RLG at NYC Climate Week 2025

RLG at NYC Climate Week 2025

Championing Circularity and Responsibility

As the world gathers in New York City for Climate Week 2025, RLG is proud to be participating in several key events, joining leading organizations and changemakers to drive conversations and actions around sustainability, circularity, and responsible production.

With circular economy solutions at the core of what we do, Climate Week provides an important platform to amplify our mission, collaborate with global partners, and help shape the future of sustainable systems. Here’s where you can find us during the week:

September 25: Special Gathering with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation

We’re honored to be invited to a special gathering hosted by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a global leader in accelerating the transition to a circular economy. This exclusive event will bring together thought leaders and innovators working to rethink the way we design, make, and use materials.

RLG is excited to attend this unique opportunity to discuss the circular economy with experts and practitioners who are building the next generation of innovative business models.

September 25: Circular Economies at the Nest Climate Campus

As part of the Green Jobs Pavilion at the Nest Climate Campus, RLG will speak on a panel focused on circular economies and green workforce development.

We’ll explore how circular systems are reshaping industries and creating new opportunities for green jobs, innovation, and impact. It’s a vital conversation about building a future where sustainability and economic resilience go hand in hand.

September 25: IKEA’s ONE HOME, ONE PLANET Event

Later that day, we’ll also join IKEA for the ONE HOME, ONE PLANET event, also at the Nest Climate Campus. This session will focus on circularity and extended producer responsibility (EPR) — two areas where RLG brings deep expertise and global implementation experience.

As brands and governments seek to reduce waste and close resource loops, EPR is gaining momentum worldwide. We’re excited to discuss how companies like IKEA and service providers like RLG can collaborate to make circularity not just possible, but practical and scalable.

Why It Matters

At RLG, we believe that climate action and circular economy solutions are inseparable. By keeping materials in use, designing out waste, and aligning stakeholders across value chains, we can build systems that support both planetary and business health.

We’re proud to bring our experience and insights to NYC Climate Week — and even more excited to learn from others and spark new collaborations for change.

Share:
Sie möchten mehr über RLG erfahren? Hier Kontakt aufnehmen.

Les Griffith - Speakers

Business Development Director
RLGA

Les Griffith is currently the Business Development Director at RLGA and is tasked with expanding the company’s data management offerings for packaging EPR in the Americas. Les has over 30 years of industry experience in Environmental Services, Extended Producer Responsibility and Reverse Distribution. Les has spent these last 30 years working with organizations to develop progressively more sustainable solutions to the management of end-of-life materials. Prior to joining RLG, Les spent eleven years at Covanta most recently serving as the Business Development Director for the Healthcare Solutions division. His group covered North and Central America and specialized in providing a suite of services to healthcare PROs, take-back services to retail pharmacy and law enforcement and environmental services to the healthcare sector and reverse distributors. Prior to Covanta Les spent 10 years at Waste Management Inc. as an Area Manager for their Healthcare Solutions group.

Andriana Kontovrakis - Speakers

Director of Compliance Services
RLG

Andriana Kontovrakis is the Director of Compliance Services for Reverse Logistics Group’s US team.  She manages a team responsible for ensuring manufacturer and retailer customer compliance with EPR laws for electronics, batteries, packaging, household hazardous wastes, and other consumer products across the US. Along with RLG partner the Household and Commercial Products Association, she is spearheading the development of the Household Product Stewardship Alliance, a stewardship organization forming under the guidelines of Vermont’s HHW EPR law.  Prior to working with RLG, she was a Policy Analyst with the global electronics recycler Sims Lifecycle Solutions where she managed programmatic implementation and customer and supplier accounts for the US EPR compliance unit and the Deputy Director for Waste Prevention for the NYC Department of Sanitation.

Enquiry Form

VN | Contact Form (Contact Page + Popup)