting a Recycling Solution for Plastic Packaging in the Pet Industry
Recording Now Available
Earth Animal, the trusted choice in award-winning, health improving veterinary formulated products, Petfood Experts, a whole sale distributor serving 4500 independently owned retailers and the Pet Sustainability Coalition (PSC), a nonprofit that advances business through environmental and social practices, announces Flex Forward – a 2020 return-to-retail packaging pilot program aimed at reducing landfill waste and delivering sustainable packaging solutions to the pet industry.
Going Plastic Neutral – An Introduction To Plastic Offsets
Recording Now Available
More and more transportation companies offer a way to balance out your pollution by investing in projects that reduce emissions of carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. What if we could do the same for plastic? While we all work to reduce the amount of plastic in our products and packaging, is there a way to offset the plastic we haven’t been able, or it doesn’t make sense to eliminate?
Redefining Sustainable Proteins Webinar
Recording Now Available:
Tune into this recording to learn from the PSC team how the production of proteins has one of the largest environmental impacts in the pet industry. In 2018, PSC set a goal to provide leadership, tools and guidance for the pet industry to address our environmental impact related to protein use.
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Life Cycle Analysis – Impacts & Opportunities
Learn about PSC’s partner tool for evaluating the environmental impact of different packaging materials and designs. Special guests Zuke’s and Excel Packaging share how they worked through PSC to drive down packaging impact.
Packaging Terminology
Designations of bio-based, biodegradable, and compostable are critical parts of the discussion, but they are nuanced and often incorrectly correlated. Learn from PSC Partner Sustainable Packaging Coalition to navigate different packaging terms and understand their environmental value.
Environmental Design & Innovation
Learn about how collars, leashes, toys and bedding members of PSC can access the Sustainable Apparel Coalition’s tool during the product design phase to save time and money while improving environmental impact.
Employee Engagement
Learn how White Wave Foods and West Paw Design engage employees for business success
