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Over the past six years, the Australian Drinks Awards have grown to become the premier event for honouring achievement and innovation in the Australian drinks industry. This year, the top 200 brands were automatically entered in the brand awards, which include Fan Favourite; Emerging Brand of the Year and Most Distinctive Brand. All three categories celebrate success in beer, cider, wine, spirits and RTD. And the result is an exciting mix of old and new, wellestablished and bravely innovative, and big and small players. “We guarantee the envelope openings will have everyone on the edge of their seats,” said The Drinks Association CEO Georgia Lennon. “And the winners will have the whole room buzzing.” The Drinks Association has also expanded the supplier awards and added a Contribution to
Industry category, to align with the industry’s focus on diversity, inclusion and social responsibility. The Supplier category has also been expanded to include Supplier of the Year, the Supply Chain Partnership Award and Most Improved Supplier of the Year. There’s also a new venue and host for the awards: comedian, writer and maths whiz Adam Spencer will entertain attendees at the Ivy Ballroom, in Sydney CBD. “We chose the Ivy because it’s a more intimate location for the awards and mirrors the personality of our industry,” explained Lennon. “It’s an iconic venue for our award recipients to celebrate their achievement and has been well received by the industry, with tickets selling out within weeks of going on sale. “I can’t wait to celebrate all the great things our industry is doing. Aside from their commercial successes, drinks companies have been doing so much for both their people and, more broadly, in the area of corporate social responsibility.” Award sponsors have echoed Lennon’s excitement. Aon is sponsoring the Gender Equity Award. Channel & Market Development head Simon Wolnizer said: “We are always excited to come and celebrate the achievements of the Drinks industry each year, however, this year in particular represents the start of new Contribution to Industry award categories that we are particularly passionate about. “We can’t wait to find out who the winners are and learn from their industry leading ways.” Coles Liquor sponsored the Inclusive & Diverse Workplace Award. Cathi Scarce, Acting Director,
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Coles Liquor , said: “I am so excited to be celebrating with the Drinks Industry and all the award winners at the awards on September 13. “This is a time when the industry shines the light on its best and brightest and the inclusion of the new awards only adds even more to what is a fabulous and exciting event.” Endeavour Drinks Group is sponsoring the Corporate Social Responsibility Award. Michael Jackson, Director - Merchandising, Marketing & Customer Insights, said: “This will be my 4th awards and it’s always a great night to talk across businesses and categories, it’s great for all involved and great for all the hard work that does go on every year in the drinks industry to be recognised.” Mainfreight is sponsoring the Fan Favourite Page 3
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Award. Brad Greer, National Business Development Manager, said: “Being able to witness the exhilaration shown by all the recipients that win awards during the night is an exciting and humbling experience. “With such a close community across The Drinks Association, being able to say hello to friends and industry partners within the relaxed environment of the “drinks industry awards” is always enjoyable and is now an important date on our team’s diary.” Manildra Group is sponsoring Emerging Brand of the Year. Product Manager Debbie Forster said: “Manildra Group is delighted to celebrate achievements and innovation with many of our customers and the wider industry at this premier event. We’re proud to be able to support the event by recognising brands that sets the drink standard
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globally for purity, excellence and innovation.” Kegstar is sponsoring the Supply Chain Partnership Award. Nick Boots, Kegstar General Manager Australia & New Zealand, said: “The Kegstar team and I are very much looking forward to the Australian Drinks Awards, mixing with our peers and celebrating success with the winners.” BevChain is sponsoring the Most Distinctive Brand of the Year Award. Josh Morris, Group Manager – Strategy & Corporate Development, said: “The BevChain team is excited, as always, to ditch the high-vis for the night to get out and celebrate with the industry. “Let’s be honest, celebrating is an area the drinks businesses excel at, so we’re always up for being part of that!”
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Name change for Brown Brothers Brown Brothers has announced the company will be changing its trading name to Brown Family Wine Group from September 1, 2018. “For 130 years the Brown Family’s sense of adventure and innovation has led us to create new wine varieties, push boundaries and develop vineyards in some of the best regions in Australia,” Executive Director Ross Brown and CEO Dean Carroll said in a statement.
“In choosing the name it was imperative that Family was at the heart of our business so that people could see we remain a fiercely independent family wine company who is positioning itself for generations to come. “This is only a trading name change and does not alter our company name or ABN under which we operate hence all terms and conditions remain the same.
