At the AIP's October meeting Environmental Sustainability Manager Visy Recycling Alex Kanaar, drew an analogy between driving and climate change. The world is currently accelerating savagely towards a cliff.
02/10/2008
The Senate has voted down the government's emissions trading legislation sending it into parliamentary limbo for at least three months.
14/08/2009
Sustainable business is the phrase of the moment. But how many businesses and employees within those businesses are really behind the idea?
19/10/2007
Sydney’s Luna Park, well known for its famous face and slogan “Just for Fun” was a spectacular venue for the recent 2008 AIP National Conference.
19/06/2008
Spotlight, Australia’s largest fabric, craft and home decorating retailer has formed a partnership with Visy Recycling to further increase its sustainability record.
13/03/2008
Virgin Blue has reaffirmed its commitment to minimising the impact of its operation on the environment by signing the National Packaging Covenant.
22/01/2009
Members of the food, beverage, packaging and manufacturing industries are now invited to submit abstracts under the theme Climate of Change: Towards a Sustainable Packaging Industry, for the 2008 Australian Institute of Packaging National Conference that will be held from June 12th to 13th, 2008, at Luna Park, Sydney.
07/08/2007
2008 Evolution Awards winner in the Community Partnership Action award, Visy, has a distinguished history of successful community education campaigns.
29/05/2009
CHEP Asia-Pacific has urged its food supply chain partners to consider sustainable distribution across the entire supply chain, not just within company boundaries, to secure the future of an increasingly fragile food supply ecosystem.
10/01/2008
European Bioplastics recently released a position paper on Life Cycle
Assessment (LCA) of bioplastics outlining the opportunities and needs of the analytical tool.
11/12/2008
The carbon and water footprints of Australia’s food and grocery manufacturing industry are being reduced to safeguard the nation’s long-term food supply and to respond to climate change, a major new report by the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) has found.
07/01/2010
Internationally renowned experts Professor Neville Norman, Dr Peter Ellyard and Mr David Parkin have been confirmed as the keynote speakers for the highly anticipated PacPrint 09 Forums.
06/03/2009
Despite supplying a necessary service, the packaging industry has long faced criticism for the impact of its products on the environment.
28/02/2008
At the recent Packaging Council of Australia’s Victorian division meeting, the findings of a briefing note were presented on the proposed national emissions trading scheme (ETS).
20/08/2008
The National Timber Product Stewardship Group (NTPSG) recently signed the National Packaging Covenant to raise awareness about post-use options for wood pallets and packaging such as crates and boxes.
02/04/2009
Taking a leading position in innovation in the Australian wine industry, the new Wolf Blass Green Label presents a packaging alternative with a lower greenhouse footprint.
21/05/2009
Australian researchers are a step closer to turning plants into 'biofactories' capable of producing oils which can be used to replace petrochemicals used to manufacture a range of products.
28/04/2008
More than 300,000kg of glass has been recycled in NSW under a successful new initiative called BottleCycler.
01/05/2009
According to Datamonitor, it revealed 57 per cent of consumers thought that it was important to buy ethical or socially responsible products but only 42 per cent altered their habits to do so.
03/05/2010
"Is there a Climate of Change toward a sustainable Packaging Industry?” was a question supposed to be answered after two solid days of debate at the recent AIP National Condference.
19/06/2008