Pablo Vilanova Montagut

Director of Sustainability, Innovation and Strategy | MercabarnaSpain

Biography

Industrial Engineer (UPC) and MBA (ESADE), during a first professional stage participating in a wide range of installation and automation projects in different engineering companies. Since 2007 at Mercabarna, S.A., currently designing strategies and projects that bring sustainability, growth and innovation to the company and the sector.

Sessions

11:10h

Talk | Hispack Unboxing Sustainability

Sustainable Mercabarna, strategy and projects

Pablo Vilanova MontagutMercabarnaDirector of Sustainability, Innovation and StrategySpeaker

26-05-2022 11:1026-05-2022 11:30Europe/MadridSustainable Mercabarna, strategy and projects

The future of the agri-food sector, driven by social, environmental and demand changes, involves implementing 360 sustainability strategies, and Mercabarna's fundamental objective is to facilitate and promote this vision in the sector. Mercabarna's strategy works on the different areas of sustainability and setting up projects in different aspects such as energy and the circular economy. The explanation will include the main lines of work and projects developed in the Food Unit of Barcelona.

Hispack Unboxing - Hall 2

Thu 26 11:10h - 11:30h Hispack Unboxing - Hall 2

11:30h

Roundtable | Hispack Unboxing Boosters Sustainability

Sustainable packaging for food contact: innovative perspectives and experiences

Pablo Vilanova MontagutMercabarnaDirector of Sustainability, Innovation and StrategyModerador/Presentador

Encarna Gómez MorenoAINIAHead of Product and Process Technologies DepartmentSpeaker

Daniel Olivares LuengoSan Jorge PackagingOperations ManagerSpeaker

Lorena Contreras GodoyAgrosuperDeputy Product Development ManagerSpeaker

Amaya Prat SolísAmetller OrigenSpeaker

#Ecodesign, #Food contact, #Sustainability

26-05-2022 11:3026-05-2022 12:30Europe/MadridSustainable packaging for food contact: innovative perspectives and experiences

The session will focus on the specific sustainability needs and solutions in packaging for the food sector throughout its value chain, from production to consumption. Innovation in sustainable materials faces challenges of compatibility with food contact and must in turn maintain or improve the preservation and shelf-life needs of products, as a key focus of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 12.3)