PPL May June 2023 PT - Flipbook - Page 7
Pulp Paper & Logistics
INDUSTRY NEWS 5
UK paper-based industry
celebrated at House of Commons
M
ore than 100
representatives
from the UK’s paperbased industries
gathered in March on the House
of Commons Terrace to celebrate
their achievements.
The Paper Industry Gold Awards
2023 was hosted by Mark Pawsey
MP, who chairs the APPG on
Packaging, and attended by a
number of Parliamentarians from
across the chamber, including
shadow cabinet members
and constituency Members of
Parliament.
The awards recognised success
in five categories: Recycling,
Paper industry award winners gather gold at Westminster
Sustainable Innovation, Community
Engagement, Health and Safety,
and Skills. The six winners, with
two winners in the Sustainable
Innovation Category, were each
recognised with a glass trophy.
Winners were: Recycling Award
– VPK UK and Ireland; Sustainable
Innovation Award – (winners)
Swanline Group (EzeE-comm pack)
and DS Smith; (highly commended)
Fourstones Paper Mill; Community
Engagement Award – Smurfit
Kappa Inspirepac, Chesterfield;
Health and Safety Award – Saica
Group; and Skills Award – Essity
UK Ltd.
Andrew Large, director general
of the Confederation of Paper
Industries, said: “The awards
showed that the industry has a
lot to be proud of, and there are
many remarkable individuals
and businesses which do
excellent work. I was extremely
impressed by the number and
quality of applications, and we
were delighted to showcase
this to senior politicians and
stakeholders.”
May/June 2023