Diagio, other top brands form alliance to tackle plastic waste in Africa

Guinness Ghana Breweries PLC’s parent company Diageo has co-founded the Africa Plastics Recycling Alliance to collaborate on plastics recycling and reprocessing in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The alliance has the explicit intent to focus on the economic opportunity it presents, according to release by Guinness Ghana Breweries.

The launch took place on Monday, March 25 in Kigali, Rwanda at the CEO Africa Forum.

The companies will facilitate and support their local subsidiaries to engage proactively in market level public-private-partnerships, industry collaboration and alliances.

They will share knowledge, encourage innovation and collaborate on technical and other solutions appropriate for Sub-Saharan Africa as well as participate in local pilot initiatives.

Within the markets they operate in, the companies will also engage with the investment community, policy-makers and others to accelerate the development and financing of the necessary waste management infrastructure and systems.

CEOs

L-R: Dougie Brew (Corporate Affairs Director, Unilever Africa), Christian Byron (Head of Supply Chain and Plantations, Unilever Africa), Bruno Witvoet (President Unilever Africa), Gavin Pike (Managing Director, Guinness Ghana Breweries PLC), Andrew Musingo (Public Affairs and Communications Director, Coca Cola Beverages Africa) and Gabriel Opoku-Asare (Head of Society, Africa, Diageo).

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