At Aura, our team of expert packaging consultants are committed to helping you future-proof your packaging, right here, right now, for tomorrow - ensuring it aligns with your strategic goals and the evolving legislative landscape.

At Aura, we offer a comprehensive suite of services designed to tackle the most complex packaging challenges.

Our pioneering Technology solutions, such as the e-halo platform, provide real-time granular packaging data and insights, enabling you to make informed decisions that positively impact your business and the planet. By leveraging accurate and live packaging data, we help you drive efficiencies, mitigate risks, and address sustainability challenges head-on.

Our Consultancy services develop sustainable roadmaps tailored to your specific needs, helping you to navigate the intricacies of the packaging value chain. Whether you're a packaging manufacturer, brand owner, or retailer, our experienced team provides clarity and guidance to streamline your operations and enhance efficiency.

We also provide illuminating Insights to help you interpret macro trends, conduct horizon scanning, and tailored workshops – helping you to stay one step ahead in today's ever-changing marketplace.

Partner with Aura to accelerate your packaging sustainability journey today.

Benchmark-Consulting Global Ltd provides a ‘True’ commercial cost and carbon footprint (CO2e) estimation and quotation software solution used daily by many producers and converters in the packaging industry.

We also provide ‘should cost modelling’ / consultancy for Brands and retailers drawing from our extensive knowledge of the packaging machines, materials and consumables used around the world.

We enable informed decisions based on Granular data, accurately and consistently calculated, transparently reported, and verified to ISO14067.

For close to three decades, Castle Industrial has been on a mission to help customers optimise their packaging operations, providing them with the confidence to save big on costs and plastics usage. Now a trusted partner to an exciting range of global brands, their unique approach to load stability has seen them make exponential growth and invest in new facilities.

As an example of that investment, Castle’s newly established load stability testing centre is a remarkable commitment to offering clients unfettered insights into their packaging process. Simulating the rigours of transit with a list of state-of-the-art machinery, their impressive team of load stability specialists, which includes EUMOS qualified experts, test palletised goods to European technical standards, ensuring clients can secure their space in the supply chain.

Holding both ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certifications, Castle Industrial show a clear commitment to quality and doing the right thing, the first time by clients. Their repeated introduction of nano films to and coveted advice on sustainable practices, has enabled global brands to significantly reduce plastic usage and drastically reduce their carbon footprint.

With a growing client base across Europe, Castle aspires to continue working with ambitious brands and offer forward-thinking solutions that minimise wastage, improve performance and uncover significant efficiencies that transform the workplace for customers across the globe.

"Faerch, a prominent leader in the sustainable packaging industry, has established itself as a pioneer in creating circular packaging solutions primarily for the food industry. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Holstebro, Denmark, Faerch has grown to become a global player with multiple production sites across Europe and North America. The company specialises in the design, manufacture, and supply of food packaging made from recycled and recyclable materials, including PET, CPET, and PP.

Faerch's mission is to drive the transition towards a circular economy by providing innovative packaging solutions that minimise environmental impact. They are committed to producing packaging that is not only functional and aesthetically appealing but also sustainable. Their closed-loop recycling process ensures that used packaging is collected, recycled, and transformed into new products, reducing the need for virgin materials and lowering carbon footprints.

The company's product portfolio includes a wide range of packaging solutions for ready meals, fresh meat, food-to-go, and dairy products. Faerch's advanced manufacturing technologies and rigorous quality control measures ensure that their products meet the highest standards of safety and hygiene, which are crucial in the food industry.

Faerch's dedication to sustainability is also evident in their corporate practices. They continuously invest in research and development to enhance the recyclability of their products and reduce waste. Their efforts have garnered numerous awards and certifications, reflecting their leadership in sustainability and innovation.

With a customer-centric approach, Faerch collaborates closely with clients to develop tailored packaging solutions that meet their specific needs while adhering to environmental goals. As the demand for sustainable packaging grows, Faerch remains at the forefront, helping to shape a greener future for the packaging industry".

