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Thursday, July 21 2022 - 21:40
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Amcor's more sustainable packaging innovations recognized with two accolades
ZURICH, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

Amcor (NYSE: AMCR, ASX: AMC), a global leader in developing and producing 
responsible packaging solutions, has received two accolades recognizing its 
more sustainable packaging innovations. Amcor respectfully won a silver award 
at the 2022 Australasian Packaging Innovation and Design Awards (PIDA) and was 
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 recognised 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 PrimeSealTM 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 
(https://www.amcor.com/media/news/2022-fpa-awards), while in April the business 
won the Gold Innovation Award at the Packaging Innovation Awards 
(https://www.amcor.com/media/news/amcor-recognized-with-packaging-innovation-awa
rd) for its AmLite® HeatFlex Recyclable packaging.

About Amcor

Amcor is a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging for 
food, beverage, pharmaceutical, medical, home and personal-care, and other 
products. Amcor works with leading companies around the world to protect their 
products and the people who rely on them, differentiate brands, and improve 
supply chains through a range of flexible and rigid packaging, specialty 
cartons, closures and services. The Company is focused on making packaging that 
is increasingly light-weighted, recyclable and reusable, and made using an 
increasing amount of recycled content. Around 46,000 Amcor people generate $13 
billion in annual sales from operations that span about 225 locations in 
40-plus countries.

SOURCE: Amcor