“We have evolved from a single brand to a family of brands and feel the time is right to support each individual brand under a company umbrella that clearly links to our Family heritage and philosophy. “The importance of creating an environment where each of these five incredible brands can equally thrive has never been more appropriate. Page 5
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Windance Estate wins The Drinks Association Shiraz Trophy
Congratulations to Windance Estate on winning The Drinks Association trophy for Best Shiraz at the 2018 Royal Sydney Wine Show. Windance Estate is a family owned and operated vineyard in Margaret River, established by Drew and Rosemary Brent-White in 1998. Windance proudly wrote on Facebook: “Shut the front door!! We just won the Best Shiraz at The KPMG Sydney Royal Wine Show for our 2016 Shiraz!” More than 2200 exhibits were judged across the 2018 Sydney Royal Wine Show, 34 Trophies were awarded with a Sydney Royal Medal and a further 121 Gold, 275 Silver, 791 Bronze winners were announced at the Sydney Royal Wine Show Awards.
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PJ Charteris, the chair of judges paid tribute to the diversity amongst the award-winning wines this year: “This really was testament to the traditional wine regions stepping up with quality offerings and the newer regions in wine showing what they are capable of now and into the future. “It is exciting to see as judges the traditions being maintained in what Australia is known for internationally in wine, yet the emerging and smaller wineries putting their stake in the ground through newer varietals and blends.” Penfolds 2017 Reserve Bin 17a Chardonnay was crowned Best Wine of Show. The wine also took out Best State Show Wine and Best Chardonnay.
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Additionally, Treasury Wine Estates took home the Best Sparkling Red trophy for NV Seppelt Original Sparkling Shiraz. Angus McPherson, TWE Managing Director, ANZ and Europe, said: “Treasury Wine Estates is absolutely thrilled with the trophies awarded to Penfolds Reserve Bin 17A Chardonnay for Best Wine of Show and Seppelt NV Original Sparkling Shiraz for Best Sparkling Red at the 2018 Sydney Royal Wine Show. This is outstanding recognition of the quality of wine across our portfolio, and the brilliance of our winemakers.”
Casella Family Brands won Best Fortified with its Morris Wines NV Old Premium Rare Muscat and Best Riesling for its Peter Lehmann 2015 Wigan Riesling. Brown Brothers scored the Annual Versatility Prize for its 1889 Tempranillo. De Bortoli was victorious with its 2015 Deen De Bortoli Botrytis Semillion taking out Best Sweet White and the Stewards Annual Prize, plus Best Value Red for the 2017 La Boheme Act 4 Syrah Gamay.
It was a huge night for The Drinks Association members, who swept up a swag of trophies in addition to the TWE wins.
McWilliams Wine Group’s Evans & Tate 2014 Redbrook Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon won Best Mature Red.
Accolade Wines took out Best Sparkling White or Rose for its House of Arras 2008 Grand Vintage.
Congratulations everyone!
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Cascade ditches six-pack ring packaging Cascade Brewery has announced it is discontinuing the use of plastic six-pack ring packaging on cans.
commitment to sustainability in Tasmania and beyond.”
The Cascade Brewery is the first in Carlton & United Breweries’ (CUB) stable to stop using plastic rings on six-packs, ahead of the same change being made in other breweries over the next 12 months.
Currently, more than 1 million plastic six-pack ring packages leave the Cascade Brewery each year. The new cardboard packaging will come into the Tasmanian market over the next couple of months.
The company noted in a statement: “We know that the plastic six-pack ring packaging has a damaging effect on wildlife and the environment and we’re pleased to have recently finalized the installation of new equipment at our Cascade Brewery allowing us to package our cans only in cardboard, without using plastic.
Earlier this year CUB announced its 2025 Sustainability Goals, which included a commitment that 100% of its products will be in packaging that is returnable or made from majority recycled content by 2025.
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“We believe the responsibility for our product extends well after the last mouthful of beer has been drunk,” the company said.
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Australian Drinks Awards welcomes AON as a sponsor
The Drinks Association is thrilled to welcome Aon as the sponsor of its inaugural Gender Equity Award at the 2018 Australian Drinks Awards. The Gender Equity Award celebrates excellence in gender equity initiatives and programs in the workplace. Chair of Women in Drinks and Award judge Jennifer Collins said: “I’m passionate about the drinks industry and its ability to attract, develop and retain talent – all talent. Our businesses need to reflect the demographic landscapes in which we operate.” Aon Channel & Market Development head Simon Wolnizer added: “At Aon we believe in taking action today for a brighter future and, as a leading HR consultancy, we are passionate about people. What better way to bring these together than recognising actions taken by The Drinks Association members? “Of the new annual awards, the Gender Equity Award resonated strongly with us, not only because we already partner with The Drinks Association
to generate insights around gender pay equity, but also in our latest initiative, financial wellbeing for Women in Drinks. More broadly Aon proudly supports Australian Women’s rugby 7s team, partners with the Women on Boards leadership program and produces insightful women and superannnuation thought leadership.” Aon has been a long-standing partner of The Drinks Association in producing an industry-wide salary benchmarking guide, and more recently by providing financial wellbeing seminars for women in drinks, along with individual engagements with members such as CCA (employee engagement) and Brown Forman (superannuation). Wolnizer said he was looking forward to celebrating with the winners: “We are always excited to celebrate the achievements of the drinks industry each year, however, this year represents the start of new award categories that we are particularly passionate about. We can’t wait to find out who the winners are and learn from their industry leading ways.”
