Anthony Pratt

“New Zealand's food and beverage industry is the lynchpin of the country's prosperity. Which may explain why it has concentrated their governments' minds.”

“Australia is a resource-rich nation. We have been good at exploiting our minerals base and agricultural sector for exports.”

“I have a dream that in the not-too-distant future, Visy Tumut will spend around $100 m to expand our clean energy generation here and take in additional waste forest wood to generate clean renewable energy and sell it into the power grid.”

“I'm proud we have built a billion-dollar business from scratch here in the US. It has been done very much in a slow, building way. It wasn't an instant type of thing. America is a huge market where persistence is very important, and I am a builder by nature.”

“Ultimately, innovation depends on the people with advanced skills who have the ideas, and on the business risk-takers willing to back them.”

“In my view, helping to feed a hungry world is Australia's greatest responsibility and opportunity in the 21st century.”

“I think Australia is just a great place to bring up a family.”

“My faith in the economic potential of the low carbon economy is not an untested prediction.”

“We can bring together rich natural resources, innovative research and development, smart investors, and risk-taking farming and manufacturing entrepreneurs.”

“Producing clean energy from non-recyclable waste is an important part of my future vision for family company Visy Australia.”

“I like to do things that you need to chip away at.”

“Private is our DNA, in my DNA. It enables us to make decisions for the long term.”

“My vision for Visy Tumut is not only to keep our position as an example of world's sustainable manufacturing, but to build on it.”

“My company in the U.S., Pratt Industries U.S.A., has grown from scratch to become a billion-dollar business based on recycling, as well as the largest Australian-owned employer of U.S. citizens.”

“I believe in the difference that a man or woman can make at the top of an organisation. Once you have a really good guy in place at the top, the next most important thing is continuity of management as opposed to a revolving door.”

“I am very proud of being Jewish. I went to a Jewish school all my life.”

“High-profile industry disruptions such as steel or car plant closures attract much media and political attention.”

“Only 10 per cent of food grown in India is processed. So the best way to reduce food waste and maximise calorie delivery is to increase that ratio of processed food to total food.”

“When we sell paper in Asia, we sell them things such as their corrugator rolls as well as paper.”

“We were in recycling before recycling was cool.”