Plastic

The Situation Quadpack is a global cosmetics packaging manufacturer who wanted to better understand and assess compliance with present and future legal requirements for the plastics and packaging it produces and distributes across its markets. This knowledge is essential to anticipate regulatory changes and support its clients in adapting to new legal challenges.  Solutions Sustainable…

The Situation US-based energy transition and decarbonisation infrastructure investor ECP, formerly Energy Capital Partners, sought a detailed understanding of the current and future UK plastic waste market. The objective was to support ECP’s due diligence for a proposed acquisition of Biffa plc, one of the UK’s leading integrated waste and recycling companies with a leading…

The Situation Plastic recycling supply chains are often local and unique as they rely on many informal transactions driven by local conditions, traditions, and cultures, as well as local and regional infrastructure and markets. Very few existing studies on national waste flows explore the plastic supply chains in a more localised context. Recognising this need…

The Situation Closed Loop Partners is a US-based investment firm and innovation centre focused on building the circular economy. Over the last seven years, its Centre for the Circular Economy has researched, tested, and invested in solutions to tackle the urgent crisis of mounting plastic waste.   In 2019, Closed Loop Partners published its report on  Accelerating Circular Supply Chains for Plastics: A Landscape of Transformational Technologies…

The Situation Microsoft has committed to becoming zero waste across its direct operations, products, and packaging by 2030, including eliminating single-use plastic from its packaging by 2025. As part of this target, the company has undertaken a global effort to reduce the use of single-use plastic for servers and components within its data centre operations. The…

The Situation Concerns over plastic pollution have caused consumers and businesses to become more aware of their purchasing decisions and wary of single-use plastic items. As a result, companies are searching for alternatives to replace single-use plastics and meet sustainability and carbon commitments. A viable option is to replace the use of virgin resources with…

The Situation World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) ReSource: Plastic was released to close a critical measurement and reporting gap on corporate plastic engagement, helping companies turn their large-scale commitments into meaningful measurable action. The initiative works with a membership group to measure their plastic footprint and to track plastic management outcomes by country. WWF selected Anthesis as a…

The Situation The World Economic Forum (WEF) Low-Carbon Emitting Technologies (LCET) initiative is a collaboration between leading chemical industry players. The initiative aims to accelerate the development and scale up of low-carbon emitting technologies in the chemical industry and related circular value chains to provide a marked reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The main…

The Situation A global food retailer has recently become a signatory to the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment, led by Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF). All signatories to the commitment are working to eliminate unnecessary plastic, innovate new packaging solutions, and contribute to a more circular economy. The food retailer, along with the other signatories, has…

The Situation Anthesis prepared a commercial market due diligence report for an investor group that was considering an investment in PerPETual Global Technology Ltd (PGTL). PGTL owns a proprietary, fully commercialised technology to convert PET plastic flakes into polyester filament and potentially other products using its own patented process. Its first operational plant is in…