The winners of the 2026 edition will be revealed at the Sustainable Packaging Summit on 11th November.
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MEET OUR JUDGES

 

The relevance of the Sustainability Awards depends entirely on two factors: the scale of engagement from all around the world, and the integrity, expertise and commitment of our judges. The jury consists of professionals with diverse geographical and professional perspectives, featuring brand owners, sustainability organisations, waste management, academia, R&D and manufacturing. Below is a list of current judges.

 

Alexander Reitz
Customer Development and Consulting
PreZero
Amy King
Senior Innovation Consultant
Cambridge Design Partnership
Anita Etrati
Strategy & Consulting Senior Manager
Accenture
Ariana Susanti
Business Development Director
Indonesian Packaging Federation
Arno Melchior
Retired
Aslıhan Arıkan
General Consultant
ASD Turkish Packaging Manufacturers Association
Audrey Guérin
Packaging Development Director
Pernod Ricard
Brent Lindberg
Head of Curiosity
Fuseneo
Bruno Van Gompel
Founder
VGV Management Services
Bryan McKay
Head of Packaging
Woolworths
Camila Storel
Packaging Director Latin America
L'Oreal
Caroli Buitenhuis
Biobased Material Expert for Retail Packaging
Green Serendipity
Chakravarthi AVPS
Global Ambassador
World Packaging Organisation
Clem Ugorji
Lead Advisor, Circularium Africa Advisory and Africa Region Lead
Global Plastic Action Partnership
Colin Yates
Retired
Cory Connors
Host of Sustainable Packaging Podcast & Senior Consultant
Atlantic Packaging
Dick De Koning
Founding Partner
PACKZ
Dominika Maruszak
Sr. Sustainability Manager, Global R&D Packaging
PepsiCo
Farida Bensadoun
Global Packaging Innovation Engineer
AB InBev
Ferran Marti
R&D Manager
AIMPLAS
Flávio Ferreira
Packaging Innovation Director
Reckitt
Frank Wang
R&D Innovation
Mengniu Dairy Group
Fredric Petit
Partner
Emerald Technology Ventures
Gautam Bhattacharjee
VP R&D
Mondelēz
Giacomo Canali
Global Packaging Fellow
Barilla
Gian De Belder
Technical Director, R&D Packaging Sustainability
P&G
Guido Schmitz
Adjunct Professor, Rutgers University; Founder
InnCreReal
Guillermo Dufranc
Project Manager
Tridimage
Hannah Worthington
Consultant
Anthesis
Helen Hughes
Sustainability Director
Design Bridge
James Pryor
Co-Founder
Touch Design
Jim Downham
President & CEO
PAC Global
Jocelyne Ehret
Founder
TheRightPackaging
Jochen Hertlein
Packaging Performance & Sustainability Lead
Nestlé
Kay Cooksey
Chair & Professor
Clemson University
Kevin Vyse
Head of Technical
ProAmpac
Laura Florez
Director General
ICIPC
Linda Roman
Associate Director, R&D Packaging
Kraft Heinz
Lindy Hughson
President
International Packaging Press Organisation
Louis Lindenberg
Founder
2day42morrow
Luciana Pellegrino
President
World Packaging Organisation
Marcel Verhaaf
Creative Director
Independent
Matthias Giebel
Partner
Berndt+Partner GmbH
Michael Nieuwesteeg
Managing Director
NVC
Naresh Khanna
Editor
Packaging South Asia
Nerida Kelton
Executive Director
Australian Institute of Packaging
Olga Kachook
SPC Director
Green Blue
Orianne Broussard
Head of R&D, Flexible Packaging & Paper
CITEO
Patrick Poitevin
Director
Advisory4Pack Ltd
Paul Jenkins
Managing Director
The Pack Hub
Paul Vanston
CEO
INCPEN
Philippe Blank
Managing Director
cyclos-HTP Institute
Sandra Krasovec
Packaging Design BFA Program Coordinator
Fashion Institute of Technology
Shira Rosen
Chair
Israeli Packaging Institute
Silvia D'Alesio
Professor of Brand Strategy
Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, Milan
Siobhan Parks
Global Head of Packaging
Hilton Foods
Susanne Folkerts
Global Head of Sustainability and Environment
ofi
Sylvie Reid
Leadership and Strategic Advice Director
SILASA - Sustainable Innovation
Thais Blumer
Head of Sustainable Packaging, Europe
Amazon
Tom Szaky
CEO
TerraCycle
Uwe Melichar
Vice President
epda
Veronika Khalaydzhi
President
Packagers Club of Ukraine
Zhanar Baishakova
Venture Partner & Co-Founder
Investor Ready Lab