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Soft drink manufacturing company AG Barr selects all-in-one StayinFront solution
Congratulations to The Drinks Association Corporate Partner StayinFront on AG Barr maker of some of the UK’s favourite soft drinks such as IRN-BRU, Rubicon, and Strathmore selecting StayinFront’s TouchCG® as its retail execution solution. StayinFront is a global leader in mobile, cloudbased field force and mobile analytic solutions for consumer goods companies. TouchCG will be configured with selling tools and powerful, role-based retail execution capabilities for AG Barr’s UK-based retail, telesales, Direct to Store Delivery and van processes. The streamlined smartphone and tablet application delivers extensive out-of-the-box functionality for route planning, inventory management, guided selling, merchandising, van sales and route accounting. TouchCG will help enable field reps to effectively manage their routes, take orders, deliver products and complete more work on every store visit.
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In addition, by tracking and managing van inventory, and direct-to-store sales, managers will gain valuable insights ─ from the warehouse to the store and all locations in between. Furthermore, the store data and photos that are uploaded will allow management to quickly identify trends, opportunities and issues, and push out new actions to the field. “We are pleased to have been selected by one of the UK’s favourite soft drinks brand, AG Barr,’’ commented Wayne Gallaway, Managing Director EMEA, StayinFront. “StayinFront’s commitment to delivering best-in-class retail execution is in full evidence on this deployment as AG Barr will use many of our specially developed go-tomarket modules including Van Sales, Telesales and Field Sales.” “We are impressed with StayinFront’s ability to provide us with a solution that could transform the selling capabilities across three diverse areas of our business ─ Direct Store Delivery, Field Sales and Telesales,” said Keir Stewart,
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Commercial Manager - Impulse, AG Barr. “Their platform allows us to improve and streamline our various systems and processes, can be configured to our needs and is easy for our people to use on our mobile devices. These were all key drivers in our decision to move forward with StayinFront.” Peters Ice Cream scoops up partnership with StayinFront StayinFront has also been chosen by Peters Ice Cream as its mobile solutions partner for its Australian field force. StayinFront is a global leader in mobile cloud-based field force automation and customer relationship management (CRM) solutions and a Corporate Partner of The Drinks Association. Peters Ice Cream will utilize StayinFront TouchCG® for its field sales representatives in collaboration with its delivery drivers, and EdgeCG® for its back office management to help improve its productivity and sales. StayinFront’s best-in-class mobile field force technology, with automated processes and guided workflows will enable the field teams of Peters Ice Cream to complete retail tasks more efficiently and manage territories more effectively. “StayinFront impressed us with its breadth of solutions covering all aspects of retail execution,” said Chris Cokalis, Sales Operation Manager, Peters Ice Cream. “With over 20 years of experience, we are confident that StayinFront and the performance of its products will exceed our expectations. We are excited to even further expand the partnership in the future by utilizing more of StayinFront’s solutions to help us gain valuable insight into what’s happening in the field and on the stores’ shelves.”
“We are pleased to have been selected by Peters Ice Cream, and look forward to equipping them with the products to do more with automation and streamlined processes, know more about the return on investment (ROI) of their field sales force, and sell more by quickly and easily target new customers with the right offers,” added Clarence Dent, Vice President Southeast Asia and Australasia, StayinFront. Over the past six years, StayinFront has been recognized by consumer goods industry experts and analysts, most recently earning “Best-inClass” distinctions for six categories in the latest POI Vendor Panorama for Retail Execution and Monitoring in Consumer Goods. Businesses of all sizes — from Fortune 100 companies and distributors to niche manufacturers and contract sales organizations — rely on StayinFront to standardize best practices, improve visibility and increase selling opportunities.
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news Coca-Cola Amatil NZ named AON Best Employer 2018
Coca-Cola Amatil New Zealand (Amatil NZ) has received the prestigious Aon Best Employer Accreditation for the third year in a row.
involves an All-Employee engagement survey, People Practices Inventory and interviews with senior management teams.
Each year an elite group of organisations across Australia and New Zealand achieve Aon Best Employer accreditation status.
Amatil NZ not only had an exceptional engagement score of 82%, but its continued efforts to listen and act on feedback received from staff is highlighted as a key element in gaining the accreditation for the third year in a row.
