In 2018, Ahold Delhaize joined the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment, led by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in collaboration with UN Environment Program. The focus of the commitment is threefold: to eliminate problematic or unnecessary plastic packaging and move from single-use to reuseable packaging models; to ensure that 100 percent of plastic packaging can be easily and safely reused, recycled, or composted by 2025; and to circulate the plastic produced by significantly increasing the amounts that is reused or recycled and made into new packaging or products.

In this podcast episode, ECRM's Wayne Bennett speaks with John Laughead, Product Sustainability Manager for Ahold Delhaize USA about the company's sustainability efforts to date, and how it's working with suppliers to achieve its sustainability goals.

Laughead and his team will be participating in ECRM’s Sustainable & Eco-friendly Packaging Program, which will be held March 23 to 25 on the ECRM Connect platform. For more information about this program, visit ECRM.MarketGate.com