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Amy Larkin is an American environmentalist and entrepreneur. As Solutions Director of Greenpeace USA, Larkin led the strategy that resulted in the inclusion of hydrofluorocarbons into the Montreal Protocol and is anticipated to save 0.5C degrees of global warming.
Larkin's 2013 book, Environmental Debt: The Hidden Costs of a Changing Global Economy examines the connections between the environmental and financial crises.
She is the founder and director of PR3 | The Global Alliance to Advance Reuse, a public-private partnership. PR3 is currently convening a Panel of over 75 members to develop global standards for reusable packaging systems.
Early Work edit
Larkin served as the Director of Greenpeace Solutions from 2005-2011 and the Advisor to Greenpeace's International Political and Business Unit. In this role, Larkin led the partnership with the Consumer Goods Forum to eliminate hydrofluorocarbons from global refrigeration. In 2011, Larkin was received the Roy Award from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government which honors innovative public-private partnerships for her work on Refrigerants, Naturally, a consortium of multinationals and the United Nations Environmental Programme.
Her 2013 book Environmental Debt: The Hidden Costs of a Changing Global Economy joined Amazon's "Best Business and Leadership" and details the effects of the environmental crisis on the global economy. Larkin's conceptualization and application of the costs of "business-as-usual" as costs subsidized by the health of the planet is now part of the discourse around corporate responsibility.
Larkin was Vice Chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Climate Change from 2014 to 2016.
Larkin founded her consulting practice, Nature Means Business, in 2012 and clients include Facebook, Oceana, OECD, Greenpeace, Consumer Goods Forum, among others.
PR3 | The Global Alliance to Advance Reuse edit
PR3 | The Global Alliance to Advance Reuse was founded in 2019 by Amy Larkin and Claudette Juska. The goal of the group is to develop global standards for reusable packaging system under the ANSI-accredited standards development organization, RESOLVE. Standards are widely recognized as tools to promote safety, enable technology to advance and scale, and help businesses to succeed by ensuring customer confidence and identifying best practices.[1]
Studies by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation show that switching from single-use to returnable packaging can significantly reduce GHG emissions by up to 70%, uses 70% less water, and results in a 90% reduction in waste. [2] These benefits are seen in even modest reuse system modeling, but the impact of switching to returnable packaging system over single-use are greatest in scaled systems[3].
Reuse systems include the production of the reusable container, distribution to vendors, use and return by the customer, collection, washing and sanitization of the container and then redistribution of the container for further use[4]. PR3 has draft standards for each of these points in the system: Collection points, Container design, Digital, Incentives, Container washing, inspection, and packing for distribution, Labeling, and Reverse Logistics. PR3 says their goal is to create a set of standards with the minimum criteria to ensure interoperability and environmental benefit while being mindful and inclusive of traditional systems of reuse already in place around the world.
As part of the ANSI-accredited process, these standards are currently under review by an international Panel representing multinational companies, reuse service providers, manufacturers, human health and toxics experts, resource recovery agents, waste management professionals, environmental justice activists and community advocates, environmental health specialists, and governments representatives.
Publications & Speaking Engagements edit
Environmental Debt: The Hidden Costs of a Changing Global Economy
Environmental Debt: Talks at Google
References edit
- ^ "Why You Need Standards". NIST. 2022-05-03.
- ^ "Unlocking a reuse revolution: scaling returnable packaging". www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
- ^ "Breaking the Plastic Wave: Top Findings for Preventing Plastic Pollution". pew.org. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
- ^ "Reuse – rethinking packaging". www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org. Retrieved 2024-05-02.