Scoring the elusive hat trick is no easy task. To receive this accreditation, businesses are put through a stringent auditing process which
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Coca-Cola Amatil NZ Managing Director, Chris Litchfield said: “Scoring the elusive hat trick doesn’t come by accident. It’s through our dedication, staying true to our values and an uncompromising ability to do what’s right by our people, customers and community that has put us into an elite group of organisations.”
Aon Best Employers and organisations who ranked in the bottom quartile, 7 out of the top 10 results that differed the most were related to Senior Leadership.
This continues Amatil NZ’s recent string of official endorsements with the company receiving the Rainbow Tick accreditation once again for 2018. The Rainbow Tick is an international accreditation, where businesses are formally recognised as LGBTQAI+ friendly. It’s a mark of confidence to show an organisation’s a high standard for their diversity and inclusion efforts.
However, Aon Best Employers take this to the next level, with senior leaders making an effort to be visible and accessible to employees, while seamlessly connecting their employees to the broader purpose, vision and strategy for the organisation.
2018 Aon Best Employers enjoy sales growth that is six times higher than that of their counterparts, and staff turnover rates that are 33% lower. 2018 Aon Best Employers are: BPAY Group Coca-Cola Amatil New Zealand Colliers International Eden Brae Homes Employsure FedEx Express (New Zealand) Four Square (Foodstuffs North Island Ltd) Geeves Scaffolding Ltd Peoplecare Health Plush Sofas Prospa 2018 Best Employer insights Here are some insights from Aon’s 2018 survey. Senior Leaders Make all the Difference Engagement surveys often look at the impact direct managers have on their people. However, this year’s survey revealed that senior leaders play a much more significant role in driving engagement. In fact, when comparing the priority areas between
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As we know, senior leaders set the direction and the tone for their entire organisation, and are the key to a highly engaged workforce.
What’s more, employees trust their senior leaders’ capability and direction, and feel equally happy with their managers as they are with the senior leadership team. Aon Best Employers get Creative with Benefits While bonus buckets and income pools may not be overflowing, Best Employers know how to deliver meaningful benefits to their employees. Looking beyond monetary recognition, organisations with high levels of engagement get creative. These benefits range from leave - whether providing extra annual leave days, extra parental leave, split shifts and rostered days off for their salesforce - through to study assistance and superannuation bonuses. Other benefits that Best Employers offer include maternity leave top-ups, superannuation top up during parental leave and sabbatical year financial support. Throughout the survey responses, Aon also saw consistent feedback around agile work practices, to allow employees to balance their work and life in ways that feel appropriate for their circumstances. In doing so, they’re using a toolkit of options to engage their employees and not letting cost constraints get in the way. Aon Best Employers have Reduced the Risks of
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New Hire Turnover
threats.
New hire turnover is a key organisational risk, which costs Australian companies billions each year, thanks to onboarding spend and productivity opportunity costs.
Aon Best Employers Understand the Value of Digital Capabilities
This year’s survey revealed that new hires in Best Employer organisations are 17% more likely to stay in their role. How do they achieve this? They foster a collaborative work environment, with agile work practices like flexible desking, remote access and work from home policies that allow for autonomy, while breaking down communication barriers. They also start their engagement processes before a new hire begins their role - using text messages and social media to share workplace videos, which can connect new hires to the organisation and build attachment to the brand, purpose and ideal customer experience. Coupling this with above-award wages and access to senior leadership, new hires form an important part in a Best Employer’s engagement strategy. Forget Preparing for Change - Agility is Key While we may be existing in a “time of change,” employees don’t want to hear about it. Instead, Aon’s Best Employers are experts in organisational agility. They constantly evolve their strategies and their culture to be future-focused, and have an open mindset when it comes to innovation and technology, so they are equipped for success, regardless of the operating environment. They have a mindset to disrupt themselves first, before being disrupted by rapidly advancing technology and competitive
With the rapid technology advances we have experienced in recent years, there is a strong need for employees who are digitally literate. With a good pipeline of IT specialists, Best Employers are always ready to expand their capacity to provide innovative solutions for their customers. As well as having a warm talent pipeline, Best Employers do a better job at maintaining employees with digital capabilities, with Best Employers’ IT departments being 30% more engaged than their counterparts. Prompting their IT talent to “say, stay and strive,” Best Employers are regularly reviewing their performance rating system to reflect market conditions, and are providing IT talent with flexibility to perform at their best. Further, they’re reducing silos between IT and other departments, to encourage agile and collaborative workforces. Organisations who are particularly forward-thinking are also establishing specialised transformation departments that are dedicated to reviewing processes and structures based on market conditions. As part of its commitment to celebrating great employers, Aon is the sponsor of the Australian Drinks Awards’ inaugural Gender Equity Award. The award will be presented at The Ivy Ballroom on September 13.
