2023 APCO Annual Award finalists announced
Wednesday 4 October 2023
The APCO Team are pleased to today announce the 2023 APCO Award finalists.
This year, the awards are being held in proud partnership with the Banksia Foundation, who facilitated an independent judging panel. These exceptional organisations and individuals were chosen due to having demonstrated a remarkable commitment to making a positive impact on our environment and the future of packaging.
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2023 Industry Sector Award finalists:
ABC Tissues Products
Ball and Doggett
Belkin Limited
Blundstone Australia
CHEP Australia
Clorox Australia
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Coty Australia
Detmold Group
HBI Holdings Australasia
Hobson Engineering Co
Lion
Pohlman's Nursery
Real Pet Food Company
Recochem Inc
Rivalea (Australia)
The Arnott's Group
Zipform Packaging
SME Award finalists:
Advanced Skin Technology
Audio Brands Australia
Bee Dee Bags
Berton Vineyard
Colourtrend Paints (Australia)
Comsol
Dentalife
Glow Consumer Products
Insulect Australia
KeepCup
Modern Dental Pacific
O F Packaging
Quintis Sandalwood
Shaw and Smith
Sleep Corp
Best of Reporting Award finalists:
Belkin Limited
The Arnott's Group
Hanes Limited
Comsol
Sustainability Champion finalists:
Bryan McKay - Woolworths
Dennis Tynkkynen - Hanes Australasia
Jeff Maguire - Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Nicole Rindal - Belkin Limited
Our Packaging Future Awards finalists:
Improved Recycling Systems Award:
Tetra Pak Oceania & saveBOARD - saveBOARD Carton Recycling Facility
Winning Group - Reverse logistics packaging collection and recycling
Industry Education Award:
CHEP Australia - Reuse Industry Education Campaign
Coles Group - Coles Supplier Packaging Enablement Program
Grounded Packaging - ‘Scope’: a comprehensive modelling and reporting platform
Consumer Education Award:
Officeworks - People and Planet Positive Product Range
Unilever Australia - Unilever partners with Coles to help Clean Up Australia
Samoa Recycling and Waste Management Association - SRWMA School Recycling Competitions
Recycled Content Award:
Bega Group - Project Magellan (rPET)
Norco Co-Operative - Recycled content milk bottles
SC Johnson - Windex Recovered Coastal Plastic
Reuse Award:
CHEP Australia - Reuse Network for Today and the Future
Coles Group - KOi Refillable Foaming Handwash Starter Kit
Huskee – HuskeeSwap
SPGs Implementation Award:
Brasshards Group - Brasshands Group shift to sustainable packaging
Brother International Australia - Driving Meaningful Change In Product Packaging Practices
Coles Group - Coles R3 Packaging Framework
Hewitt - Cleaver's new paper-based meat tray
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