Unlocking Plastic Action for Inclusion Resilience and Growth GPAP Annual Report 2025

Year in review 2025 highlights Through the World Economic Forum’s Global Plastic Action Partnership, we are showcasing how collective action can turn the tide on plastic pollution, transforming a global challenge into a powerful opportunity for circular, inclusive and resilient growth. Sebastian Buckup, Managing Director, World Economic ForumCanada is committed to working with global and domestic partners, including the Global Plastic Action Partnership, to forge the systems changes needed to reduce plastic waste and pollution, promoting a circular plastics economy, and fostering science, innovation and transparency. Julie Dabrusin, Minister of Environment and Climate Change of CanadaThe UK is driving the shift to a circular economy for plastics. Cooperation with nations around the world through the Global Plastic Action Partnership is key to unlocking innovation and driving sustainable growth. This partnership plays a vital role in worldwide efforts to tackle plastic pollution by demonstrating what’s possible when people across the value chain work together. Mary Creagh CBE MP , Minister for Nature, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, United Kingdom25 National Plastic Action Partnerships (NPAPs) 7 20,413>8,000 people benefited from the Inclusive Plastic Action Programme, which has now reached a total of people 711 National Plastic Action Roadmaps launchedWorldwide, NPAPs now drive change for people1 in 5 2,219 community members 336 14,000 people reached through 20 projects under the Biodiversity Small Funds Initiative $3.34$200 million mobilized by partners on initiatives and programmes tackling plastic pollution, bringing the total to billion Unlocking Plastic Action for Inclusion, Resilience and Growth: GPAP Annual Report 2025 4