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The Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation’s (APCO) prestigious Annual Awards ceremony will return this year, in person for the first time in three years, on Thursday 10 November.

The APCO Awards celebrate the achievements of the leaders in sustainable packaging – those organisations and individuals who embody the very best of what the industry in Australia has to offer – working towards the 2025 National Packaging Targets and the development of a true circular economy for sustainable packaging.

This year marks the introduction of a new award for small to medium enterprises, the ‘Highest Performing SME award’, which will highlight leadership by small businesses in the packaging space. 

Crucially, submissions for the self-nominated ‘Our Packaging Future (OPF)’ awards are now open, so get ready to tell APCO about your ‘fantastic successes’  over the last year.

For more information, and to enter your organisation, click here. The event will also be livestreamed for those that can’t make it in person.

Food & Drink Business

Sullivans Cove has appointed Andy Gaunt as its new CEO. Gaunt was managing director for Fever-Tree ANZ and Asia and was a founding member of Diageo’s luxury division in global market development.

Plasdene Glass-Pak in New Zealand has acquired the Auckland-based Glass Packaging Division of Wainhouse Distribution.

While the removal of import duties on Australian bottled wine sent to China has resulted in a massive surge for the industry, exports to the rest of the world have declined to the lowest value in ten years and lowest volume in over twenty years, according to Wine Australia’s latest Export Report.