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Women in Drinks NSW holds building career confidence panel event Having confidence in your potential and chasing after it were the focus at Women in Drinks’ latest NSW event.
It was clear during the event that finding the confidence to know your worth and ask for pay rises were hot issues for attendees.
The lively panel discussion explored the differences in how women and men advance their careers and negotiate salaries and pay rises.
Fighting the gender pay gap
The external recruiter perspective was given by Susan Makatoa, Division Director of Corporate at Temple Executive Search; the in-house employer perspective came from Jane Hill, People & Culture Director at Lion; and the personal experience perspective came from Jemma McGinley-Eaves, Head of Supply Chain and Business Development at Diageo, who has worked her way up the ranks in the male-dominated environments of sales and supply. The panel was moderated by Eoin Brawn, Head of Field Sales and Capability at Diageo Australia.
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Makatoa kicked off the discussion by noting that the gender gap starts from day one of an employee’s first job, which she described as “kind of chilling”. She also noted that women are more likely to accept a lower wage than they deserve. “What men never say is ‘I’m on $50,000 but I’ll take less if the job is right,” she said. “Understand your worth and keep looking at what criteria you have to get yourself to the next level.” As an employer, Hill isn’t an advocate for asking about current salary during the application or
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interview process to avoid those issues. “What we find at Lion is that men won’t be as up front about what they’re earning, instead they will tell you what their expectations are. “Telling people what you’re earning puts you on the back foot. At Lion we talk about the salary range for the role. If we keep perpetuating the focus on what women are currently earning, we won’t move forward on the gender pay gap.” She also urged women not to focus as much on the skills they don’t have for a job. “Men will talk about what they will bring to the role rather than focusing on the skills they don’t have,” she explained. Hill also had a fascinating analogy for why its important to introduce intiatives such as targets to close the gender pay gap. She compared it to the hospitality industry’s previous policy of a posting a notice urging people to turn off the lights and air conditioning when they left a hotel room. Guests didn’t pay attention to the notice. So hotels created a room key that was required to be placed in a slot for the electricity to work in the room. “We need to put initiatives in place that change the mindset,” she said. Hiring the “scrapper” Makatoa noted that those who’ve faced adversity in their lives are highly valuable in the workplace. She believes companies can be too rigid in their resume requirements for interviewees. She referred to a TEDx talk by human resources executive Regina Hartley called “Why the best hire might not have the perfect resume.”
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Given the choice between a job candidate with a perfect resume and one who has fought through difficulty, Hartley always gives the “Scrapper” a chance. As someone who grew up with adversity, Hartley knows that those who flourish in the darkest of spaces are empowered with the grit to persist in an ever-changing workplace. “Choose the underestimated contender, whose secret weapons are passion and purpose,” she says. “Hire the Scrapper.” Makatoa tries to always send an “out of the box” candidate for interviews, along with four people who meet all the criteria. She said the out of the box candidate who doesn’t necessarily tick all the boxes is sometimes the one who gets the job. Tips for growing confidence McGinley-Eaves noted that while women don’t have an issue with asking for what they want in their working life when it comes to agencies or clients, but don’t take that approach with remuneration. “I’m notorious for the hashtag #backyourself,” she said. “The best thing you can do for yourself is try and take a risk. Your ego might take the occasional whack, but if you don’t ask you don’t get. “And if you’re not in an environment where you’re getting traction, leave.” All three women were advocates for putting your hand up as a technique for getting noticed. “Your boss will remember the person who put themselves forward for projects,” Hill said. “Make sure they know what your role and achievements were in them.” Makatoa added: “Take control of your professional development. And, if you’re a manager and someone comes to you who is really motivated, back them if they ask to do something that will grow their skills
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and benefit the company.” Networking know-how Makatoa told attendees that it was vital for them to be on LinkedIn and build their profile on the site to get noticed in the industry. “Like and share other people’s content,” she
suggested. “Post original items of your own - the rule is eight pieces of shared content to one original. It doesn’t have to be 1000 words, it could just be a comment about a relevant event you’ve attended such as this one. Become more visible.” “Ask people a couple of rings above you out for a coffee and ask how they got there,” Makatoa also suggested.
