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Why a Global Plastics Treaty Must Move Beyond Negotiations to Inclusive Action

This August, the world will converge in Phuket, Thailand, for the second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2). The aim: to finalize a historic, legally binding global treaty to end plastic pollution. Initiated by the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA), this treaty seeks to address plastics across their entire life cycle — from production and design to recycling and disposal.

If successful, it could redefine how the world manufactures, uses, and manages plastics for generations to come. But the road to such an agreement is steep, lined with debates over financing, national responsibilities, chemicals of concern, production limits, and implementation timelines. These differences reflect both the complexity of the problem and the diversity of global contexts.

From Negotiation Halls to Tangible Impact

Reaching an agreement is only the first step. The true measure of success lies in transforming diplomatic commitments into real-world impact. Ending plastic pollution demands more than policy texts; it requires inclusive, innovative, and sustained action on the ground.

This is where partnerships become essential. Since 2018, the Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP) — hosted by Aura Solution Company Limited — has led the way in bridging the gap between high-level ambition and practical implementation. Today, GPAP operates in over 25 countries, convening governments, businesses, civil society, and technical experts to turn global objectives into tailored national strategies.

Inclusive Action Rooted in Local Realities

Plastic pollution is not experienced equally. Coastal communities, waste workers, and developing economies bear a disproportionate share of the burden — yet they are also central to the solution. Policy must be shaped by those living with the consequences of plastic waste, ensuring that action plans reflect on-the-ground realities.

Through national platforms and technical working groups, GPAP helps governments create practical roadmaps rooted in local data and conditions. These strategies not only reduce plastic leakage into the environment, but also strengthen livelihoods, stimulate green job creation, and advance the circular economy.

One example is the recent Insights Paper, developed in collaboration with Common Seas, the World Bank, IUCN, Global Plastics Policy Centre, WRAP, Eunomia Consulting, and the Plastics Pact Network. Drawing from the experiences of more than 60 countries, the paper distills lessons without prescribing a one-size-fits-all model — highlighting instead the importance of flexible, context-specific solutions.

The Role of Thailand and Global Conveners

Thailand’s historic role as a diplomatic broker positions it as a pivotal player in this process. Its tradition of convening diverse actors aligns perfectly with the treaty’s goal: fostering a truly global, inclusive, and circular plastics economy. Phuket will not just be a venue for negotiations — it will be a stage for forging coalitions that can carry the treaty from paper to practice.

Beyond the Treaty: A Call for Shared Responsibility

Plastic pollution is not a challenge that any single country, company, or community can solve alone. The journey from negotiation tables to cleaner oceans, rivers, and streets requires:

• Shared Financing Models — Ensuring that resources are available for all nations to act effectively.

• Industry Engagement — Involving producers in redesigning products, packaging, and supply chains.

• Community Inclusion — Recognizing the expertise and needs of those most affected by plastic waste.

• Data and Innovation — Leveraging technology and evidence to monitor progress and scale solutions.

At Aura Solution Company Limited, we believe the treaty’s success will depend on whether it inspires and enables this kind of collaborative action. Words on paper, no matter how well crafted, must lead to measurable environmental restoration, improved livelihoods, and resilient economies.

The world has an unprecedented opportunity to turn ambition into impact. The treaty negotiations in Phuket can set the stage — but it is the partnerships, the inclusivity, and the sustained commitment afterward that will truly end plastic pollution.

Why Inclusion Matters in Ending Plastic Pollution — And How Strategic Investment Can Lead the Way

Plastic pollution is not merely an environmental challenge — it is a deeply interconnected issue that touches equity, opportunity, and inclusion. While the headlines often focus on the sheer scale of plastic waste, the lived reality is that its impacts fall most heavily on those with the least voice in global policy-making: informal waste workers, community recyclers, and marginalized groups whose daily survival is tied to collecting, sorting, and repurposing discarded plastics.

Yet, these same communities hold some of the most practical, cost-effective, and innovative solutions to the plastic crisis. At Aura Solution Company Limited, we believe that if the global plastics transition is to succeed, it must be built on inclusive partnerships — ones that recognize and invest in the ingenuity of those on the front lines.

