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Sustainable Packaging 101: Your Top Regulatory Questions Answered

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August 27, 2024
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The urgency for sustainable packaging is being driven by evolving consumer demands, regulatory pressures, and operational cost concerns. Companies must adapt now to avoid compliance fines and to meet market expectations.

In this webinar, Specright Product Manager and Sustainability Integrations Lead, Katie Krasts, is joined by Kate Barry, Packaging Optimization Manager at NTT Data, will address your top regulatory questions. From what data you should be tracking in order to be compliant to how to best action that data. Plus, learn common pitfalls to avoid and advice on how to make progress on your sustainable packaging goals today.

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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.

Kate Barry

Manager, Packaging Optimization, NTT Data

With more than 12 years of sustainable package design, Kate has been focused on creating tailored strategies with a holistic approach for the entire supply chain. From process optimization to environmental material analysis, Kate has succeeded in making measurable impacts in multiple industries.

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. 

"Regulatory demands and taxation are coming upon us very quickly and will be punitive in a monetary way for companies that don't figure it out. If we don't comply and we don't figure out how to get our data in front of the right people it is going to impact who we have as customers. Consumers are going to start penalizing companies that are making sustainability claims but can't prove them. Many businesses and consumers not doing will stop doing business with certain companies because of it."

Matthew Wright

CEO, Specright

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