Italy's Best Packaging Awards 2025, presented in Milan during IPACK-IMA, offer sustainability-focused inspiration with potential relevance for local manufacturers and brand owners. PKN was on the ground.

Stora Enso has been recognised with a Red Dot Design Award in Product Design 2025 for its recyclable and scalable gift packaging portfolio created for Marimekko.

Kleenex has updated its toilet paper packaging as part of a campaign with Bowel Cancer Australia to promote awareness of bowel cancer symptoms.

At PacPrint 2025, running at Sydney Showground this week, Spicers is featuring its packaging boards, including RC Kraft, Allyking Cream, and Zenith – all with strong eco-credentials.

Delta Global has designed custom garment and gift bags for Lee Mathews’ Resort '26 collection, which made its debut at Australian Fashion Week 2025.

To mark its 130 years in operation, Australian brand Rosella has unveiled a limited-edition anniversary version of its two household-favourites, Tomato Sauce and Fruit Chutney.

Shifting design mindsets and aligning packaging with consumer behaviour and sustainability goals were central themes in the 'Future of Sustainable Packaging Design' session at the Australasian Packaging Conference.

Duxton Bee’s new honey brand, Fuzzy Bum, is spreading awareness about the Australian bee crisis one jar at a time, with help from strategic branding agency Tiny Hunter.

Justine’s Cookies has introduced new packaging across nine SKUs in its core range, including its Protein Cookies and Keto Crunch products. The redesign is created by Creative Jam.

Australian spirits start-up A’Peel is using fruit waste peel including banana and citrus to create vodka and gin, and is relying on its packaging design to communicate the brand’s sustainability story.

Woolworths' sustainable and reusable eCom Tote, and the closed-loop system developed in partnership with Viscount Reuse, has won the 2025 PIDA Gold award for Outside of the Box Design.

Carman's new kerbside recyclable packs for its Gourmet Snack Mix, which was created with support from Zipform Packaging, has won the 2025 PIDA Gold award for Labelling & Decoration Design.

Nature’s Sunshine Australia has unveiled its fresh new rebrand – adding a modern twist with its new logo and improved packaging, which now includes an easy-flip lid and embossed cap.

The AIP’s support for students in their packaging design projects has paid dividends, with a record set of wins in the latest round of the WorldStar Awards, writes Nerida Kelton, executive director.

PKN asks Pippa Corry, winner of the 2024 PKN Women in Packaging Design & Branding Visionary Award, and the founder of philo & co, about how packaging designers can translate sustainability into real-world solutions.

Woolworths is rolling out the Universal Bag, crafted by Anya Hindmarch and produced by the Solent Group, in 600 stores across Australia. The reusable bag is made from recycled plastic.