FOR A FUTURE-PROOF
VALUE CHAIN
Focused on the theme For a future-proof value chain, the VinylPlus Sustainability Forum 2025 (VSF 2025) will explore how circularity, competitiveness and societal purpose must come together to build a bright future for the PVC value chain in Europe and beyond.
VSF2025 will be held as a physical event in Paris, France, on 21st and 22nd May 2025, bringing together leading experts and speakers from academia and industry, and regulators.
Day 1 will focus on interactions with thematic roundtables, multiple networking opportunities and an exhibition on VinylPlus co-funded projects and partnerships, and will close with a networking cocktail and a dinner.
Roundtable topics:
- Advanced recycling
- Digital Product Passport
- Regulatory challenges around legacy additives
- Separation technology
- Revision of the VinylPlus 2030 Commitment - Elements to consider
- VinylPlus Sustainability Certifications
On Day 2, we will dive into three thematic sessions with expert presentations and panel discussions. We will discuss how to leverage:
- Circularity for a future-proof value chain, by increasing recycling, unlocking innovative advanced technologies to sort, separate and recycle, assessing the life cycle of PVC products and enhancing the connectiveness of the value chain.
- Competitiveness for a future-proof value chain, by obtaining recognition for the cruciality of our sector and thereby unlocking investments in research and development and sustainability certifications, in Europe.
- Societal purpose for a future-proof value chain, by enabling adaptation to climate change and affordable housing, supporting agriculture, culture and sports, offering quality jobs in Europe, and taking responsibility for waste.
During the VinylPlus Sustainability Certifications Award Ceremony, #VSF2025 will recognise companies that deliver the highest sustainability performance of PVC products through the VinylPlus® Product Label for PVC converters and the VinylPlus® Supplier Certificates for PVC additives producers and compounders.
Speakers
Programme
Moderated by Siân Hughes, Senior Communications Leader
Starts at 11:00
12:30 - 13:30
Siân Hughes, Moderator
13:30 - 13:40
French Government Representative
13:40 - 14:00
Charlotte Röber, Managing Director, VinylPlus®
Followed by a panel discussion with the VinylPlus France Task Force
Philippe Gressier, Sales Director, Benvic and Chairman, VinylPlus France Task Force
Olivier Ceysson, R&D and Innovation Director, Gerflor and Vice-Chairman, VinylPlus France Task Force
Charlotte Röber, Managing Director, VinylPlus®
14:00 - 14:30
14:30 - 14:45
Siân Hughes, Moderator
14:45 - 16:50
Thematic Roundtables
Roundtable 1: Advanced recycling - Facilitator: Vincent Stone, VinylPlus®
Roundtable 2: Digital Product Passport - Facilitator: Stéphane Content, VinylPlus®
Roundtable 3: Regulatory challenges around legacy additives - Facilitator: Caroline Braibant, VinylPlus®
Roundtable 4: Separation technology - Facilitator: Geoffroy Tillieux, Director of Technical Department / Health Safety Environment, European Plastics Converters
Roundtable 5: Revision of the VinylPlus 2030 Commitment - Elements to consider - Facilitator: Charlotte Röber, VinylPlus®
Roundtable 6: VinylPlus Sustainability Certifications - Facilitator: Magdalena Garczyńska, VinylPlus®
Followed by a panel discussion to present the key takeaways of the roundtables.
Siân Hughes, Moderator and Exhibitors
16:50 - 17:15
Antoine Armand is a Member of the French Parliament and Member of the Economic Affairs Committee and former French Minister to Economics, Finances and Industrial Affairs
17:15 - 17:30
17:30 - 18:45
Starts at 19:30
Address of the venue: L'Usine Té - Loft événementiel - Google Maps
Bus shuttles will depart from the H4 Hotel Wyndham Paris Pleyel Resort at 19:00.
Starts at 8:00
Siân Hughes, Moderator
9:00 - 9:10
French Authorities (TBC)
9:10 - 9:30
Karl-Martin Schellerer, Chairman, VinylPlus® and Charlotte Röber, Managing Director, VinylPlus®
9:30 - 9:50
Agathe Jarry, Recycling Unit Coordinator, Ecodesign and Recycling Department, Circular Economy and Waste Department, ADEME
9:50 - 10:05
Florence Collot, Members Relation Director, Valobat
10:05 - 10:20
Ingrid Verschueren, General Manager, Recovinyl®
10:20 - 10:35
Mathilde Brosset, Strategies and Development, Decathlon France
Philippe Gressier, Sales Director France, Benvic
10:35 - 10:50
Facilitated by the Moderator
Agathe Jarry, ADEME
Florence Collot, Valobat
Ingrid Verschueren, Recovinyl®
Mathilde Brosset, Decathlon
Philippe Gressier, Benvic
10:50 - 11:40
11:20 - 11:40
Siân Hughes, Moderator
11:40 - 11:50
Johan Van Overtveldt, Chair of Committee on Budgets and Member of Committee on Economic and Monatery Affairs, European Parliament
11:50 - 12:10
Paul Petrescu, Principal, Advancy
12:10 - 12:20
Neetu Singh, South Asia, EMEA Regions Chlor Alkali & Vinyls Research, S&P Global Commodity Insights
12:20 - 12:30
Facilitated by the Moderator
Johan Van Overtveldt, European Parliament
Paul Petrescu, Christian Popa, Advancy
Neetu Singh, S&P Global Commodity Insights
12:30 - 13:00
13:00 - 14:00
Elina Pihlajamäki, Policy Advisor, Industry Transition, E3G
14:00 - 14:20
Marine Le Bars, Future Studies Manager, Public Policy and Sustainability, Scientific and Technical Centre for Construction (CSTB)
14:20 - 14:40
Thomas Cocqueel, Project Manager, Study and Strategy Department, Terra
14:40 - 15:00
Facilitated by the Moderator
Elina Pihlajamäki, E3G
Marine Le Bars, CSTB
Thomas Cocqueel, Terra
15:00 - 15:30
Siân Hughes, Moderator and Magdalena Garczyńska, Senior Technical Project Manager, VinylPlus®
15:30 - 15:40
15:40 - 15:45
Companies to be awarded: Deceuninck, Ercros, Finproject, Gealan, profine, Schüco, Sovere, Titanstuc and Valtris.
15:45 - 16:00
Antoine Guillou is Deputy Mayor of the City of Paris, where he is in charge of clean public spaces, waste reduction, reuse, recycling and sanitation.
16:00 - 16:15
Carsten Heuer, Vice-Chairman, VinylPlus®
16:15 - 16:25
Siân Hughes - Moderator
16:25 - 16:30