In keeping to current circumstances, WPO – World Packaging Organisation – will host a virtual ceremony for the winners of 2020 WorldStar Special Awards and Student Awards. The ceremony will happen on two days – August 25 and 26 – due to global time zone differences.
There will be 15 winners in the Special Awards, in the categories Lifetime Achievement Award, President´s Award, Sustainability, Packaging that Saves Food and Marketing – and 12 in the Student Award. Winners are from 14 countries around the globe – Singapore, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Netherlands, USA, Finland, Brazil, Lebanon, Turkey, United Kingdom, China, South Africa.
“WPO Executive team continuous searching and working on creative and innovative solutions to continue interacting with the global packaging community despite the current global circumstances. And this was not different regarding the WorldStar 2020 ceremony that had to be adapted to the pandemic moment”, explains Pierre Pienaar, President of WPO.
