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May 23, 2021 You are here: Home / World Economic Forum / Here’s how private investors can turn plastic into gold Here’s how private investors can turn plastic into gold (Credit: Unsplash) This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Rob Kaplan, Chief Executive Officer, Circulate Capital A lack of capital is a significant barrier to creating a profitable plastics recycling market in emerging economies. But attractive returns are there for the taking – while tackling plastic pollution at the same time. Here’s...

Turning the Tide: How Can Indonesia Close the Loop on Plastic Waste? Indonesia. Crystal blue waters, palm trees swaying in the wind, endless sandy beaches, lush tropical jungles, towering mountains, lakes, rivers, and more; all are images that may come to mind when you think of Indonesia. But like other Asian countries, Indonesia’s booming development and increased consumption have generated an immense amount of waste, particularly single-use plastics that are leaking into the ocean.  In her conversation with Indonesian journalist Basten Gokkon, the lead article in the InsightOut publicat...

P&G commissions first in-house solar plant in India ​ By IANS | ​ 8 Views Solar power plant. (File Photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News Hyderabad, April 22 : Procter & Gamble's manufacturing site in Hyderabad became its first site in India to house a solar plant. This is P&G's only the fifth manufacturing site globally to commission in-house solar plant. Spread over 16,000 square meters and comprising nearly 3,000 panels, the in-house solar plant has a capacity of one Megawatt clean energy production and will reduce the company's carbon footprint by an estimated 1,030 tonnes annually. ...

Operator Good day, and welcome to Dow's first-quarter 2021 earnings call. [Operator instructions] Also, today's call is being recorded. I would now like to turn the call over to Pankaj Gupta. Please go ahead, sir. Pankaj Gupta -- Director, Investor Relations Good morning. Thank you for joining Dow's first-quarter earnings call. This call is available via our webcast, and we have prepared slides to supplement our comments today. They are posted on the Investor Relations section of Dow's website and through the link to our webcast. I am Pankaj Gupta, investor relations vice president for Dow. ...

Building an On-ramp for Catalytic Capital to Reduce Plastic Leakage: Q&A with Circulate Capital’s April Crow Back in 2005, as a part of the Coca-Cola Company Environmental Team, April Crow was a pioneer working on the concept of sustainable packaging. In the mid-2000s, despite stories on the great pacific garbage patch, ocean plastic waste was not high on policy or corporate agendas. April believed this was due to a lack of scientific data on the scale and threat of plastic waste. To fill this gap, April’s team partnered with Ocean Conservancy to convene leading scientists to help fill th...