Ahead of its annual awards ceremony tonight, the Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) has announced the winners of its 11 Industry Sector Awards, which celebrate industry leadership and innovation in sustainable packaging design.
APCO has also announced the winners of this year’s new awards category – the Highest Performing Small-to-Medium Enterprises (SME) Industry Sector Award, which recognised small businesses going above and beyond to improve their packaging.
The awards recognise APCO members for their commitment to achieving the 2025 National Packaging Targets, through innovative packaging solutions and collaboration across the entire packaging value chain.
Made up of 11 industry categories, the 2022 Industry Sector Award winners are:
- Agriculture and Nurseries: Richgro Garden Products
- Chemicals, Hardware and Machinery: Clorox Australia
- Electronics: Dell Australia
- Food and Beverage: The Arnott’s Group
- General Merchandise and Apparel: Blundstone Australia
- Healthcare and Scientific: Emeis Cosmetics
- Large Retailer: Officeworks
- Logistics and Warehousing: CHEP Australia
- Packaging Manufacturer and Supplier: Disruptive Packaging
- Telecommunications: Telstra Corporation
- Tobacco: British American Tobacco Australia
As for the Highest Performing SME Members, which are made up of seven industry categories, the winners are:
- Agriculture and Nurseries: J C & A T Searle
- Chemicals, Hardware and Machinery: WD40 Company Australia
- Electronics: Comsol
- Food and Beverage: Flavour Creations
- General Merchandise and Apparel: Glow Consumer Products
- Healthcare and Scientific: Thankyou Group
- Packaging Manufacturer and Supplier: O F Packaging
“Congratulations to all our Industry Sector Award winners. It’s fantastic to see the work our members have made to implement and develop sustainable solutions to packaging recycling and design,” said Chris Foley, APCO CEO.
“Each winner has showcased an incredible commitment to meeting the 2025 National Packaging Targets, through innovative packaging solutions and collaboration across the entire packaging value chain.
“Particular congratulations must go to our new small business award winners. It’s a tough economic climate for any business to be operating in, so it’s fantastic to see smaller organisations leading from the front to build a better approach to packaging here in Australia.”
The winners of the Industry Sector Awards and Highest Performing SME Industry Sector Awards were determined based on members’ Annual Reporting scores and their performance against the Packaging Sustainability Framework criteria.
The remaining award categories, including the evening’s top prize, the Sustainable Packaging Excellence Award, will be announced at the awards ceremony tonight and online tomorrow.
