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Bill Clinton launches plastic procurement scheme29 Sep 2010Source: Procurement Leaders A high profile program has been launched by former US president Bill Clinton to minimise the volume of plastic that global enterprises use in their operations and supply chains. A recent meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative's Annual meeting in New York saw Bill Clinton formally launch a collaboration with Doug Woodring - a co-founder of Project Kaisei Woodring's project partners ASrIA (The Association for Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia); and HKUST (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), to implement the tracking and reporting of plastics used inside businesses. The Plastic Disclosure Project will operate as an annual survey, asked on behalf of the world's investment community, of companies regarding their use of plastic. The object of the programme is to allow managers at both investment firms, as well as within companies themselves, to start thinking about where money can be saved, new designs adopted, and material reductions can take place in order to help improve environmental, waste and health impacts. Read more here |
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