Despite logistic operators’ best efforts to restore normalcy to global supply chains, Rabobank predicts that “disruptions will continue to be on the menu for 2022.”
Sustainable packaging gains as COVID “shock” ebbs, but carbon calculations pose challenge Sustainable packaging is resurfacing as a top consumer priority after months of being on the back burner due to overriding coronavirus safety concerns, but efforts to switch to more renewable options could be complicated by a dual focus on reducing carbon emissions, suggest Rabobank analysts and members of its FoodBytes! mentorship and innovation platform.
“In 2021, sustainable packaging will [again] be front and center of the consumer’s minds and corporates minds, even though it was slightly paused by the COVID-19 pandemic,” Xinnan Li, associate food & AgriBusiness Rabobank, said at a FoodBytes! roundtable discussion Jan. 26.