PRESS RELEASE: Sustainable packaging pioneer announced as one of the 2023 Meaningful Business 100
PRESS RELEASE
(For release on 12th October at 12pm AEST)
Kate Bezar of Better Packaging Co. announced as one of the 2023 Meaningful Business 100
The leading award in the profit and purpose space, celebrates outstanding business leaders helping to achieve the UN Global Goals
11th October 2023: Kate Bezar of Better Packaging Co. has been named as one of this year’s Meaningful Business 100 (MB100), among a global group of leaders combining profit and purpose to tackle the world’s most pressing issues.
The 5th edition of the award, announced today, recognises social entrepreneurs, corporate leaders and impact investors whose work supports the UN Global Goals.
The winners come from 39 countries and were chosen from over 800 nominees in key industries, including technology, healthcare, financial services, recycling, education and agriculture.
The year-round MB100 programme, supported by EY, Hogan Lovells and Babson College, is designed to help these inspiring leaders increase their positive impact through pro bono services, tailored workshops, expert mentorship, storytelling and exclusive networking opportunities.
Commenting on the 2023 MB100, Tom Lytton-Dickie, Founder & CEO, Meaningful Business said, “Congratulations to Kate Bezar whose work at Better Packaging Co. is an inspiration to us all. We are at a critical juncture in the 2030 agenda and there is a lot of work to be done in order to achieve the Global Goals. Leaders like Kate provide a benchmark in the profit and purpose space, and we look forward to supporting their work as they continue to scale and make a substantial difference.”
Bezar explains, “Better Packaging Co.’s mission is to use packaging to combat pollution, poverty and climate change. We are proud to be proof that profit and purpose can go hand in hand. I am thrilled to receive recognition as part of this year’s MB100 of our continued impact towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals.”
As one of the MB100 judges, Stasia Mitchell, EY Global Entrepreneurship Leader, added, “Well done to the MB100 class of 2023! It is inspiring to see such strong and impactful social entrepreneurs, sustainability leaders and impact investors— from over 800 nominations— who are striving to unite purpose and profit to help achieve the UN Global Goals. I look forward to seeing how they continue to disrupt the status quo and build a better working world.”
Following a global nomination process, the award was judged by a panel of 29 experts, including Amini Kajunju, COO, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center; Matthias Stausberg, Group Advocacy Director, Virgin; Nikhil Seth, Assistant Secretary-General, UN & Executive Director, UNITAR; Shaun Seow, MD, Investments, Temasek; and Stasia Mitchell, EY Global Entrepreneurship Leader, each nominee was scored across five key areas: Durability, Impact, Innovation, Leadership and Scope.
Find out more about the 2023 MB100, here: https://meaningful.business/mb100-2023/
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Meaningful Business exists to support, connect and inspire progressive leaders dedicated to solving the world’s most pressing issues. The community consists of social entrepreneurs, CEOs, impact investors, sustainability heads, humanitarian leaders and academics across 140+ countries, cutting across geography, sector, cause and company size. The platform is designed to help these individuals succeed by providing access to knowledge, connections and resources that help them overcome their key challenges. To learn more, visit: https://meaningful.business/.
About Better Packaging Co:
Better Packaging Co. is a carbon-neutral BCorp founded by Rebecca Percasky and Kate Bezar in 2018. The company is a founding signatory to the Ellen MacArthur New Plastics Pact, the Business Coalition For a Global Plastics Treaty and a Sedex Member. It is an ‘Unreasonable Company’, part of the Katapult Ocean Accelerator, the Elemental Accelerator, a Coralus venture and 2021 Cartier Women’s Initiative winner. In 2022 the company was awarded the Ocean Impact Pitchfest, Innovocean Plastic Spotlight Award and just this month, the Sustainable Retail Award for ‘Best Innovative Packaging Solution’. Most sustainable packaging does ‘less bad’. Better Packaging Co. goes further and creates packaging that delivers a whole lot of good instead! Their packaging solutions for eCommerce, shipping and apparel are regenerative meaning their production leaves the world a better place. Their world-first, award-winning POLLAST!C range literally cleans up! It is made from certified Ocean Bound Plastic pollution that is rescued from coastal communities throughout SE Asia and recycled into poly mailers, poly bags, pallet wrap, document pouches and more.
Better Packaging Co. is a carbon-neutral BCorp founded by Rebecca Percasky and Kate Bezar in 2018. The company is a founding signatory to the Ellen MacArthur New Plastics Pact, the Business Coalition For a Global Plastics Treaty and a Sedex Member. It is an ‘Unreasonable Company’, part of the Katapult Ocean Accelerator, the Elemental Accelerator, a Coralus venture and 2021 Cartier Women’s Initiative winner. In 2022 the company was awarded the Ocean Impact Pitchfest, Innovocean Plastic Spotlight Award and just this month, the Sustainable Retail Award for ‘Best Innovative Packaging Solution’. Most sustainable packaging does ‘less bad’. Better Packaging Co. goes further and creates packaging that delivers a whole lot of good instead! Their packaging solutions for eCommerce, shipping and apparel are regenerative meaning their production leaves the world a better place. Their world-first, award-winning POLLAST!C range literally cleans up! It is made from certified Ocean Bound Plastic pollution that is rescued from coastal communities throughout SE Asia and recycled into poly mailers, poly bags, pallet wrap, document pouches and more.
