Rethinking Materials 2025 – Innovation and Investment Summit (partner event)

SCALING INNOVATIVE MATERIALS FOR CIRCULAR SYSTEMS

The Rethinking Materials Summit is a premier event for driving partnerships and investment in synthetic materials, bio-based alternatives, and circular solutions. Focused on upstream innovation—material selection and designing out waste—the agenda offers actionable insights to future-proof businesses across packaging, textiles, durable goods, beauty, cosmetics, and hygiene categories. Key discussions will explore advancements in next-generation materials, scalability, commercialisation pathways, and applications for sustainable consumer goods. 

Katharina Schlegel, Plastics Europe Circularity Director will participate in the Fireside Chat on 13 May at 10:40 
What’s Next for the Global Treaty on Plastic? With negotiations for an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution still unfinished, what is the expectation on how a final agreement could be achieved? What hope is there that these talks will reach the ambitious goal they originally set out to achieve? How effective could this treaty be without buy-in from oil-producing nations? How are new potential paths forward evolving? What opportunities and challenges would a spin-out coalition present?