Today, the Business Intelligence Group named 34 companies as leaders and winners of the 2018 BIG Innovation Awards. This annual business awards programrecognizes the organizations, products and people that are bringing new ideas to life. "More than just technology, innovation as a whole is changing the way we all experience the world and these winners are leading their markets," said Maria Jimenez, chief operating officer of the Business Intelligence Group. "We are thrilled to be honoring all of our winners as these are the organizations, products and people who are leading by example and making real progress on improving the daily lives of so many."

Projects by Coca-Cola, McCormick and Procter & Gamble led our top sustainable packaging articles of the year, with some of the highest page views of all stories posted this year on PackagingDigest.com. P&G partnered with TerraCycle and Suez, the largest waste management company in Europe, “to source, develop and put out the first fully recyclable shampoo bottle made from up to 25% beach plastic for the world’s #1 shampoo brand, Head & Shoulders,” says Tom Szaky, TerraCycle’s founder/CEO and article author.

Regenerative agriculture as a means of offsetting environmental impact, the benefits of space-efficient farming, and how plant-based and so-called clean meat can improve food security, human health, and the planet, are among the thought-provoking innovations the food industry is shaping. Michael Waas, global vice president for brand partnerships for Trenton, N.J.-based TerraCycle, which helps eliminate waste by collecting and finding ways to recycle waste that can’t be recycled today, is also approaching sustainability in a unique way.

In the world we live in right now, conflicts rise left and right. Problems keep on popping out, and people fight over almost anything and everything these days. The corporation also established collaborative relationships with other environmental organizations such as TerraCycle and SUEZ with the intention of bringing advancements on the aspect of sustainable packaging.

Here’s things modern consumers like: efficacy, forward-thinking products, and a clean-living back-story to their brands. Procter & Gamble kick-started the year teaming up with TerraCycle and Suez to announce its new recyclable Head & Shoulders shampoo bottle made from beach plastic, said to be a world-first. Such was the success of this creation that P&G received the United Nation’s Momentum for Change award in the Planetary Health category in October this year.