Sealed Air Announces Support of the World Food Programme’s Innovation Accelerator
December 16 2020 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Partnership builds on the company’s efforts to
help achieve zero hunger
Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE:SEE) today announced its
participation in the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)’s
Innovation Accelerator, an initiative that convenes the brightest
minds in science and technology to develop and scale high-potential
solutions for ending hunger worldwide.
Sealed Air has partnered with World Food Program USA since 2017
in support of its mandate to reach zero hunger and respond to
critical needs caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Through relentless
innovation, Sealed Air is developing the next generation of
sustainable packaging solutions to address some of society’s most
pressing challenges including food safety, eliminating waste, and
reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
“We’re on a mission to leave the world better than we found it,”
said Steve Garland, Sealed Air’s Chief Innovation Officer. “Now
more than ever, collaboration is needed to help communities around
the world fight hunger. We value the opportunity to contribute
Sealed Air’s expertise in science, engineering, research, and
development and technological innovation to the World Food
Programme.”
To support the Innovation Accelerator initiative, Tiffani Burt,
who holds a doctoral degree in macromolecular science and
engineering and serves as the company’s executive director of
innovation and sustainability, advised three of the 10 teams that
participated in this year’s program. During the weeklong bootcamp,
the teams went on a journey of ideation, project design, and
business planning with Sealed Air’s expert. Following the bootcamp,
teams are eligible to apply to the Sprint Program which involves
project funding and connection to a WFP field office and
mentorship.
As in years past, teams were chosen for the Innovation
Accelerator bootcamp for their potential to help end hunger by
2030. This year, the program was expanded to also include startups
that tackle solutions relevant to the COVID-19 crisis.
“United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)’s Innovation
Accelerator identifies, supports, and scales innovations that have
the potential to disrupt hunger and save lives. Innovation is
fundamental to our work, enabling us to accelerate and scale
needs-based solutions that contribute to food security, peace, and
stability for our beneficiaries,” said Gabriella Morris, Chief
Philanthropy Officer, World Food Program USA. “We are very grateful
to Sealed Air for sponsoring and mentoring these dynamic teams.
Sealed Air’s support demonstrates the tremendous value that the
corporate sector can add to humanitarian innovations.”
For the past 60 years, technological innovations have been a
driving force behind WFP’s work. Today, the organization employs
mobile technology, biometrics, artificial intelligence, digital
finance, and other innovations to deliver food assistance and
humanitarian support to more than 100 million people each year.
When faced with conflict, disaster, famine or escalating hunger
during a pandemic, speed and scalability can be the difference
between life and death. Now more than ever, innovations enable WFP
to reach more people, more quickly.
About Sealed Air
Sealed Air is in business to protect, to solve critical
packaging challenges, and to leave our world better than we found
it. Our portfolio of leading packaging solutions includes CRYOVAC®
brand food packaging, SEALED AIR® brand protective packaging,
AUTOBAG® brand automated systems, and BUBBLE WRAP® brand packaging,
which collectively enable a safer, more efficient food supply chain
and protect valuable goods shipped around the world. Sealed Air
generated $4.8 billion in sales in 2019 and has approximately
16,500 employees who serve customers in 124 countries. To learn
more, visit sealedair.com.
About World Food Program USA
World Food Program USA is the recognized leader in America’s
pursuit to end global hunger. We work with U.S. policymakers,
corporations, foundations and individuals to generate financial and
in-kind resources for the United Nations World Food Programme, the
2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, to feed families in need around
the world and to develop policies necessary to alleviate global
hunger. To learn more about World Food Program USA’s mission,
please visit us at www.wfpusa.org.
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Sealed Air Christina Griffin
Christina.griffin@sealedair.com 704-430-5742
World Food Program USA Toula Athas tathas@wfpusa.org
202-627-3940
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