Ep. 56 Retail's Sustainability Re-Think with Martin Kingdon - Insights and Sustainability Director POPAI UK and Ireland

<p><strong>ABOUT MARTIN KINGDON:</strong></p><h3>Martin’s Profile<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-kingdon-121b693">: linkedin.com/in/martin-kingdon-121b693</a></h3><h3>Websites:</h3><ul><li><a href="https://www.popai.co.uk/sustainability/" target="_blank">popai.co.uk/sustainability/ </a>(Company)</li><li><a href="http://www.popai.co.uk/" target="_blank">popai.co.uk </a>(Company)</li></ul><h3>Email:<a href="mailto:martin@popai.co.uk" target="_blank"> martin@popai.co.uk</a></h3><p><strong>BIO:</strong></p><p>Martin has been involved with the display industry for twenty five years as a volunteer, board member and for twenty years Director geneneral</p><p>He has been responsible for Insight since 2010, Sustainability since 2019 and has defined POPAI’s offer including setting up the Sustainability council representing all sectors of the industry, the POPAI Sustainability Standard for corporate accreditation and the Sustain® global eco-design indicator tool now widely used in the UK and overseas.</p><p>He has spoken extensively around the world on many aspects of the display market, sustainability and shopper insight.</p><p> </p><p><strong>SHOW INTRO: </strong></p><p>Welcome to the NXTLVL Experience Design podcast. Over our 4 seasons we have focused on “Dialogues on DATA: Design Architecture, Technology and the Arts”. </p><p>NXTLVL features provocateurs for whom disruption and transformation are a way of engaging in work and play every day.</p><p>They include leading scientists, artists, musicians, architects, entertainers and story tellers whose research, exploration and built work brings new understanding of the impact and relevance of place-making to the world. </p><p>On the show, we focus on what’s now and what’s next.</p><p>On this episode we talk with Martin Kingdon <strong>Insight and Sustainability Director of POPAI UK and Ireland </strong>about the impact that retail stores, and all of their merchandising units and displays, have of on the environment.</p><p>First though, a few thoughts on retail, b