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We specialise in:
- Product Stewardship
- Sustainability Strategies and Reporting
- Regulatory Affairs
- Strategy
- Facilitation
- Communications
- Packaging and the Australian Packaging Covenant
- Natural Resources Management
MS2 Director Russ Martin is a Certified Environmental Practitioner with over 20 years experience in public policy development and sustainability in the US, Australia and Middle East. This includes roles in government and as an advisor to governments and industry.
Russ is also President and Co-Founder of the Global Product Stewardship Council. He was appointed by the Australian Government to the advisory body for Australia's development of product stewardship framework legislation and recently testified on the legislation before a Senate Parliamentary committee.
MS2 are Foundation Members and help lead the creation of the Global Product Stewardship Council in April 2010, as well as the GPSC's subsequent development. The Council is an independent, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to understanding and advancing the principles of product stewardship. Within the first year of establishment, the GPSC has held the International Product Stewardship Summit in Sydney, Australia and grown membership to span six countries and include businesses, other non-profits (including producer responsibility organisations) and governments at all three levels. The Council provides specialised insight into establishing and operating product stewardship programs - whether voluntary, regulatory or co-regulatory - across a range of sectors.
As President of the Council, MS2 Director Russ Martin testified before an Australian Senate Parliamentary committee on the development of product stewardship framework legislation, following appointment by the Australian Government to the advisory body for the legislation and preparation of the Council's submission to the Senate. Russ also presented on "Producer Responsibility: Towards a Global Standard" and participated in international panel discussions at the PRO EUROPE Congress 2010 in Brussels and led an international delegation on a product stewardship study tour through Switzerland, France and Belgium. During 2011, Russ has been invited to speak on product stewardship at the Conference on Canadian Stewardship, National Product Stewardship Forum in the US and WasteMINZ national conference in New Zealand.
Product stewardship is an environmental management strategy guided by the principle that whoever designs, produces, sells or uses a product bears some degree of responsibility for minimising that product's environmental impact. It is increasingly used around the world as a highly effective means to achieve good environmental outcomes. The Council provides specialised insight into establishing and operating product stewardship programs - whether voluntary, regulatory or co-regulatory - across a range of sectors.
Current Activities
The Global Product Stewardship Council has been established as an incorporated association with the following aims:
- recognition for excellence in independence and contribution to the development of product stewardship;
- transparent and accountable basis for raising of funds for research to investigate and develop product stewardship schemes in an objective manner;
- facilitation of product stewardship scheme development; and
- linkages to other relevant organisations (Asian, European, Canadian and American product stewardship programs, for example).
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Last Updated on Saturday, 18 June 2011 23:56 |
