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Sustainable Packaging 101: Your Roadmap to Goal Setting

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In today's rapidly evolving marketplace, companies are under unprecedented pressure to adopt sustainable packaging strategies and comply with Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulations. Additionally, consumers are increasingly aware of environmental impacts, making it critical for brands to shift towards more sustainable packaging solutions. Join Specright’s industry experts, Laura Foti and Katie Exum, as they discuss why sustainable packaging matters now more than ever, how to create a sustainable packaging strategy, and how owning your data in a purpose-built centralized system sets you up for success.

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Bringing together leaders in industry and technology to drive innovation.

Matthew Wright

Founder & CEO

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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.

Katie Krasts

Product Manager, Specright

Katie Exum is a Product Manager at Specright, the leader in Specification Data Management. Katie has a background in packaging engineering, where she worked in the food & beverage industry, followed by consumer electronics at Amazon. She pivoted to working in data management at Specright, where she added experience in customer onboarding, then strategic partnerships, before transitioning into product management. Across all of her roles, Katie’s passion for sustainability has been an incorporated into her work. 

Laura Foti

CMO, Specright

Laura leads marketing and investor relations at 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. 

She hosts “Beyond the Shelf: the Product and Packaging Podcast,” where she interviews the industry leaders behind the products we love and use everyday.

Prior to Specright, she led advertising and analytics at GE Digital, GE’s Industrial Internet software business. Before that, she was a consultant at Deloitte Digital working in enterprise digital transformation. Laura was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for marketing and advertising and Brand Innovators 40 Under 40 and 100 Women to Watch lists. She graduated from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. She resides in Costa Mesa, CA.

"Sustainability means something different to everybody. I've interviewed over 250 people on my Sustainable Packaging podcast, and every single person has a different take on it. They have a different scope of it. Every organization should be able to define sustainability for their unique operations."

Cory Connors

Director of Sustainable Packaging, Aurora Packaging Solutions

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