华盛顿特区.C., 22 August 2019 – The Alliance to End Plastic Waste today announced that 雅各Duer will serve as the inaugural President and CEO of the newly formed not-for-profit, effective October. Duer joins the AEPW from the United Nations, where he most recently served as a Program Director for the UN Environment Programme.
“雅各布是个有经验的人, impact-driven, global leader with a breadth of expertise working across a broad range of stakeholders in the public and private sectors,” 大卫泰勒, Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of Procter & 甘布尔和AEPW主席. “他展现了领导力。, passion for promoting sustainability, and track record of building solution-oriented multilateral partnerships will be an invaluable asset as the AEPW grows into this next phase.”
在这个新创建的角色中, Duer will advance the Alliance mission to develop, 部署, and bring to scale solutions that will minimize and manage plastic waste and promote solutions for used plastics. This includes plastic reuse, recovery, and recycling to keep it out of the environment. 自1月份推出以来, the Alliance has initiated projects focused on: river renewal; municipal and city partnerships; idea incubation; and IT infrastructure.
“Being strongly committed to environmental sustainability, I am honored to lead the Alliance as a unique solution model to address plastic waste as one of the most pressing environmental issues of today,杜尔说。. “与所有利益相关者合作, the Alliance will play a lead role in driving sustainable solutions for the future.”
The Alliance is the only organization bringing together the entire plastics value chain (manufacturing, 包装, 收集, and converting) and the associated technical, 材料, 物流, 以及工程专业知识. In total, the Alliance has committed to a goal of USD$1.5 billion to deliver sustainable solutions over five years.
“As a strategic partner to the AEPW, we are excited about the vision and leadership that Jacob will bring to this role,” 彼得不赞美, President and CEO, World Business Council for Sustainable 发展. “This is an important inflection point as we build an unparalleled force to systematically and sustainably bring solutions to scale that will end plastic waste in the environment.”
