The 2007 Sustainable Packaging Forum found the pulse of an industry beating stronger and more consistently than ever before.  The 3rd annual Forum, held Sept. 25 to 27, 2007, in Pittsburgh, the only event of its kind officially endorsed by the Sustainable Packaging Coalition and GreenBlue, was remarkable in the number of companies that not only vowed their allegiance to business sustainability goals but had already put in place policies, strategies, and achievable targets to achieve those ends in context with packaging.  Many of them learned at the Forum exactly how to achieve what some once considered impossible: deliver returns to shareholders by embracing sustainability and sustainable packaging as a core strategy.

In 2007, the Forum was completely sold out a full three weeks prior to the opening.  More than 500 attendees -- representing nearly every major brand owner, converter, and packaging supplier in North America (and many from Europe and even Australia, Mexico, and Japan) -- not only thoroughly understood the idea behind it, but many have made sustainable packaging the linchpin of their package sourcing, design, product development, and processing efforts. 

Among the 500+ attendees at the 2007 Forum, were:

• 116 brand-owner companies
• 17 global industry trade associations
• 10 Fortune 100 companies
• 20 additional Fortune 500 companies
• 12 companies ranked among the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in 2007 or 2006
• 8 of the top 25 companies ranked among Fortune's 2007 list of Most Admired Companies for Corporate Social Responsibility
• Attendees from 9 countries around the world