Drinks industry shines at HR awards individual team members, we are more proud than ever to be celebrating the individuals and businesses that are making a difference for the better.’ These drinks industry companies and talents made the shortlist: HR Director of the Year: Christian Campanella, Pernod Ricard Winemakers; Michelle Phipps, Brown-Forman Former Women in Drinks Councillor Michelle Phipps is a finalist in the HR Director of the Year category at the 2018 Australian HR Awards. The event sets the standard for excellence in the HR profession, recognising the achievements of outstanding HR professionals, teams and companies across 20 categories. Nominations for the Australian HR Awards were very strong this year - in total, there were more than finalists from more than 100 companies. Joseph Chou, CEO and founder of Awards sponsor Ironfish said: “Supporting your people is key to the success of any organisation. “In a year that has demonstrated the importance of a positive workplace culture that values and supports all
Employer of Choice (≥1000 Employees): ALDI Stores Best Change Management Strategy: LION Best Graduate Development Program: Pernod Ricard Winemakers Best Leadership Development Program: CocaCola Amatil Best Learning & Development Program: Coles Liquor Best Workplace Diversity & Inclusion Program: Brown-Forman Australia Winners will be announced at a black-tie awards ceremony on Friday, September 7, at The Star.
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How Woolworths is celebrating diversity
Woolworths has highlighted its commitment to diversity in its 2018 Annual Report, with initiatives targeting refugees, LGBTI inclusion, pay parity and the indigenous community. “Our diversity and inclusion work is a manifestation of our purpose – by celebrating diversity in all its forms, we can create better experiences together, each and every day,” the company noted. Winning on the LGBTI front Woolworths’ commitment to LGBTI inclusion was recognised earlier this year when it became the first retail organisation to achieve Gold Tier Status in the Australian Workplace Equality Index Awards. “Over the past year a great deal of work has been undertaken to progress LGBTI inclusion, including an organisation-wide policy review, hosting educational
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LGBTI events, holding training sessions for team members and leaders, entering into a sponsorship agreement with Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras and supporting marriage equality,” the company noted. Helping displaced refugees The Woolworths Refugee Employment program has been implemented in partnership with Community Corporate to provide employment opportunities for displaced refugees from Syria and the Middle East to contribute to successful settlements. “The Woolworths Refugee Employment Program made significant strides in FY18 with three programs completed with a 100% employment conversion rate,” the annual report revealed. “All 45 refugees have commenced employment in our Metro and Supermarket stores, with a goal to employ another
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100 refugees over the next year.” Seeking gender equality Further work was completed in the year on Woolworths’ Pay Parity Project, with an additional 545 team members receiving a salary increase, further reducing the gender pay gap to 0.41%. “We will continue to review pay parity across the Group as we strive to promote gender equality,” the report noted. “There is more work to do on increasing the representation of women in leadership at Woolworths Group which is currently sitting at 32%. In order to improve on this, initiatives are underway to attract and retain high performing women in an effort to reach our target of 40% by 2020.” Supporting Indigenous employment Another commitment achieved this year was Woolworths’ Indigenous employment target, with the commencement of 1875 new Indigenous team members through the Resourcing the Future program.
are making a difference in the world of alcoholic beverages as well as sustainability. “Customers expectations are changing and to be relevant as a brand and a retailer we have to do the right thing, we’re all big businesses and with that comes big responsibilities,” said Michael Jackson, Director - Merchandising, Marketing & Customer Insights at Endeavour Drinks Group. Jackson said corporate social responsibility was core to the Endeavour Drinks Group’s business philosophy. “Aside from the contributions that our stores make to community organisations at a local level, we have a number of organisations that we partner with and to whom we contribute both financially and in-kind,” he noted. “These include White Ribbon Australia, Beyond Blue and Jawun - an organisation that partners with major corporates on projects to build capability within Indigenous communities.” The 2018 Australian Drinks Awards will be held on Thursday, September 13, at The Ivy in Sydney.
The program achieved retention rate of 74%, with 54% of these team members located in regional or remote areas of Australia. Endeavour sponsors Corporate Social Responsibility Award Endeavour Drinks Group is also the sponsor of The Drinks Association’s inaugural Corporate Social Responsibility Award at the 2018 Australian Drinks Awards. The Corporate Social Responsibility Award is new to the Australian Drinks Awards and has been introduced to acknowledge the work drinks companies are doing to promote positive social and environmental change. Endeavour Drinks is keen to celebrate companies that
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What our Associate Members can do for you ... A guide to the services provided by The Drinks Association’s Associate Members. AMA AMA Commercial Collections is an Australian owned and operated enterprise that has served credit managers since 1977. It provides a full range of services and products including debt recovery, trade bureaus, credit consulting, credit insurance and information services. Click here to learn more. BevChain BevChain provides national tailored supply chain solutions for the beverage industry across Australia with ‘best-in-class’ warehouse and distribution services. Click here to learn more. Fix Corp Fix offers tailored solutions for system management, processes and efficiencies, category management, promotional program management, marketing programs & collateral management, retail support and merchandising, space planning, pricing, audit program management, data collection and analysis and reporting, product advice and product to market advice. Click here to learn more. Hip Media Hip Media is a specialist, mid-sized publisher dedicated to meeting your marketing and corporative objectives. Hip creates publications that communicate with customers, members or stakeholders in an informative, entertaining and inspirational voice; specialising in print and digital content in the B2C and B2B sectors. Click here to learn more. IRI IRI has the world’s largest set of consumer, purchase, media, social and mobile data, igniting growth for clients in the FMCG, retail and health sector. Whether it’s analyzing how to make your assortment, pricing and promotions more profitable, tailoring media strategies, or guiding you through new product or market planning, IRI helps grow your business. Click here to learn more. Kegstar Kegstar is an asset pooling business specialising in stainless steel kegs used to transport beverages. It collects empty kegs from venues and then redeploys them to other customers in the pool. Each keg is uniquely identified and tracked as it moves through the supply chain. Click here to learn more.
