November 21, 2024
Representatives from the Business Coalition for a Global Plastics Treaty will attend as registered observers the fifth and final planned meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) in Busan, Republic of Korea, between 25 November and 1 December 2024.
While a larger number of endorsing organisations will be present in Busan, you can approach the following company representatives as spokespeople for the Business Coalition during INC-5:
We welcome and support the efforts of the INC Chair to facilitate informal consultations amongst governments ahead of INC-5, and recommend accepting the 3rd iteration of his ‘Non Paper’ as the basis for negotiations in Busan. However, government delegations need to significantly strengthen the proposed draft treaty text during the negotiations in Busan.
As the basis for our engagement with both government and observer delegations during INC-5 we have published the following documents:
Chemicals and polymers of concern
Problematic and avoidable plastic products
Reduce, Reuse, Refill and repair of plastics and plastic products
Product design and performance
Extended Producer Responsibility
Waste management
The draft treaty text includes a (sub-)section related to this focus area, but the proposed provisions do not reflect the Business Coalition’s recommendations.
The draft treaty text proposes provisions that are at least partly aligned with the Business Coalition recommendations, but some major changes still need to be incorporated and/ or it lacks the necessary references to develop technical specifications to make them meaningful, operational and enforceable.
The draft treaty text proposes provisions that are mostly aligned to the Business Coalition’s recommendations, and it references the need to develop technical specifications to ensure harmonised implementation.
The draft treaty text proposes provisions that are aligned to the Business Coalition’s recommendations, and it requires technical specifications to be adopted by the INC or the future governing body to help governments to implement harmonised and effective regulations.
The draft treaty text contains both the legal provisions and the technical specifications needed to help governments to implement harmonised and effective regulations in line with the Business Coalition’s recommendations.