Print | i-grafix.com | Print News | Packaging News | Wide Format news | Australia, New Zealand and Asia Print and Packaging news from Australia, New Zealand and AsiaIn what it calls an Australia and New Zealand wide first, the AIP (Australian Institute of Packaging), in association with Emberin, has launched the Ignite Packaging mentoring programme for women working in the food, beverage, manufacturing and packaging industries.
More than 14,000 women in other industries have completed this programme
The initiative has support from PAC.NZ, the APPMA, and SPEANZ. AIP calls Ignite Packaging a powerful, self-paced development programme that transforms women professionally and personally adding that the mentoring programme has a proven learning format where participants master new skills and techniques over a 12 week period, allowing them to create new patterns of behaviour, increased self-esteem and confidence in their own abilities.
The AIP believes a strong business case exists for attracting and retaining women across the packaging industry and says that Ignite Packaging addresses many of the obstacles that women experience in a predominately male workforce.
It launched the pilot programme at this year’s AIP National Conference and. Applications close on the 25th of July. It aims to have all states represented in the programme, as well as New Zealand participants. AIP invites every company in the industry to sponsor two participants in the Ignite Packaging pilot programme and to encourage their female workforce to participate. To access an application form email
The programme gives participants access to fortnightly webinars with guest speakers from within the industry. More than
AIP welcomes kiwi women to the webinar-based programme
14,000 women in other industries have completed this programme and the AIP feels the time has come to make the programme available for mentoring women in the packaging industry.
The AIP says that Ignite Packaging will deliver a number of side-benefits to organisations including stronger engagement levels and generally a significantly improved culture. It adds that the programme provides organisations with a powerful employee brand and employee benefit tool, helping them attract and retain females in their workforce.
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