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Mondo Search Mondo Search provides executive search and recruitment services across a range of industries in Australia, including direct selling, digital/ direct marketing, drinks, FMCG, franchising/retail and hospitality. Mondo offers tailored recruitment services through its Sydney and Melbourne consultancies, and has national and international affiliates through The Worldwide Recruiting Network. Click here to learn more. Powerforce Powerforce is part of the Blueprint Group, which works with retailers and manufacturers to help unlock value for them through its integrated range of data, sales and marketing solutions. Powerforce and Blueprint’s CCS offer a full range of sales and marketing solutions through brand names such as Extravert, Retail facts! and Ausrep; and Retail Insight. Click here to learn more. tic technologies tic technologies provides custom internet and CMS solutions. tic’s team is available at all times, providing ongoing complimentary support. Its powerful, yet easy to use CMS can be extended to multiple, independent web sites. When you need quality web technology, strategic marketing and support; think tic technologies. Click here to learn more. BARSCAN BARSCAN delivers insights into the on-premise liquor trade. BARSCAN for Venues takes the hassle out of retrieving data from your POS, delivering a simple way to understand and analyse sales, margins and profit performance. BARSCAN delivers insights into trends, trading dynamics, occasion dynamics and promotions in the on-premise liquor trade. Click here to learn more. Ebiquity Ebiquity is a leading independent media and marketing analytics specialist. It monitors advertising across all main channels – TV, Radio, Digital, Outdoor, Press – to provide you the required visibility to react to competitor activity, and give you greater confidence to develop successful communication strategies. We help you to understand who is advertising, where they are advertising, what they are saying, and how much they are spending. Click here to learn more. GS1 Australia GS1 is a leading global organisation dedicated to the design and implementation of global standards and solutions to improve the efficiency
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and visibility of supply and demand chains. The GS1 system of standards is the most widely used supply chain standards system in the world. The company’s specialties are barcodes, EPC, GDSN, eCom, MobileCom, AIDC, traceability and supply chain standards. Click here to learn more. JEM Computer Systems JEM provides Information Communication Technology (ICT) management and support for small to medium organisations. It offers 24-hour, 7-day-a-week remote support, ICT Project Management, software auditing and licensing compliance, regular system health reporting and proactive monitoring, disaster recovery planning and data back-up services, domain and DNS management, system integration, service and virtualisation, and hardware. Click here to learn more. Mainfreight As a global supply chain business with over 240 branches around the world, Mainfreight offers sophisticated logistics solutions in and out of the most dynamic economies. The company also offers specialised warehousing and distribution solutions. Click here to learn more. NCI Established in 1985 as a specialist trade credit insurance broker, NCI has grown to become the leading trade credit insurance broker throughout Australia, New Zealand and Asia. NCI focusses on protecting its client’s profitability - while credit insurance is the ultimate safeguard against bad debts, better business practices in trade credit management can also help to improve profitability on a day to day basis. Click here to learn more. Nielsen Nielsen helps companies understand what consumers watch and buy. Nielsen’s Watch segment provides media and advertising clients with Total Audience measurement services across video, audio and text. The Buy segment offers consumer packaged goods manufacturers and retailers the industry’s only global view of retail performance measurement. Nielsen provides its clients with both world-class measurement as well as analytics that help improve performance. Click here to learn more. Merch & Effect
Merch & Effect has a proven integrated approach to the management of merchandise-based projects and campaigns providing full-circle project
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management, including market research; product conceptualisation, creative development & production; warehousing & logistics: quality control; assembly & packaging; and international shipping & delivery. Click here to learn more.