At the heart of INCPEN'S beliefs, the membership of INCPEN and their staff care about the world in which we live. INCPEN want to help deliver the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, and desire a society that operates in harmony with our planet’s natural resources.

With respect to packaging, there’s no doubt that advancements over the last 60 years have helped to mitigate many of the environmental and social harms relating to excessive food waste, health impacts, and reducing, reusing & recycling finite natural resources. However, global societies are also learning more every day that the decisions of the past need to be reviewed in light of people’s and the planet’s needs for the future. In too many parts of the world, our lands and oceans have been allowed to become unauthorised waste sites for a vast array of items discarded by humans, packaging included. That is why INCPEN’s membership and staff work with all those who share the ambition to be part of a future that learns from the past and adapts accordingly. INCPEN want to ensure societies retain the functional properties of packaging that prevent environmental harms whilst also working hard to ensure that packaging itself has a sustainable life in line with circular economy principles.

INCPEN work with governments, international organisations, civil society, businesses and municipalities. Those within the ‘packaging value chain’ are within their spheres of interest; including designers, manufacturers, packer / fillers, retailers, brands, consumers, local government, waste & resource management operators, re-processors, and supporting organisations like consumer & campaign groups and non-governmental organisations.

PackUK is the Scheme Administrator for Packaging EPR in the UK.  PackUK will shift the cost of managing household packaging waste from taxpayers and local authorities to those businesses who use and supply the packaging, applying the 'polluter pays’ principle. In turn, it will boost investment into local recycling services: alongside Simpler Recycling in England and the Deposit Return Scheme for drinks containers, the packaging reforms will stimulate an estimated £10 billion investment in recycling services across the UK over the next 10 years, and in England alone, support up to 21,000 new jobs. 
PackUK will set pEPR’s fees, raise these fees from obligated producers and make packaging waste disposal payments to local authorities in return for the delivery of efficient and effective collection and recycling services. In doing so, it will deliver a scheme which demonstrates value for money for both producers and citizens. PackUK will also be responsible for public communications and information campaigns to encourage citizens to dispose of packaging waste correctly. 

PackUK is a Defra hosted function, delivering on behalf of the four UK nations. Its design and set up has been supported by an industry-led  advisory steering group. PackUK will continue work with packaging producers to explore ways to enhance the role of businesses across pEPR’s delivery, including the appointment of a new Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO).   The implementation of the pEPR scheme is a critical step towards the creation of a circular economy. It will modernise the UK’s approach to packaging and packaging waste and implement tried and tested international best practice.

Valpak is the UK’s leading environmental compliance scheme, helping over 4,000 businesses meet their recycling obligations under producer responsibility laws. As part of the Reconomy Group, Valpak specialises in Packaging, Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), and Battery compliance, both in the UK and internationally. The company also offers environmental consultancy, waste management, and supply chain transparency services, solving complex regulatory challenges through data, expert knowledge, and thought leadership.

Through its insight platform, Valpak enables businesses to gain clear visibility of their product and supplier data, track performance, generate reports, and make informed decisions. With a database of over 55 million SKUs, the platform supports sustainability initiatives for brands, industry leaders, and government bodies.

With over 25 years of experience, Valpak consistently achieves customer satisfaction scores above 96%. In recognition of its outstanding sustainability efforts, the company earned a Platinum sustainability rating from EcoVadis, placing it in the top 1% of 130,000 global companies assessed annually. As the UK’s largest compliance scheme, Valpak remains a leader in sustainability and innovation, helping businesses navigate environmental regulations and reach their long-term sustainability goals.

Vegware is a trust brand of plant-based, compostable food packaging. Our award-winning range offers high-quality, well-designed solutions known for their performance. Made from renewable, recycled, or reclaimed plant materials, our products are designed for industrial composting.

Led by an expert Chartered Waste Manager, Vegware's Environmental consultancy is unrivalled in the packaging sector. Working with the waste sector since 2011, our partnerships create a variety of composting and recycling solutions for our diverse clients. Serving diverse sectors including foodservice, education, and hospitality, Vegware, a certified B Corp based in Edinburgh, operates globally across the UK, EU, and USA.