Sustainable Packaging Consulting
Packaging Compliance &
Strategic Consulting Services
Supporting Your Journey Toward EU PPWR Alignment
Packaging Audit
An assessment of your current packaging portfolio to evaluate compliance with the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), with a forward-looking view up to 2040.
Scope:
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Assess alignment with PPWR and other regulatory milestones up to 2040.
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Define the “ideal state” for packaging across product categories, based on legislative targets.
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Establish a baseline through gap analysis—identifying compliance gaps and areas exceeding requirements.
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Highlight uncertainties due to pending or evolving regulations and their potential consequences for the business decision related to packaging.
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Map and prioritize risks and opportunities defining the direction for action.
Deliverables:
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Mapped overview of the current packaging portfolio
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Ideal packaging state per product category
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Executive summary of compliance gaps and strategic priorities
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High-level recommended actions
Strategic Action Plan
Development of a tailored packaging strategy and actionable roadmap to close compliance gaps, seize opportunities, and build a future-proof packaging system.
Scope:
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Analyze current and emerging market, technological and regulatory trends.
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Identify and compare alternative packaging solutions; define decision-making flows.
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Evaluate supply base readiness, scalability, and cost impacts (including EPR considerations).
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Outline internal and external constraints (e.g., cost, regulatory ambiguity, technology readiness) and explore mitigating solutions.
Deliverables:
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Strategic guide to achieving the ideal state by product category
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Timeline with milestones and key decision points aligned with PPWR deadlines
Implementation Support
Assistance with executing the packaging strategy, including supplier engagement, progress tracking, and compliance verification.
Scope:
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Source compliant packaging solutions and services.
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Develop a performance and impact tracking framework.
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Facilitate third-party verifications for compliance assurance.
Deliverables:
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Supplier landscape and sourcing options
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Progress monitoring and reporting framework
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Overview of third-party compliance verification providers
Market Research
Targeted research support to address specific questions or challenges emerging throughout the packaging strategy and implementation process.
Deliverable:
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Insight report with researched data and actionable executive summary
Examples:
Below are questions that can guide you in gaining the necessary packaging market insights, and the facts gathered will support your decision-making related to the PPWR:
- What are packaging trends in EU and what opportunities and risks do they represent for our business?
- What packaging options do we have for our products?
- Which packaging options are available for our products that meet criteria under EU PPWR?
- What are suppliers and what is the scalability of those packaging options?
- What packaging certifications are available and valued in our target markets that help us demonstrate our efforts and commitments?
- What is the current availability, cost, and scalability of post-consumer recycled (PCR) materials for our packaging?
- What sustainable packaging solutions and practices are our industry/competitors adopting?
- How are competitors communicating their compliance with EU PPWR to their customers and investors?
- Are there emerging best practices for design for recycling, reuse, and other aspects for packaging in our product category?
- What is likely end-of-life scenario for the packaging in our target markets?
- What reuse/refill infrastructure and operating models exist in the markets we sell to?
- What are the recycling rates for different materials in our key EU markets?
- What co-packing and pre-filling options do we have in EU, so that we avoid building internal capacity?
- Which packaging is becoming non-compliant under PPWR for our industry?
