Chris Foley – CEO, Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation Chris specialises in creating value and positive impact for large, complex businesses and organisations by improving the sustainability of their operations, products, packaging, and supply chain.
His experience includes driving system changes to deliver sustainability, product stewardship and corporate reputation outcomes in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and the US. Prior to joining APCO in August 2022, Chris led strategic and transformational change in environmental sustainability across leading retailers Kmart and Target where his remit included climate change, product stewardship, circular economy, packaging, plastic, and waste.
He has also spent time in the packaging and utilities industries and government. As APCO's CEO, Chris leads the development and execution of strategies that bring business, governments, and industry together to design, use, recover, reuse and recycle packaging to improve waste, climate, water, material, chemical and social impacts.
Resources & References
https://recyclingnearyou.com.au/arl/
https://anzpacplasticspact.org.au/taking-action/
https://apco.org.au/the-australasian-recycling-label
https://apco.org.au/sustainable-packaging-guidelines
https://apco.org.au/news/20Y4a00000000BxEAI
https://apco.org.au/collaborating-with-governments
https://apco.org.au/collaborating-with-industry-sectors
https://apco.org.au/packaging-sustainability-framework
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