Amcor receives accolades for sustainable packaging innovations

In 2021, Amcor converted more than 85% of its products to recycle-ready formats.

Amcor has received two accolades recognizing its more sustainable packaging innovations. Amcor won a silver award at the 2022 Australasian Packaging Innovation and Design Awards (PIDA) and was also named a 2022 Sustainability Leader in the Australian Financial Review's (AFR) annual list.

The AFR listed Amcor as a 2022 Australian Financial Review Sustainability Leader in the Manufacturing and Consumer Goods category, in association with BCG. The AFR Sustainability Leaders list recognizes Australian businesses making progress in tackling sustainability challenges over the past year. Amcor's Australian business was recognized for its multiple achievements over the last financial year, including converting more than 85% of products to recycle-ready formats, with almost 95% of products designed to be recyclable. Amcor's contribution to create Australia's first, food grade recycled flexible wrapper for Nestle's KitKat helped to underscore its commitment to innovation and sustainability. In addition, Amcor spends more than $100 million on research and development every year to develop and produce more sustainable packaging solutions.

Amcor additionally won the silver award in the Sustainable – Industrial Design of the Year category at PIDA for its for PrimeSeal Eco-Tite Recycle-Ready Shrink Bag, an innovative packaging product for fresh and processed meat, poultry, and cheese that has been designed-to-be-recycled. The PIDA, organized by the Australian Institute of Packaging, recognizes packaging innovations across Australia and New Zealand with award categories covering sustainability, accessibility, and intelligent packaging technology. Additionally, Amcor's PrimeSeal Flow-Tite packaging was named a finalist in two categories: Best Food Packaging Design of the Year and Accessible and Inclusive Packaging Design of the Year.

Simon Roy, vice president and general manager for Amcor Australia and New Zealand, said: "It's terrific to see Amcor's innovative and more sustainable packaging solutions be recognized by the industry and community in the local market. We are a global company with a proud local history that enables us to leverage research and development at scale to produce best-in-class innovations that can be applied either globally or locally, to help meet our customers' needs. Our commitment to innovation is second to none and we're proud to be driving a more sustainable and circular packaging value chain for our local customers, end consumers and the environment."

These accolades are only the latest this year recognizing Amcor's work in developing innovative and more sustainable packaging. In March, Amcor came away with three awards at the 2022 Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards, while in April the business won the Gold Innovation Award at the Packaging Innovation Awards for its AmLite HeatFlex Recyclable packaging.

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