• WPC 2024
  • March 18-22, 2024

Stewart Harris

American Chemistry Council

Senior Director, Global Plastics Policy

Stewart Harris is senior director of global plastics policy for the American Chemistry Council (ACC), a Washington, DC-based trade association that represents America’s Plastic Makers and plastics value chain companies. Members of ACC’s plastics division include Braskem, Chevron Phillips Chemical, Covestro, Dow, ExxonMobil, SABIC, Shell Chemical, and other key industry leaders.

Harris engages in international advocacy and global diplomacy on behalf of ACC, the World Plastics Council, and the International Council of Chemical Association, focused on driving global policies to advance sustainability and a circular economy for plastics with a lower carbon footprint. He represents these associations in multiple arenas, including the United Nations Environment Assembly, Basel Convention, International Maritime Organization, and APEC, among others.

He leads ACC’s efforts to help countries draft a workable global agreement under the U.N. negotiations to address plastics in the environment. ACC is an accredited stakeholder to the United Nations Environment Assembly and is advocating for a legally binding global agreement that retains the societal benefits of plastics while ending plastic waste in our environment.

Sessions With Stewart Harris

Tuesday, 19 March

  • 02:00pm - 03:30pm (CST) / 19/mar/2024 07:00 pm - 19/mar/2024 08:30 pm

    Industry Leader Fireside Chat & Regulatory Environment

    Session 3: Industry Leaders Fireside Chat & Regulatory Environment 

    2:00 PM: Afternoon Welcome Remarks - Shannan Billing, Director of Fibers, Americas, S&P Global Commodity Insights
    2:05 PM: Industry Leader Presentation + Fireside Chat: Daniela Vlad, Member of the Executive Board, Executive Vice President Chemicals & Materials, OMV AG
    Moderator: Olivier Maronneaud, Global Analytics lead, Methanol & Plastic Circularity, S&P Global Commodity Insights
    2:25 PM: Plastics from a Municipal Perspective - Richard McHale, Director of Austin Resource Recovery, City of Austin
    2:45 PM: A UN Global Agreement on Plastics – Current Status and Potential Impacts - Stewart Harris, Senior Director, Global Plastics Policy, American Chemistry Council
    3:00 PM: Sustainable Feedstocks: Critical Lever for Decarbonization - Andrew Ryba, Expert Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company
    3:15 PM: Q&A