Sustainagility - how innovation will help save world

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Future trends in paper and packaging industry- entire 30 minute presentation. httpwww.globalchange.com Paper and packaging industry. Future of sustainable packaging, paper, logistics. Demographics, digital impact, distribution and destiny. Demographics 1 billion new consumers. Emerging markets growth and demand for commodities resources paper and cardboard. Growth of emerging middle class and paper products growth. Oil price rises, growing populations, food supply, growth of meat eaters, shortage of grain, rice, wheat, soya. Energy shortage and conservation. Developed world population decline -- eg Germany, small families and ageing population, decline unless migration immigration. France, Portugal, Spain, UK demographic challenges in European Union. Expect huge immigration, populations shifts. Video on future of paper and packaging industry by Patrick Dixon, author Futurewise, conference keynote speaker. Economic and population growth with decline in developed nations creates future differences in paper demand. India and China paper use compared to America US and EU -- 300kg paper use per year compared to 4kg in India. Emerging economies growth in paper and cardboard packaging. India paper consumption trends. Energy costs impact on pulp, paper, cardboard and packaging industries. Future oil price trends. Global energy savings. Impact on paper industry -- Future of newspapers and newsprint industry in US, UK, Australia, Japan, France and rest of EU. Fall of newspaper revenues, rise of online advertising revenues. Growth of magazines. Growth of newspapers in India -- 5,500 titles and 25 million new newspaper readers in last 24 months alone. Digital impact on newspapers, direct mail and paper industry. Future of communications -- does paper have a future? Future has more paper in it than people think. Why the future is about emotion and how consumers actually feel. Emotional pull of books and paper media. Touch and feel of books. Video on future of paper and packaging industry by Patrick Dixon, author Futurewise, conference keynote speaker. Why market research often gives wrong answers about the future. Future of handwriting. Future of Yellow Pages and paper directories. Future of direct mail and paper letters. Future of books and why book sales will continue to do well. Challenge to save energy, protect environment. Why paper communicates data faster to human eye than digital screens -- lower resolution and lower contrast. Why printing big reports is faster to read than on-line. Future of screens. Why rapid scanning of text will be a primary leadership skill. Distribution and packaging -- minimising waste. Easy, cheap, strong and light -- competition with plastics packaging. Easier to justify sustainability. RFID packaging and scanning of products. Printing aerials with conducting ink. Rapid growth of RFIDs in supply chain management, logistics and distribution. New paper technologies in manufacturing and packaging. Real time -- just in time. Online stock management. Warehouse efficiencies. Video on future of paper and packaging industry by Patrick Dixon, author Futurewise, conference keynote speaker. Future of sustainable packaging, paper, logistics. .Digital impact on newspapers, direct mail and paper industry. Future of communications -- does paper have a future? Future has more paper in it than people think. Emerging economies growth in paper and cardboard packaging. India paper consumption trends. Energy costs impact on pulp, paper, cardboard and packaging industries. Future oil price trends. Global energy savings. Sustainability. Future driven by emotional reaction to global warming issues over next two decades. Pressure for innovation and change in paper and cardboard industries. Future of climate change action and new regulations. Changes in American policies on climate changes. Video on future of paper and packaging industry by Patrick Dixon, author Futurewise, conference keynote speaker. Will we destroy our planet? Change from plastics to paper packaging. Plastic bottles to paper bottles -- added efficiency on shelves from liquid cartons. Recycling challenges from liquid food cartons eg Tetrapak. Innovation in packaging to save weight, cost. Future of plastic bags -- new regulations. Protection of forests and sustainable forestry. Reducing energy in paper pulp processes. Wood industry will move from supplier of paper to deliverer of power. Increased recycling will reduce paper demand in Europe, releasing more wood for power. Carbon offsetting impact on paper manufacturing, sales and distribution. Making life easy in a great way for our future world.