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A big welcome to the innovators shaping Cohort 7 👏 The 100+ Accelerator’s newest cohort brings together an exceptional group of 45 startups ready to pilot bold solutions across global supply chains. These founders are bringing the expertise, creativity, and ambition needed to help build a more sustainable and resilient future. Together with AB InBev, The Coca-Cola Company, Colgate-Palmolive, Danone, Mondelēz International, and Unilever, we are proud to help accelerate their journey from innovation to impact. Want to be part of Cohort 8? Applications open soon! Sign up now for first access on our website: www.100accelerator.com #100Accelerator #Cohort7 #Sustainability #Innovation #SupplyChain

Thank you Ciara Beades for sharing this reel with me! 🎞️ I caught myself thinking: but how will this scale? And you know what, not everything has to scale globally. What a narrow view of impact 🤦🏽♀️ Oftentimes impact is strongest when it’s created for the local community, using materials and processes that don’t fit into the global supply chain, because they don’t need to! Our packaging supply chain may be global (and there’s so many issues because of it’s sheer size and complexity ⛴️🚚✈️) but that doesn’t mean all packaging solutions need to be. They can, and should be, local and highly specialised to the regional context. Joseph Nguthiru and his team are taking “grassroots efforts” to a whole new level 💪 (hyacinth isn’t grass, so not quite a pun but close enough 🙃) Credits to One Young World for the content 🙏 https://lnkd.in/epUq5tzX

BIG STATEMENT The Ellen MacArthur Foundation said the quiet part out loud: for a large share of flexible plastic packaging, the realistic path forward isn't better recycling — it's substitution to #paper. Flexibles are the hardest fraction of the plastic problem: too thin to collect, too contaminated to sort, too multilayer to recycle at scale. And with PPWR deadlines closing in on 2026–2027, "we'll figure out recycling eventually" is no longer a strategy brands can defend to retailers or regulators. The honest counter-argument has always been: paper can't do what flexible plastic does. Barrier. Seal. Line speed. Shelf life. That's not true anymore — and it's the entire reason one • fıve exists. We have a paper solution for all needs: - metPP —> Bluemorph - PP or PE film transparent —> Glassleaf - matt PP or PE film —> Brimstone All PPWR-aligned and recyclable with paper. The framing in the article matters because it shifts the conversation from "is paper good enough?" to "which paper, for which application, on what timeline?" That's a much more useful question — and one we're answering every week with brands and converters across Europe. If flexible-to-paper is on your 2026 roadmap, happy to compare notes. Original article here: https://lnkd.in/gChZ2GD9 #PPWR #SustainablePackaging #PaperPackaging #CircularEconomy #FlexiblePackaging

𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲. Together with Grünperga Papier GmbH, and Starkraft, we are proving that you can accelerate market entry while cutting R&D costs by up to 60% by leveraging our 𝗔𝗜-𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀. Instead of traditional trial-and-error, this tool helps to:   • 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁 the performance of new packaging designs instantly.    • 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 that the material meets customer needs before development begins.   • 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗱 up customer acquisition by 4x The result is a shorter path to market and new packaging solutions that are sustainable and commercially viable. #SpeedToMarket #Paperization #PackagingInnovation

Last chance to vote for the Packaging Innovations & Empack Innovation Gallery finalists! 🏆 #glassleaf #paperpackaging #empack

📣 Better Materials Need New Rules 🎯 If you’re at Packaging Innovations & Empack today, make sure to go see Gregorio Ossola on the Discovery Stage! 💪

The era of "setting targets" is over. The era of industrial deployment has begun. A new report from Bain & Company confirms what we are seeing on the ground: The honeymoon phase for sustainable packaging is finished. Five years ago, you could raise capital on a promise. Today, brands are falling behind on their 2026 commitments. They don't need more "roadmaps." They need units on the shelf. This is why one • fıve is currently finalizing a deployment for a major solution in the 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 in the US. We aren't talking about a pilot project. We are talking about replacing single-use plastics at a nation-wide scale. Why did they choose us? Because while the industry debates "plastic vs. paper," we focused on 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬. We used our 𝐐𝐭.𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 platform to predict the exact failure rates, cycle times, and margin structure before a single tool was cut. As the data shows (see image), "Advanced Paper" is now seen as the #1 most promising solution for innovation—ranking higher than bioplastics or reuse. We are seeing this demand explode in real-time. The "Green Premium" is disappearing. The only metric left is speed to market. To our partners in the US and Europe: The pilot phase is over. We are scaling. ====== 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞: While Claire Hae-Min Gusko and I are focused on our expansion strategies this week, our team is on the ground at Packaging Innovations & Empack in Birmingham. If you want to see the physical proof of our data, find Gregorio Ossola and Terry Shortland at the show. They aren't just sales leaders; they are technical experts who can explain exactly how we solved the "runnability" problem for brands. #SeriesB #IndustrialScale #SnackBrand #PackagingInnovation #BainReport