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Nerida Kelton
Nerida Kelton, executive director of the Australian Institute of Packaging has, through her determination and organisa- tional skills, played an integral role in delivering the Certified Packaging Professional program for Australasia, the annual Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards for ANZ, and the Fundamentals in Packaging Technology course. Kelton was also the driving force behind the AIP Women in Packaging men- toring program, and motivated for AIP’s partnership with PKN’s annual Women in Packaging forum.
Kelton is the ANZ board member for the World Packaging Organisation, the packag- ing representative on the 12 person steering committee for the Federal Government National Food Waste Strategy and project lead for the Save Food Packaging Project in the Fight Food Waste CRC. She is commit- ted to helping the packaging industry under- stand the role that packaging plays in mini- mising food waste and to give recognition to brands that are designing innovative save-food packaging. Kelton is also passion- ate about helping to educate and train pack- aging professionals in the importance of sustainable and circular packaging design and recognising best practice in this area.
Paul Klymenko
Paul Klymenko was one of the founding directors of Planet Ark in 1992 and appointed CEO in June 2010. He has worked in the envi- ronmental field for the past 28 years as an environmental researcher, retailer, writer and ethical investment fund manager, all with a common theme of helping to make our soci- ety more sustainable. He helped develop
PREP and the Australasian Recycling Label – integral tools in the effort to create a sus- tainable circular economy for packaging in Australia. Among other projects, Klymenko has overseen the development of Recycling Near You, a Planet Ark website which pro- vides localised information to make recycling easier for households and businesses.
Prior to working in the environmental field he spent 11 years in the financial ser- vices industry in research and advising roles. In 1986 he co-founded Australian Ethical Investment Ltd, which is Australia’s first socially responsible fund manager with now over $2.5 billion under management.
Aleks Lajovic
and sustainable packaging. Lewis works for a variety of clients in government and the private sector to promote design for sustain- ability and increased recovery of products and packaging at end of life.
Lewis has published widely on product stewardship and sustainable packaging, her work providing valuable resources for the industry. Her most recent book is enti- tled Product stewardship in action: the business case for lifecycle thinking.
Lewis also recently co-developed a webi- nar examining ideas about how moving to a circular economy does not automatically mean reducing packaging. She believes that when used correctly, good packaging design can be a part of the solution. Her view is that life cycle and circular economy thinking allow for better design and deci- sion-making to make packaging a truly sus- tainable sector.
Lewis is an Adjunct Professor with the Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP).
Jack Malki
Jack Malki is director of Jet Technologies – a family-run business specialising in the importing and distribution of products to the printing and packaging industry and celebrating 40 years of operation this November (see page 86). He has success- fully led his team through one of the most challenging years to date, with Covid-19 having a major negative impact on the printing industry in particular.
Testament to the core values Jet Technologies represents, Malki’s commit- ment to his team and the business in 2020 has led to all staff being retained and Jet Technologies investing in adaptive solu- tions to keep operations running and con- tinue normal supply at a time when prod- uct demand levels have skyrocketed for many of the company’s customers.
Some milestone achievements in 2020 have been his appointment to the 2020 APCO National Packaging Targets Imple- mentation Working Group; making invest- ments in increased stock levels to service customers amidst unprecedented demand; introducing new product innovations to
Aleks Lajovic is managing director Impact International (see page 97), a family-owned Australian tube manufacturer. Lajovic has led his company’s drive for innovation in sustain- able packaging. This work has been widely recognised by the industry and has won Impact numerous awards from both printing and packaging professional organisations.
One of the most significant, and award- winning, initiatives has been Impact’s introduction of its sugar cane-derived plas- tic tube. This bio-based alternative comple- ments the existing virgin plastic and recy- cled plastic options in its portfolio.
Under Lajovic’s leadership, Impact installed a solar farm at its Sydney facility. With the installation, the company produces more than 30 per cent of its energy requirements – the equivalent of a reduction in carbon emissions of around 1200 to 1300 kilograms per day.
Helen Lewis
Dr Helen Lewis is an environmental con- sultant specialising in product stewardship
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