Douglas Woodring WG95
Founder, Ocean Recovery Alliance & Plasticity Forum
Douglas Woodring is founder of Plasticity Forum, a global forum bringing about applied plastic circular economies, and Ocean Recovery Alliance, an NGO dedicated to a better ocean. He is a sustainability economist with more than 25 years of experience in business, finance, and circular economies across the globe, but with deep roots in Asia where he is based. He was awarded the 2018 Prince’s Prize for Innovative Philanthropy in Monaco and has served on the advisory boards of the XPrize and The Economist’s World Ocean Summit.-
Trade Wars Could Make Global Plastic Problem Worse
Developing countries are pushing back on the amount of recyclable waste they accept, prompting other nations to rethink how to get rid of trash.
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How Brand Licensees Can Hurt Your Business
The controversy brewing in Asia over shark fins has pulled Starbucks into an environmental protest campaign.
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Could China Become the Global Leader For Sustainable Development?
With the current trade climate, the U.S. could be left behind on a wide range of economic opportunities
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The New ‘Plastics and Sustainability’ Report Should Be a Big Wake-Up Call
Referencing a recent report on sustainability, Doug Woodring shares the urgency of reform in the use of disposable plastic products today and...
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Environmental Engagement Drives the Conditions for Long-Term Economic Growth…and Brand Survival
The environmental revolution is coming, and it is the biggest factor of hope that most companies have to engage, differentiate, survive, and...
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Enlightened Buyers – Plastic, China, and How to Drive Your Brand into the Circular Economy
Douglas Woodring discusses enlightened buyers, the circular economy, and the the growing global waste problem.
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Cheap Oil Could Fuel Renewable Energy
Is $30 a barrel the end of oil as we know it? Could cheap oil present the perfect time to shift needed investment into renewable energy?
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Saving Your World With Plastics-to-Fuel
Emerging plastics-to-fuel technology could deliver on many solutions at once: new energy source, jobs, economic growth and environmental protection.
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Build Effective Public-Private Alliances
Here’s how environmental leader Doug Woodring builds and maintains alliances between community organizations, business and government to create...
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Plastic Waste More Pressing Than Climate Change
Or put it this way: If communities and businesses tackle pressing problems like waste, they can then better partner against complex issues like...
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Next in Corporate Sustainability: Valuing Plastic
A ground-breaking report helps companies make the business case for measurement, disclosure and management of plastic in their operations and...
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Take the Global Plastic Deposit Challenge
A huge economic opportunity awaits companies that embrace a global plastic bottle deposit system, writes environmental entrepreneur Doug Woodring.
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Plastic Pollution Solutions
Innovation and collaboration in a material world could yield billions of dollars in revenue through recycling efforts.