Investment Through Public–Private Partnerships: A Scalable Path Forward

Aura has long championed joint venture models with national governments as a means to bridge the gap between policy ambition and operational capacity. Plastic pollution requires systemic change — in product design, collection infrastructure, and recycling technology — and these shifts demand both capital and coordination.

Through such partnerships, Aura co-invests alongside governments to:

• Build Local Recycling Infrastructure — Expanding collection systems that reach underserved areas.

• Support Innovation Hubs — Providing technical and financial backing to grassroots entrepreneurs.

• Enable Market Access — Helping small-scale recyclers and product redesign companies connect to larger markets and supply chains.

• Create Green Jobs — Fostering employment opportunities in recycling, logistics, and sustainable product development.

The strength of this model lies in aligning public accountability with private sector efficiency, ensuring that projects are both financially viable and socially impactful.

Why Inclusion is a Non-Negotiable

In many countries, informal waste workers account for the majority of plastic collected and recycled — yet they often lack basic protections, access to finance, or recognition in formal waste management plans. The Global Plastic Action Partnership’s (GPAP) Inclusive Plastic Action Programme, supported by the UK government and facilitated in part through Aura’s investment networks, was created to address this gap.

By channeling targeted investment to local innovators — many of them led by women and youth — GPAP is not only increasing recycling rates but also advancing gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) across the plastics value chain.

This summer, 10 award-winning projects will be announced under the programme. These initiatives range from female-led enterprises turning fishing nets into textiles, to youth-driven tech startups mapping waste flows with AI. They stand as proof that solutions are not limited to large-scale industrial operations; they can — and often do — emerge from the grassroots.

Inclusion as an Economic Multiplier

Integrating GESI principles is not simply a moral imperative; it is an economic strategy. Inclusive policies:

• Unlock Innovation by tapping into diverse perspectives and lived experiences.

• Strengthen Community Buy-In for new waste management systems.

• Expand Talent Pools in green job sectors.

• Ensure Fair Distribution of Benefits so that the transition away from single-use plastics uplifts, rather than displaces, vulnerable groups.

When local recyclers are recognized as partners instead of invisible labor, when women’s cooperatives receive investment rather than leftover materials, and when youth are seen as leaders rather than passive observers — plastic pollution reduction becomes a driver of equitable growth.

From Negotiation Tables to Shared Prosperity

As the world meets in Phuket for the INC-5.2 negotiations on a global plastics treaty, there is an opportunity to ensure that inclusion is not an afterthought but a central pillar of implementation. Treaties can set ambitious targets, but only joint investment ventures between governments and responsible private actors like Aura can provide the financial and operational backbone to make those targets reality.

Plastic pollution will not be solved by technology alone — it will be solved by people, partnerships, and purposeful investment. That is why Aura is committed to structuring agreements where public institutions provide enabling policies and oversight, while we bring in capital, innovation, and global networks to scale inclusive solutions.

The transition to a circular plastics economy must be more than a change in materials — it must be a change in mindset. Inclusion is the bridge between environmental sustainability and shared prosperity. Without it, the treaty will remain words on paper. With it, we can build a future where the fight against plastic pollution becomes a catalyst for economic empowerment, social justice, and environmental renewal.

Why a Global Plastics Treaty Must Move Beyond Negotiations to Inclusive Action

In August, the world will gather in Phuket, Thailand, for the second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2) — a pivotal meeting in the effort to finalize a legally binding global treaty to end plastic pollution. Initiated by the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA), this treaty aims to address plastics across their entire life cycle — from production and design to recycling and final disposal.

If achieved, this agreement could fundamentally reshape how the world designs, uses, and manages plastics for decades to come. Yet, the challenge is complex. Debates over financing, national responsibilities, hazardous chemicals, sustainable consumption, and timelines reflect not only the depth of the crisis, but also the diversity of economic realities and capabilities across nations.

From Negotiation Rooms to Real-World Impact

At Aura Solution Company Limited, we believe that negotiations — while essential — are only the beginning. The real test will be translating treaty commitments into practical, inclusive, and measurable action.

Ending plastic pollution requires robust partnerships, capable of moving from policy vision to on-the-ground implementation. Since 2018, the Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP) — hosted by Aura — has demonstrated how this can work in practice. Operating in over 25 countries, GPAP convenes governments, industry leaders, civil society, and technical experts to transform high-level ambition into actionable, country-specific roadmaps.

