Blog
Upcoming Webinar

Knowing What Goes on in Your Supply Chain Enables Sustainability

Posted on 
November 2, 2017
11.2.17
Thursday
Register
Download Presentation
Watch the Webinar

The conversation and drive to be green/sustainable is a critical item on the priority list impacting everybody’s future. Those that want to be change agents are having a hard time gaining meaningful traction and are finding that sustainability is not a simple task.

Speakers
Bringing together leaders in industry and technology to drive innovation.
Matthew Wright
Founder & CEO
About Matthew
Matthew Wright is the founder & CEO of Specright, the first cloud-based platform for Specification Management. Specright has been recognized as a Gartner Cool Vendor, received the Salesforce Innovation Award and was named one of the Top Places to Work by the OC Register and Built in LA. Wright is also a published author and his book, “The Evolution of Products and Packaging,”was named to the Amazon Hot New Release List for Industrial Relations Business and has a five star rating.

Prior to founding Specright, Wright spent more than 25 years in the packaging industry, holding leadership positions at International Paper, Temple Inland, and rightPAQ — a packaging company he co-founded. He has also been involved in leading multiple M&A deals in the packaging industry and sits on the Packaging Advisory Board at Cal-Poly San Luis Obispo.
No items found.
Discover the value of a Spec-first approach to your business
Get Started

Knowing What Goes on in Your Supply Chain Enables Sustainability

The conversation and drive to be green/sustainable is a critical item on the priority list impacting everybody’s future. Those that want to be change agents are having a hard time gaining meaningful traction and are finding that sustainability is not a simple task.

Download Case StudyDownload Case Study
Impact Metrics
-
+
-
+
-
+
-
+
The Impact
Specification Management Summit

Join us for the industry-leading Specification Management conference. Learn more about the most recent Summit in January 2023 in Nashville, TN, and stay tuned for more information about Specification Management Summit 2024!

Learn More
Academia

Specright partners with the leading Packaging Academia programs in the U.S., enabling the future workforce with hands-on experience to its Specification Data Management platform.

Learn More
Explore More Case Studies
View Case Studies
No items found.
Discover the value of a Spec-first approach to your business
Get Started
Blog

Knowing What Goes on in Your Supply Chain Enables Sustainability

The conversation and drive to be green/sustainable is a critical item on the priority list impacting everybody’s future. Those that want to be change agents are having a hard time gaining meaningful traction and are finding that sustainability is not a simple task.

Posted on 
November 2, 2017
11.2.2017
Thursday
Matthew Wright
Founder & CEO, Specright
RegisterRegister
Download Presentation
Blog

Knowing What Goes on in Your Supply Chain Enables Sustainability

The conversation and drive to be green/sustainable is a critical item on the priority list impacting everybody’s future. Those that want to be change agents are having a hard time gaining meaningful traction and are finding that sustainability is not a simple task.

Posted on 
November 2, 2017
11.2.2017
Thursday
Matthew Wright
Founder & CEO, Specright
RegisterRegister
Download Presentation

Knowing what you have enables sustainability


The conversation and drive to be green/sustainable is a critical item on the priority list impacting everybody’s future. Those that want to be change agents are having a hard time gaining meaningful traction and are finding that sustainability is not a simple task.

The rough definition of “green packaging" is using the lightest material, made from the least impactful source, highest recycled content, locally made with a low carbon footprint, procured and produced in the most efficient system. That’s a mouthful. How do you understand and manage all of these elements to develop the most environmentally friendly packaging?

  • Accurate data is mandatory to maximize the benefits of all aspects of green packaging. Imagine being able to share good data back and forth with testing labs, academia, new product developers, logistics providers, and retailers. Now you can ask yourself "how much more innovative could my packaging be?"
  • Analysis of this data is needed to best understand what is "most" green and where to focus your efforts. For example, if you get a bag from 100% recycled content that is made 2,000 miles away, is it better than one that is made 20 miles away from 50% recycled content? Which one is better for the earth today and tomorrow?
  • Widespread adoption is required to make green packaging truly sustainable. If you find a green solution but mass demand is not there, then the price is not workable. A platform is needed to share this finding with like converts. You need to be able to quickly adapt a specification to a more sustainable version that can be shared instantly for costing and availability.

To do the above, you need technology and all parties in your supply chain need access –imagine a software platform to instantly scorecard your success and share it with others. By using technology to increase sustainability, you not only help the earth but you free up packaging engineers to work on innovative and progressive designs with new eco-friendly materials that you now have access to.

Sustainability-driven design software programs are very powerful tools for creating environmentally friendly packaging designs. However, to fully empower those systems, they need to be connected to a larger hub of comprehensive data. Collaboration on a common platform enables businesses to create a green supply chain with transportation companies, packaging providers, retailers, and your own internal employees. However, none of this can be done if you don't know the details (the specs) of what packaging you are purchasing and using.The most efficient systems are arguably the most green. Quality errors, which double the negative environmental impact, are avoided with good clean data deployed in an efficient manner.

Eliminating non-conformances will significantly reduce packaging waste. From the vendor perspective, packaging suppliers can develop the right green products in the right places if they know the true data and have access to it. Enabling packaging producers to know where to build new plants, what type of products need a green solution and which companies have the ability to easily change creates efficiency in green progress. We must involve technology in solving these problems or else we are just shuffling the issue around and not making progress. With the trend of more and more packaging being created, this is the only option.I truly believe that by sharing data on a common platform to enable sustainability, together we will have a meaningful impact on all of our futures.

Explore More
Content
Visit 
No items found.
About 
Matthew Wright

Matthew Wright is the founder & CEO of Specright. Prior to founding Specright, he spent more than 25 years in the packaging industry, holding leadership positions at International Paper, Temple Inland, and rightPAQ — a packaging company he co-founded. He has also been involved in leading multiple M&A deals in the packaging industry. He sits on the Packaging Advisory Board at Cal-Poly San Luis Obispo.

Standardizing Sustainability Reporting in Partnership with Academia
By 
With 
Danielle Goad
4.24.2023
Monday
No items found.
Listen Now
5 Sure-Fire Ways to Reduce Packaging Related Costs
By 
With 
Matthew Wright
5.2.2016
Monday
Listen Now
Explore More Topics
Get Started
With Specright’s Solution Suite, you can digitize, centralize, and link your specification data to drive efficiencies, intelligence, traceability, and collaboration within your organization and across your supply chain network.
Get Started