Martin Koehring - Global Sustainability and Ocean Expert | Charity Board Member | TEDx Speaker | I help create multi-stakeholder partnerships & impactful research on 🌏 Climate 🌏 Nature 🌏 Blue Economy

Interviewed by PlasticsToday on Extended Producer Responsibility

A key part of California’s single-use plastics law, Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) eventually could lead to cost savings through better product design and materials recovery.

I was interviewed by PlasticsToday about the opportunities and challenges of introducing EPR schemes, with references to Economist Impact’s recent work on the circular economy, plastics management and advanced recycling technologies.

Read the article here: https://www.plasticstoday.com/legislation-regulations/extended-producer-responsibility-gateway-circular-economy-or-stealth-tax

More on “Rethinking Plastics in a Circular Economy”: https://ocean.economist.com/rethinking-plastics/

More on Economist Impact’s circular economy podcast: https://impact.economist.com/sustainability/circular-economies/inside-the-circle-circular-plastics

More on the Plastics Management Index: https://backtoblueinitiative.com/plastics-management-index/

More on sustainability:

Completed Basecamp course at School of System ChangeMarch 28, 2024
Moderating sessions on value chains at edie 24March 19, 2024
My TEDx talk has been publishedMarch 14, 2024
Key takeaways from Global Sustainability Partnership Network in ManchesterMarch 4, 2024
Speaking about global supply chains at Economist Impact’s Sustainability WeekMarch 4, 2024

Tags: circular economy sustainability

I’m a global ocean, climate and sustainability expert with 20+ years of experience, including progressively more strategic and leadership responsibilities. My most recent roles include Global Director of Impact at the international sustainability non-profit Forum for the Future, Board Member at the New Economics Foundation (a think tank focusing on social, economic and environmental justice), Head of the World Ocean Initiative and Practice Lead (EMEA) for Sustainability, Climate Change and Natural Resources at Economist Impact (part of The Economist Group). My previous roles at The Economist Group include managing editor, global health lead and Europe editor at The Economist Intelligence Unit. I love to work with organisations that build a just, resilient and regenerative future for people and planet.

Over the years I have directed many sustainability-related research and thought-leadership projects with partners in business, government, academia and civil society, in areas such as food sustainability, a just energy transition and the role of business in society. I was also the editorial lead of the award-winning Sustainability Project.

As part of my wider engagement on sustainability, I am a trustee of the New Economics Foundation (a think tank focusing on social, economic and environmental justice). I sit on the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s Inclusive Economies Advisory Group and the Sustainable Brands Turkey Global Advisory Board. I have also been a member of the Advisory Committee for the UN Environment Programme’s Global Environment Outlook for Business, a senior rapporteur at World Water Week, a faculty member in the Food & Sustainability Certificate Program provided by the European Institute of Innovation for Sustainability and a judge at the Reuters Events Responsible Business Awards.

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