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The international Cradle to Cradle Congress 2020 in Berlin

The international Cradle to Cradle Congress 2020 in Berlin

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Participants from left to right: Nora Sophie Griefahn (moderator), Dr. Anton Hofreiter, Member of the Bundestag and a Chairman of the Parliamentary Alliance ‘90 / The Greens, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans-Josef Endres, Head of an Institute at the Leibniz University Hannover, Wolfgang Orgeldinger, CEO IFCO, Torsten Matthias, Marketing Director Frosta

At the 6th International Cradle to Cradle Congress, which took place for the first time from January 31 to February 1, 2020 in Berlin, experts from science, politics, business and civil society discussed future-oriented solutions for a circular economy in the plastics sector.

With around 1000 participants, the international Cradle to Cradle Congress was the world's largest cradle to cradle platform. Prof. Endres presented at the congress circular approaches for a more sustainable use of plastics. The IKK was also represented in a panel discussion, in which representatives from politics, industry and science discussed, among other topics, sustainable packaging materials.