CEF Lead Executives
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MYRA FOSTER
VP, Sustainability Innovation and Strategy
Myra is responsible for driving SEE’s sustainability initiatives to include stakeholder engagement, technical advocacy, and circularity solutions development to enable SEE’s customers to achieve their sustainability objectives. A graduate of Clemson University, Myra is affiliated with numerous professional and civic organizations. She currently serves on the board of GEMI (Global Environmental Management Initiative); the Clemson University Career Workshop Advisory Board; the Food, Nutrition, and Packaging Sciences Board at Clemson University; United Way of Greater Charlotte; and is a member of the Executive Committee for the Sustainable Packaging Coalition.
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RON COTTERMANList Item 1
VP, Global Corporate Affairs
Ron leads efforts to define, develop and execute corporate strategy with a specific focus on collaborations with external stakeholders including investors, customers, suppliers and both governmental and n-governmental organizations. This role provides direct support to the CEO and other senior leaders on external affairs, and champions progress on corporate pledges related to our automation, digital and sustainability business ambitions. The position has direct supervisory responsibility for ESG Strategy, Global Regulatory Affairs and Global Government Affairs. Ron has an undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Florida and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He has over 35 years of industrial experience in invation, business development and sustainability. He currently resides in Charlotte, rth Carolina.
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TERRY GRILL
Director Sustainability - Americas
Terry is responsible for the execution of global sustainability strategies to meet the needs of all Sealed Air businesses and customers within North and Latin America, while ensuring company-wide alignment of Sealed Air’s approach to sustainability to realize the mission of creating a better way for life. Prior to joining Sealed Air in 2006, Terry was President/CEO of Industrial Insulations Incorporated and has held various positions in the biotechnology and medical supply businesses. Terry was a founding director of Sustainable Claremont and is currently on the board of directors of Claremont Wildlands Conservancy.
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EVA CHU
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Principal Engineer, Product and Process Development
Eva Chu is an engineer at Sealed Air working on new product development and manufacturing, with a focus on finding opportunities to combine performance, sustainability and manufacturing efficiency to address customer needs and create lasting meaningful change. She has worked extensively to commercialize flexible packaging solutions that improve the sustainability profile for customers by reducing carbon footprint, increasing recycled content and improved end of life of their packaging products.
Latest Sustainability Reporting
(August 2024)
Highlights
- Reduced GHG intensity 25% since 2019.
- Reduced energy intensity 17% since 2019.
- 52% of material weight sold in 2023 was designed for recyclability. Recycled content accounted for 14%.
- Actively working to replace PFAS in its food packaging materials, developing new versions of its products, starting in North America and expanding to other regions.
- Reduced absolute water use by 6% and water intensity by 20% since 2019.
- Diverted 66% of waste from landfill and external incineration in 2023.
- Board of directors represent 25% in gender diversity and 25% in race and ethnic diversity.


Recent News
2022
SPHERE: the packaging sustainability framework (WBCSD) — A new framework to help companies choose the most sustainable packaging option for specific needs and delivery systems. SPHERE can assess the environmental impacts of packaging for a particular product or identify company-level portfolio hotspots based on six principles, including circularity, impact on climate change and biodiversity loss. CEF members Dow, Microsoft, and Sealed Air were among the 12 companies that helped develop the framework. (April 2022)
2021
Invested $5 million investment in the Closed Loop Circular Plastics Fund to advance the recovery and recycling of plastics in the U.S. and Canada. (Aug 2021)
Sealed Air Corporation committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions across its operations by 2040. The announcement follows the company’s successful execution of its sustainability strategy and performance against its 2020 goal to reduce the greenhouse gas intensity of its operations by 25%. The company far exceeded its 2020 goal by achieving more than a 44% reduction. (February 2021)
2020
Sealed Air Corporation is now offering a version of its Bubble Wrap brand packaging material that is made with at least 90% recycled content. (Jan 2020)
2019
Recognized as one of 120 companies — out of more than 5,500 companies analyzed — on CDP’s Supplier Engagement leaderboard (“Global Supply Chain Report 2019”) for their work with suppliers to reduce emissions and lower environmental risks in the supply chain. (Feb 2019)