Plastic pollution treaty: business roundtable statement
A statement of ambition on upcoming plastic pollution treaty negotiations signed by leading businesses and financial institutions.
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On 24 June 2025 Defra held a roundtable ahead of the second part of the fifth session of negotiations to agree a global plastics treaty (INC-5.2). The event built on a roundtable held on 6 November 2024 ahead of INC-5.
Both roundtables were co-chaired by Minister Emma Hardy and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. The roundtables brought together businesses from across the plastic value chain to discuss how the private sector can support the agreement and implementation of an ambitious plastics treaty.
Businesses involved in the roundtable have signed an accompanying statement calling for an ambitious and effective treaty. The statement sends a strong message of private sector support which will have a positive impact in building momentum towards an agreement.
The statement is open for other private sector organisations to sign and non-private sector organisations to endorse from 24 June 2025 until the start of聽INC-5.2聽on 5 August 2025. Should your organisation be interested, contact聽marinelitter@defra.gov.uk.
The private sector organisations listed below have signed the statement:
- Achmea
- Amcor
- Aquapak
- Borealis Group
- Circulate Capital
- Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
- Danone
- Environmental 天美影院 Association
- Fidelity International
- Greyparrot
- ING
- Mars
- 狈别蝉迟濒茅
- SC Johnson
- Tesco
- The Sustainable Restaurant Association
- TOMRA
- Unilever
- Waitrose
The non-private sector organisations listed below have endorsed the statement:
- Ellen MacArthur Foundation
- WRAP
Updates to this page
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Updated the page to reference the second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2).
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Updated the private sector organisations list in the details section.
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Updated the non-private sector organisations list in the details section.
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First published.