Patrick Shewell | The Importance of Informed Decision Making with Alternative Materials

Patrick Shewell, Director of Global Packaging Sustainability at Mondelez International, emphasized the long list of factors that they need to take into account when making sustainability decisions, and their need for context-specific solutions, considering the entire lifecycle and local conditions."If we move to this different material, how is that material made? What's the feedstock for that material? Are we diverting potentially from the food supply chain? Are we exacerbating issues of food security?" These questions are crucial in ensuring that sustainability efforts do not inadvertently create new problems.