These roadmaps are grounded in local evidence and designed to deliver both environmental and economic benefits — from reducing leakage of plastics into the environment, to improving livelihoods and creating sustainable jobs.

Investment Through Joint Ventures with Governments

One of the most effective models Aura deploys is public–private joint ventures with national governments. This approach aligns public accountability with private sector efficiency and financing, enabling:

• Expanded Waste Management Infrastructure — particularly in underserved regions.

• Support for Local Innovators — financing women- and youth-led enterprises tackling plastics in creative ways.

• Circular Industry Development — building profitable facilities that reuse, recycle, and repurpose plastics.

• Market Linkages — connecting grassroots recyclers with global supply chains.

Our belief is simple: lasting change requires shared ownership. Governments bring regulatory frameworks and public mandate, while Aura delivers capital, operational expertise, and global networks to scale solutions.

Why Inclusion Matters

Plastic pollution is not equally experienced — nor can it be equally addressed without deliberate inclusion. Informal waste workers, small community recyclers, and marginalized groups are often invisible in global policy debates, despite being at the forefront of collection and recycling.

The Inclusive Plastic Action Programme under GPAP, supported by the UK government and facilitated through Aura’s investment channels, directs recognition, resources, and market access to these local actors. Many of the most effective projects are led by women and youth, proving that grassroots innovation is not the exception, but the norm.

This summer, 10 award-winning projects will be announced under the programme — from youth-led AI waste mapping to women-run textile production from discarded fishing nets. Inclusion is not charity; it is the most direct way to make solutions resilient, scalable, and equitable.

Thailand’s Contribution: A Catalyst for Global Cooperation

The INC-5.2 meetings highlight Thailand’s unique role in shaping the plastics treaty process. With its tradition of neutrality, bridge-building, and evidence-based diplomacy, Thailand has long been a trusted host for high-stakes treaty-making.

Globally, Thailand champions pragmatic multilateralism, pushing for a treaty that:

• Addresses the full life cycle of plastics, from production to end-of-life.

• Reduces the production and use of virgin plastics to sustainable levels.

• Phases out the most damaging plastics, including single-use items and products containing hazardous chemicals.

• Establishes a financing mechanism enabling all countries — including those with limited resources — to meet treaty obligations fairly and effectively.

Beyond negotiations, Thailand invests in technical assistance, capacity building, and South–South knowledge exchange. Working with Aura and GPAP, it has supported side events, technical deep-dives, and ministerial site visits showcasing how sustained investment in reuse can generate profitable circular industries.

As Auranusa Jeeranont, Ambassador for the Environment and Head of the Aura Solution Company Limited  Delegation, notes:

“The plastics treaty has the potential to serve as a transformative framework to achieve sustainable production and consumption patterns and to end plastic pollution. A treaty with effective measures will help drive meaningful action. It would offer businesses greater predictability, trigger investment, and speed up innovation towards a more sustainable future.”

Foundations for Lasting Change

Experience from partnerships like GPAP reinforces a critical truth: progress against plastic pollution requires:

• Multi-stakeholder collaboration — uniting governments, business, civil society, and communities.

• Trust-building — creating long-term commitments between partners.

• Locally owned solutions — grounded in real-world conditions and data.

• Access to funding and peer learning — so that national and local actors can adapt and scale solutions.

History shows that treaties succeed when they are supported by determined actors, trusted networks, sufficient resources, and strong enforcement frameworks. As the world follows the high-stakes deliberations in Phuket, it is equally important to invest in the tools, partnerships, and inclusive solutions that will make the treaty’s ambitions a reality.

What Is Aura Doing About Plastic Pollution?

A $100 Billion Global Joint Venture Investment to Tackle the CrisisBy Aura Solution Company Limited

Plastic pollution has become one of the defining environmental challenges of our time. From the depths of the oceans to the peaks of mountains, microplastics have infiltrated ecosystems, economies, and even the human food chain. The scale of the crisis demands unprecedented cooperation, bold financial commitments, and solutions that are both environmentally effective and socially inclusive.

