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AIP Welcomes new Certified Packaging Professional | Shannon Doherty-Andall MAIP, CPP

The AIP would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Shannon Doherty-Andall MAIP, CPP, Sustainability Manager, Australian Beverages Council on successfully achieving the Certified Packaging Professional (CPP) designation. The CPP program has been accepted as the global recognition as a packaging professional and therefore the CPP designation has now become the leading mark of excellence internationally and a must-have recognition of industry proficiency and achievement for packaging professionals. We invited Shannon to share with us what attaining the Certified Packaging Professional Designation means to her…

SAVE FOOD strengthens global alliance: Official partnership with UNIDO and World Packaging Organisation

The SAVE FOOD Initiative is further expanding its international cooperation and deepening its partnership with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the World Packaging Organisation (WPO). The cooperation aims to continue strengthening the role of packaging, processing and industrial innovation in the global fight against food loss and waste. At interpack 2026, the SAVE FOOD Initiative will be deploying a variety of formats to show how it is advancing its goals worldwide.

AIP Statement to Industry - Message from the President

I thought it timely to make this communication as we already closing in on the end of the 1st quarter of 2026. The packaging reform discussions of 2024 are being restarted with more work likely to get underway by the Design Standards Working Group (DSWG), under the auspices of the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW). The AIP had representatives that contributed to the initial work of the DSWG, resulting in the publication of the draft Design for Kerbside Recyclability Grading Framework, which went out to industry consultation in mid 2025.

New national centre to help SME food businesses drive packaging and processing innovation and reduce waste without compromising shelf life

A new national initiative, the Food and Beverage Small and Medium Enterprise Packaging and Machinery Solution Centre, will support small and medium (SMEs) Australian food and beverage firms to transition to sustainable packaging and processing solutions while mitigating unwanted food loss and waste. The Solutions Centre is a collaboration between RMIT University, End Food Waste Australia, the Australasian Institute of Packaging (AIP), the Australian Packaging and Processing Machinery Association (APPMA) and Tetra Pak.

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