Global food and beverage company Kraft Heinz has agreed to set a goal to reduce total virgin plastic use, following the filing of a shareholder proposal and engagement with As You Sow.

Australia’s leak-proof underwear brand, Modibodi is partnering with Canopy and its ‘Pack4Good’ campaign, which will see closer scrutiny of its paper-based packaging supply chain.

Australian wine brand The Hidden Sea has achieved a major milestone, helping to remove 10 million plastic bottles from the oceans and bringing it closer to its ultimate goal to remove 1 billion by 2030.

Sandy Mayo, CMO at Accolade Wines, has welcomed HP's recent acquisition of Choose Packaging, which is partnering with the wine company in its biodegradable packaging pursuits.

AIP members were treated to a virtual tour of the Close the Loop facility to showcase its capabilities and its team, and to show the circular economy in action through its operations.

Amcor has unveiled a new high-barrier, recyclable and PVDC-free LifeSpan Performance Paper – the first product to be launched on the AmFiber global paper platform.

The importance of reuse and how businesses and users can benefit from reusable packaging models is the focus of Scaling Up Reusable Packaging, a new resource from APCO.

Rosnay Organic Wines has discontinued its use of plastic pallet wrap for local and global shipping, and moved to a Biogone landfill-biodegradable option instead.

Victorian startup Great Wrap has received an AMGC grant of more than $500,000, which will fund the commercialisation and manufacture of its certified compostable stretch wrap at a national scale.

Remondis Australia will be managing the logistics of a new product stewardship scheme for large plastic bag recycling, at a time when 40,000 garbage truck loads of large bags are going to landfill each year.

There’s a new kid on the tube block by the name of Bruce. PKN finds out more about this breakthrough tube containing 40 per cent rHDPE from Impact International’s MD Aleks Lajovic.

Flint Group, including all business units within its Packaging and its Commercial Publication & Web divisions, has achieved a Silver status from business sustainability ratings provider EcoVadis.

Global FMCG giant Unilever believes that overall, the plastic waste problem is getting worse and efforts aren’t keeping pace, and says we need a UN treaty to truly tackle the issue.

Schneider Electric has reached a new record by being listed for the 11th year in a row on the 2021 Dow Jones Sustainability Index, reflecting the company’s repeated progress and achievements in the space.

Nine single-use plastic items have been phased out in WA as of 1 January, with plastic bowls, cups, plates, cutlery, stirrers, straws, food containers, thick plastic bags and helium balloons banned in the state.

Tasmanian-based Cadbury Australia is trialling a recycled soft plastic packaging breakthrough to wrap 50 million family-sized chocolate blocks.