Bonds parent company Hanes Australasia has scored a top packaging award in Australia for its phase-out of single-use plastics from its product packaging.
The fashion conglomerate took home the Full Report Industry Sector Award in the General Merchandise and Apparel category at the Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO)'s Industry Sector Awards for 2023.
Hanes Australasia joined 14 other award recipients, including beauty group Coty Australia and biscuit company Arnott’s Group.
The award comes as Hanes Australasia's parent company HanesBrands is aiming to eliminate single-use plastics in product packaging by 2025, while also reducing packaging weight by 25%.
APCO’s Industry Sector Awards recognise the top APCO members promoting sustainable packaging design and innovation across a broad range of industry sectors including electronics, retail, food and beverage and manufacturing.
The winners were assessed based on APCO members’ annual reporting scores and their performance against the Packaging Sustainability Framework criteria.
“It has been invigorating to see such different approaches to developing and implementing sustainable packaging initiatives,” APCO CEO Chris Foley said. “What these achievements demonstrate is the strength of the Australian industry’s leadership on the issue of sustainable packaging and how collaboration across the system can reap environmental, economic and community benefits.
“Each winner’s commitment to sustainable packaging is an inspiration to other small and large businesses across the country.
“The small business winners in particular deserve a special mention, not only for putting themselves on the packaging transformation map but bringing us as an industry a few steps closer to developing a circular economy for packaging.”
Hanes Australasia is the Australian fashion arm of HanesBrands in the United States. As well as Bonds, the Australian arm looks after Berlei, Champion, Sheridan and seven other brands.
Hanes Australasia designs, sources, markets, distributes and sells product via wholesale partners, distributors and through its own retail network of 553 stores and 11 websites.
Headquartered in Melbourne Australia, Hanes Australasia has over 6,500 employees and operates throughout Australia, New Zealand, China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, South Africa, Thailand and the United Kingdom. This also includes its own manufacturing facility in Indonesia.
Globally, HanesBrands employs over 50,000 people in more than 30 countries.