2024 Impact Report & 2025 Member Preview
status of the ongoing UN Global Plastics Treaty negotiations
multi-stakeholder insights on US circular policy developments
key criteria to facilitate evaluation, adoption and development of safe, sustainable alternatives and non-plastic substitutes
how to engage with OPLN's dedicated networks in 2025
Media Citations
"By placing leaders in complex and unknown environments, our goal is to translate that awareness into openness and empathy, to break down walls for deeper collaboration and to accelerate industry-wide solutions at scale."
“What we’re trying to do is get all the parties historically fighting each other to understand where everybody sits,” OPLN Founder Ford says. “In a lot of cases, they might be closer than they think.
"By placing leaders in complex and unknown environments, our goal is to translate that awareness into openness and empathy, to break down walls for deeper collaboration and to accelerate industry-wide solutions at scale."
“What we’re trying to do is get all the parties historically fighting each other to understand where everybody sits,” OPLN Founder Ford says. “In a lot of cases, they might be closer than they think.
'Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration is Key to Solving Ocean Plastics Crisis'
'OPLN: Experiential Learning for the Win'
The Ocean Plastics Leadership Network, a 90-member group assisted by World Wildlife Fund and Greenpeace is working “not to achieve consensus, but understanding and hopefully new ideas and collaborations.”
The OPLN calls for transparency throughout the supply chains to shine a light on where plastics can be reduced or intercepted before they reach nature.
Nestlé is participating at the national level and is hoping that more countries will choose to have their own national multi-stakeholder dialogues to facilitate this robust process.
