Methodology

The Plastic Waste Makers Index Basis of Preparation provides detail regarding: the steering committee for the study, analytical components, the methods used to define and analyse single-use plastic material flows from polymer producers to waste, the methods used to identify financial institution enablement, our circularity assessment and more.

An Independent Limited Assurance report from KPMG Australia which concluded that according to the evidence obtained from the performances performed, KPMG was not aware of material misstatements in the Plastic Waste Makers Index, the top 100 shareholders of single-use plastic polymer producers, the top 100 banks financing single-use plastic polymer producers, the circularity scores or the top 100 countries by per capita single-use plastic waste generation.