Sustainable Packaging Innovation Forum USA

27th - 28th October 2026

Chicago, USA

Rachel Taplinger

Head of Sustainability, L'Oréal US Dermatological Beauty Division

L'Oréal

Rachel Taplinger is an experienced sustainability expert with a demonstrated history in the consumer goods sector. She is currently the Head of Sustainability for the L’Oréal US Dermatological Beauty Division. Previously, she led sustainability for the Maybelline New York brand. Prior to L’Oréal, she developed foundational sustainability programs at Nike, Revlon and The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) working across supply chain, packaging, operations and marketing. 

Rachel has her MBA in sustainability and strategy from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University and a Bachelors in Psychology and Communications from Tufts University.

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Day 0

Monday 26th October 2026

Time
Session title
Session type
17:00 - 18:00
Day 1

Tuesday 27th October 2026

Time
Session title
Session type
08:45 - 08:55
Welcome words 
Institute of Packaging Professionals
09:15 - 10:00
EPR compliance infrastructure: What do the rules require and what can the market deliver? 
RecycleMe | ALDI USA | Unilever | The Recycling Partnership
Plenary
10:00 - 10:45
Plenary
10:45 - 11:15
11:15 - 11:40
‘Design for recycling’: Why we need more dialogue between upstream and downstream 
Kenvue | Sustainable Packaging Podcast with Cory Connors, presented by Atlantic Packaging
Breakout
11:40 - 12:20
Plenary
12:20 - 12:30
12:30 - 13:30
15:00 - 15:30
15:30 - 16:15
15:30 - 16:15
Hard-to-recycle packaging: Lessons for cross-industry collaboration 
L'Oréal | Ulta Beauty | Pact Collective | Independent
Case study
16:15 - 17:00
17:00 - 18:00
Day 2

Wednesday 28th October 2026

Time
Session title
Session type
08:45 - 08:55
08:50 - 09:30
Case study
09:50 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:30
10:30 - 11:10
Reuse at scale: What works, what doesn’t, and pathways forward 
Mastercard | Tomra | Sustainable Packaging Coalition
Plenary
11:10 - 11:50
Circular economy as industrial strategy: How to build stronger value chains and local economies 
Martin Brower | Washington State Department of Commerce | WRAP | PR3
Plenary
12:30 - 13:30
13:30 - 15:00
15:00 - 15:20
Plenary