Martin Schröder becomes new Managing Director of the FKN
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Martin Schröder will take over the management of the Fachverband Kartonverpackungen für flüssige Nahrungsmittel e.V. (FKN) as of 1 June 2023. He succeeds Michael Kleene, who is retiring after more than 30 years of successful association work.
The 43-year-old Schröder comes from the recycling and environmental service providers ALBA and Interzero, where he was responsible for political lobbying as Head of Public Affairs.
Robert Kummer, Chairman of the FKN: "Carton packaging has been proven to cause the lowest carbon footprint of all beverage packaging in the market. The public rightly expects companies not only to talk about sustainability, but to take verifiable steps to further improve products and processes ecologically.
products and processes. This applies to the procurement of raw materials all the way to recycling. We are therefore pleased to have gained an experienced political and recycling expert in Martin Schröder, who will support us in consistently pursuing this path."
Schröder, a political scientist, brings many years of experience in the field of circular economy and raw materials policy. Since 2019, he represented the political affairs of ALBA Group (later ALBA/Interzero). From 2017 to 2019, he headed the Berlin office of the French environmental services provider SUEZ (now PreZero). Before that, he worked for several years in various positions in the areas of circular economy, raw materials policy and sustainability at the Federation of German Industries (BDI).
