🔈"Product protection is absolutely vital."

David and Stephen explore ecommerce and the circular economy, and how packaging is vital to preventing product damage in the supply chain. One takeaway is that product damage is the least sustainable option. Put another way, if you minimize packaging to save resources but that results in damage to the product, you've lost resources.

The majority of product damage happens in the 'last mile’; that's not surprising given there are 20 or more touch points in an ecommerce supply chain compared with a half-dozen in bricks-and-mortar retail.

Discussion also covers sustainable packaging in the context of ecommerce, with Harrod suggesting the packaging industry should aim to design packaging that lives only as long as the product. He describes packaging as being "a service" to the product: "...we don't need packaging to last hundreds of years; just as long as the product requires it."

Global business and sustainability leaders come together to discuss how innovation and collaboration are helping to address the world’s most urgent problems – from ocean pollution to food insecurity. Listen to industry-leading experts identify opportunities and describe real-world commitments that are good for business and better for the world around us.

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