The 2026 Sustainable Packaging Design awards recognised that there is no single route to more sustainable packaging, with the judges awarding gold across five distinct sustainability principles.

Packaging designed with, rather than simply for, people living with disability has taken top honours, with ByStorm Beauty recognised for its adaptive makeup tools and accessible mailer box.

Consumer convenience and circular design came together, with Primo Foods and Amcor Flexibles recognised for a peel-and-reseal sliced meats pack that reduces plastic while improving functionality.

A redesigned Birds Eye frozen vegetable pack that tackles one of consumers' biggest frustrations has won gold in the 2026 Save Food Packaging Design category.

Bonson Packaging's RePlay Returnables system claimed one of three of its gold PIDA medals in the Labelling & Decoration category for integrating digital traceability into a reusable packaging system.

Replacing plastic shrink wrap with a kerbside recyclable fibre solution has earned Graphic Packaging International and Asahi Beverages top honours in the 2026 Beverage Packaging Design category.

Bonson Packaging's RePlay Returnables system claimed its third gold medal by winning the Marketing Design category for demonstrating how packaging itself can become a customer engagement platform.

An Australian-developed recycling solution that enables dairy processors to recover, recycle and remanufacture HDPE milk bottles on-site has taken out the 2026 Outside of the Box Design award.

Yates Group has claimed the 2026 Domestic & Household Packaging Design award for Click & Grow, a garden care system that combines safety, convenience and refillability in a contact-free dispensing format.

Recyclability and recycled content were central to the winning entry in the Health, Beauty & Wellness Packaging category, with Impact International recognised for its mono-HDPE tube and cap range.

PKN presents the July edition of The Packaging Innovation Edit, a curated selection of standout global packaging innovations. Produced in collaboration with ThePackHub, this series highlights innovations advancing packaging design and function.

Coca-Cola has unveiled a new global visual identity system that will be introduced across more than 200 markets, with updated packaging and brand assets designed with consistency in mind.

The ANZ region's premier packaging awards, the PIDAs, will take place at Crown Casino in Melbourneon 28 July, during the foodpro trade show. Here's a reminder of who's in the running.

A Sydney startup has won a prestigious global design award for a reusable closure that addresses one of flexible packaging's enduring challenges – maintaining freshness after a pack has been opened.

In packaging, usability is often overshadowed by shelf appeal, production efficiency and product protection. Yet for consumers, the most immediate of pack performance happens at the point of opening, writes Brendon Holmes, MD of Caps & Closures.

Design agency Tweak has developed packaging designs for new product launches from Nerada Tea and AYAM, centred on Australian heritage for one range and Japanese-inspired branding for the other.