RCP appoints sustainability and communications manager

Rubbermaid Commercial Products (RCP) has appointed Adriana Olaya Rodriguez as its new Sustainability and Communications Manager.

The multi-lingual author of Make them Behave Sustainably, takes on the newly created position at the global waste and recycling, cleaning and hand hygiene manufacturer. She will be spearheading sustainability strategy in the EMEA, LATAM and APAC regions, looking to drive positive change through actions, communications and engagement, and supporting RCP’s customers and distributors to do the same.

Olaya Rodriguez brings with her a wealth of experience having worked with some of the biggest names around the globe in a variety of sectors from food and beverage to pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. She has provided strategic guidance to a diverse range of businesses, helping them to define, shape and implement intelligent and credible environmental sustainability programmes that engage stakeholders to drive real change.

Emilio Capelli, Vice President Sales & Marketing at RCP said of the appointment: “We’re delighted to welcome Adriana to the team. As a business, we understand our responsibility to operate as sustainably as we can so bringing on board someone of Adriana’s calibre is a real step in the right direction, enabling us to make strides forward on our award-winning Love Sustainability Journey.

“Not only will Adriana’s expertise help us to define, shape and implement our own sustainability goals, but her work will also allow us to further support our customer and distribution partners to drive real change in their own organisations.”

Olaya Rodriguez said of her new role: “I look forward to bringing my expertise to RCP and helping to implement a strong sustainability strategy to shape our business to operate within planetary boundaries. I have been impressed by the commitment of the RCP team and the progress made so far in its journey to reduce RCP’s and our customers environmental impacts. I look forward to building on these foundations to bring RCP sustainability efforts to the next level, challenge the status quo, engage and excite our customers, distributors and my colleagues through actions and communications, so that we can all make long-lasting change.”