ESG
We talk plastics circularity , capitalism , and the power of the new renaissance brigade with David Katz , CEO and Founder of Plastic Bank
WRITTEN BY : LAURA V . GARCIA
Sustainability is having more than a moment ; it ’ s a movement , a renaissance , if you will . The world is transitioning from greenwashing and GenZ placating to verifiable , science-based sustainability and now , regenerative efforts in a desperate attempt to save our earthjust as the buzzer is about to ring .
Climate change is , in scientific fact , widespread , rapid , and intensifying . In the first instalment of their 6th report , the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) - a UN panel that assesses the science around climate change- warns the earth is seeing “ unprecedented rates of change ” and that the report should stand as a “ code red for humanity .”
Heading the charge in tackling two of the world ' s biggest challenges against climate change and sustainability by creating a circular economy for plastics and helping to close the plastics circularity gap is David Katz . David Katz is CEO and Founder of Plastic Bank , a global network of micro recycling markets that empower the poor to transcend poverty by collecting plastic