PEFC Chile invites you to the Sustainability Fair

19 August 2022 Upcoming event

For the third time, PEFC Chile is holding the PEFC Sustainability Fair. Aimed at consumer brands, printers, and producers of paper and cardboard packaging, the fair will create opportunities for stakeholders to meet and learn from each other.

The event will be held in Santiago, Chile, on 13 September. Register now!

PEFC International Chair Eduardo Rojas Briales will open the program, presenting a global context regarding PEFC-certified forests and sustainable bioeconomy.

Beside presentations about PEFC certification, corporate sustainability, and circular economy, there will be an exhibition of certified companies of the printing and packaging sector.

The event aims to increase the recognition of PEFC and certified products in the local market, and generate business opportunities between certified companies and consumer brands.

“This is the third edition of the PEFC Fair. The first was held in 2016 and the second in 2018, generating superior results for PEFC in Chile,” comments André Laroze, National Secretary of PEFC Chile.

"The event has brought us greater recognition and more products with the PEFC logo on the market, we have seen more certification of chain of custody companies and added sustainable value for our stakeholders."

A broad range of topics

The presentations, panel, and workshop will touch on current topics of interest for brands in Chile and the region.

The program includes:

1. Presentation: “From PEFC-certified forests to sustainable bioeconomy”, Eduardo Rojas Briales, PEFC International Chair
2. Presentation: “Corporate sustainability trends and ESG reporting”, Margarita Ducci, Executive Director of Red Pacto Global Chile (United Nations)
3. Panel: “Linking responsible production and consumption” with Pablo Badenier, co-founder of País Circular as moderator, and panellists Tomás Saieg, Head of the Circular Economy Office at the Ministry of the Environment; Marcela Bravo, General Manager of Acción Empresas, and Nicolás Gordon, Sustainability Manager at Empresas CMPC
4. Circular economy workshop applied to the life cycle of paper and cardboard by Alejandro Chacón, Director of Ecodiseño.cl

The event will be held in Spanish. Registration is free with limited space. Register now!

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