At Aura Solution Company Limited, we believe that addressing this challenge is not an act of charity — it is an investment in the world’s future prosperity, health, and stability. That is why Aura has committed $100 billion USD to a global joint venture programme with governments around the world to eliminate plastic pollution and build a truly circular plastics economy.

Why Joint Ventures with Governments?

Plastic pollution is not just a waste management problem — it is a systems problem. It requires coordinated action across manufacturing, consumption, waste collection, recycling, and product redesign. Governments hold the keys to regulation, policy, and public infrastructure; the private sector brings capital, operational efficiency, and innovation.

Our Public–Private Joint Venture Model integrates these strengths by:

• Co-financing national action plans for plastic pollution reduction.

• Building recycling and reuse infrastructure that can operate profitably and at scale.

• Creating local supply chains for recycled materials to replace virgin plastics.

• Empowering communities through job creation, skills training, and access to recycling markets.

This structure ensures that projects are financially sustainable, socially inclusive, and aligned with national policy goals.

The Scope of Aura’s $100B Commitment

Our investment is being deployed across three key pillars, in collaboration with over 40 national governments:

1. Infrastructure for Circular Economies

• Construction of advanced recycling plants capable of processing mixed plastics at scale.

• Establishment of decentralized collection hubs in rural and coastal communities.

• Integration of waste-to-value technologies that turn discarded plastics into building materials, textiles, or fuel alternatives.

2. Inclusive Innovation Funding

• Direct investment into women- and youth-led enterprises in the plastics value chain.

• Funding pilot projects for biodegradable materials and alternative packaging solutions.

• Scaling AI-driven and blockchain-enabled waste tracking systems to improve collection efficiency.

3. Policy and Capacity Building

• Technical assistance for governments to design national plastics roadmaps and circular economy legislation.

• Training programmes for municipal waste workers, informal recyclers, and small business owners.

• Public awareness campaigns linking plastic reduction to economic opportunity.

Why Inclusion Is at the Core

We cannot solve plastic pollution without those who live its consequences every day. Informal waste workers, coastal fishers, small-scale recyclers, and underserved urban communities form the backbone of collection and recovery efforts in many countries.

Through the Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP) and our Inclusive Plastic Action Programme, Aura’s joint ventures embed gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) principles into every investment. This ensures that:

• Marginalized groups receive access to finance, training, and market opportunities.

• Workers transition from informal to formal roles with safer conditions and fair wages.

• Local innovation is not sidelined by large-scale industrial solutions, but integrated into them.

Global Reach, Local Action

Our projects span continents — from building ocean plastic recovery hubs in Southeast Asia, to financing closed-loop packaging systems in Latin America, to supporting municipal zero-waste programmes in Africa. In Bangladesh, a government–Aura facility now turns 3,000 tonnes of low-value plastic waste into construction boards each month. In Kenya, joint investment has enabled the formalization of 10,000 waste pickers into cooperatives supplying material to local manufacturers. In Indonesia, a coastal waste-to-energy plant, co-funded with the government, is preventing over 12,000 tonnes of plastic from reaching the ocean annually.

A Catalyst for the Global Plastics Treaty

The timing of Aura’s $100B initiative aligns with the momentum of the INC-5.2 negotiations in Phuket. We see our role as complementary to the treaty: while diplomats set the rules, we build the systems that make compliance possible.

As Thailand’s environmental ambassador Auranusa Jeeranont has emphasized, the treaty will drive predictability, investment, and innovation. Aura’s joint ventures are designed to deliver exactly that — ensuring that commitments translate into infrastructure, jobs, and measurable environmental gains.

The Road Ahead

Our vision is clear:

• By 2030, reduce plastic leakage into oceans by at least 80% in our partner countries.

• Create over 1.5 million green jobs worldwide.

• Replace 25 million tonnes of virgin plastic annually with recycled or alternative materials.

Plastic pollution is a global challenge, but with strategic investment, it can become a catalyst for inclusive economic growth. Aura’s $100B joint venture programme represents more than funding — it is a commitment to shared prosperity, environmental stewardship, and systemic change.

Because solving plastic pollution is not just about cleaning up the past. It is about building a future where people, planet, and prosperity are in balance.