PAC Next
Sustainable Packaging Solutions Advisor and Educator
PAC Next provides a full-life cycle, systems approach to sustainable packaging,
helping you find optimal solutions and make informed decisions.
Leadership Team
Guided by our Leadership Council of sustainable packaging experts, the PAC NEXT team offers deep industry knowledge:
- PAC NEXT Director
Dan Lantz
PAC Global Technical AdvisorAlan Blake
PAC Global Strategic Advisor
PAC NEXT Services
- Sustainable Packaging Course: 12-hour course offering a practical foundation for informed sustainable packaging decisions.
- Golden Design Rules for Plastic Packaging: 2-hour module on in-market solutions for the nine design rules.
- Webinar Series: Expert-led sessions on emerging trends and solutions in sustainable packaging.
- PAC Global Awards: Submit your innovations and join us in NYC for the celebration.
- Events: Expand your network and knowledge at PAC Global events.
- PIP360: Online tool to assess packaging sustainability.
- PAC Connect Newsletter: Curated monthly articles on sustainable packaging.
- Custom Training & Consulting: Tailored training and consulting for your business needs.
- PAC Global Recognition
PIP360
PIP360’s goal is to help companies reduce the environmental impact of packaging. To achieve this goal PIP360 provides a tool for value chain members to benchmark a score. Further, the tool provides a harmonized approach and options to improve the circularity of every package sold in a region or country.
PAC Global Golden Design Rules (GDR) Consulting & Training
In 2021 the Consumer Goods Forum’s Plastic Waste Coalition finalized a set of nine Golden Design Rules (GDRs). These rules are voluntary commitments intended to help achieve the targets laid out in the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy Global Commitment.
Coalition members from around the world, with a shared revenue of more than 1 trillion euros and representing more than 10 percent of the global plastic packaging market, have committed to adopting these rules wherever possible by 2025.
PAC Global Consulting and Training explains each GDR in detail, and provides specific examples of problematic packaging. Organizations can work with the PAC Consulting team to identify the most efficient and effective ways of adhering to some or all of the GDRs. To support this work the PAC team draws on its online packaging benchmarking tool (PIP360) and its growing database of packaging innovations in design, recovery (including reuse), and material circulation (recycling and composting).
Sustainability & Circular Economy Consulting
Custom Consulting Services for the Packaging Value Chain
PAC Global provides strategic custom consulting and guidance from highly experienced industry leaders with critical focus on packaging innovation, sustainability and a circular economy.
Our team of experts come from an array of backgrounds and with over 100 years of combined packaging experience. Their extensive background and broad skillsets are reflected in the value PAC Global provides in working with you.