Touchstone Executive Search Touchstone has been helping clients secure the best senior executive talent since 2003. The company advises major Australian and multinational companies on senior appointments across the Asia Pacific region. Through research and global network relationships Touchstone builds deep industry background and behavioural knowledge, which allows it to deliver high caliber shortlists quickly and efficiently. Click here to learn more. SKUVantage Specialising in helping clients drive sales, reduce costs and save time with a collaborative one-stop-shop approach to digital content management, SKUVantage brings a wealth of possibilities to member companies. The business already has a strong relationship with the drinks association through its digital content repository service www.drinkslibrary.com.au. Click here to learn more. Manildra Group This world-class distillery produces grain neutral spirits for a range of craft and big brand beverages – including vodka, gin, blended whiskies, liquor and read-to-drink packaged alcohol. Do you know a company that would make a great Associate Member of The Drinks Association? Alison Herring, our Member Liaison, would love to hear from them. Here email address is aherring@drinks.asn.au or call (02) 9415 1199 Successful launch for Competion & Consumer Law Training Premium Beverages and ILG are the first The Drinks Association members to undertake its newest service – Australian Competition & Consumer Law Training. NextGen is The Drinks Association’s partner in providing a program that has been built entirely from the ground up, with specific focus and case studies on how suppliers should do business in the liquor channel. Steve Mickan, National Sales Manager – Group Operations, Premium Beverages commented: “The course was presented in a logical and easy to understand manner, with an abundance of real life examples. Well worthwhile.” For further information on this program, contact alisonh@drinks.asn.au
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Thank you to our ADA sponsors The 2018 Australian Drinks Awards are shaping up to be our most exciting yet and we couldn’t have done it without our Award Partners. “The high calibre of our Award Partners recognises the importance of these awards among the drinks industry,” said The Drinks Association CEO Georgia Lennon. “We look forward to celebrating with all our sponsors - and our fabulous industry - on September 13.” As the Australian Drinks Awards enter their sixth is the sponsor of the inaugural Supply Chain successful year, The Drinks Association has introduced an Partnership award. exciting new format to the premier event. After consultation with suppliers, Thrive Research and Advantage Australia, The Drinks Association has overhauled the judging process and award categories for the drinks industry’s most prestigious night.
The Drinks Association is also proud to introduce three Contribution to Industry awards: the Gender Equity Award, Inclusive & Diverse Workplace Award and the Corporate Social Responsibility Award.
The top 200 brands have been automatically entered for accolades including Fan Favourite, Most Distinctive Brand Coles Liquor is the sponsor of the Inclusive & and Emerging Brand. Diverse Workplace Award; Aon is sponsoring the Gender Equity Award; and Endeavour In the Brand category, Mainfreight is sponsoring Fan Drinks Group is sponsoring the Corporate Social Favourite; BevChain is sponsoring Distinctive Brand; and Responsibility Award. Manildra Group is sponsoring Emerging Brand of the Year. “After five wonderful years, The Drinks Association Supplier of the Year is determined by an annual Industry decided it was time to view the Australian Drinks Trade Benchmark Survey that has been conducted by Awards program with a fresh eye,” concluded Advantage Australia since 2009. Lennon. The survey provides members with favourability ratings and qualitative retailer feedback from the off trade, on premise, wholesale and outlets channels. This year, Supply Chain Partnership and Most Improved Supplier awards have been added to the Supplier category and will be determined by the survey. Kegstar
“One thing that won’t be changing is the credible, clear and transparent judging that has made winning at the Australian Drinks Awards so highly regarded.” The Australian Drinks Awards will be held at the Ivy Ballroom in Sydney on September 13.
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Meet our valued Corporate Partners It’s been another amazing year for The Drinks Association in 2018 and we couldn’t do it without our valued Corporate Partners. Our corporate partnerships aim to further our common goal of building stronger, more progressive, competitive and valued services to the drinks industry. It was great to have our Corporate Partners on the journey with us this year and we can’t wait to work with them again in 2019. If you’d like to become a Corporate Partner of The Drinks Association or know a company that would be a great match for us, contact Alison Herring on alisonh@drinks.asn.au Here’s a guide to our current Corporate Partners:
Advantage Australia; Shopper Tracker & Real World Marketing Advantage is one of the leading business-tobusiness market research companies operating worldwide. They help clients create more rewarding business relationships through benchmarking. Shopper Tracker is a quantitative measurement research programme based on shopper interviews, covering all major categories and retailers in one benchmarking process. The team at Real World Marketing are consumer, shopper and category experts. Aon Aon is the global leader in human resource consulting and outsourcing solutions. Their services focus in helping organisations mitigate risk in their workforce and realise the untapped potential of their employees. They also help individuals maximise their wealth to enable people to live the life they want. The Aon Hewitt team of experts partner with your organisation to develop and
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deliver people strategies that achieve positive business outcomes. BevChain BevChain provides national tailored supply chain solutions for the alcoholic beverage industry across Australia with ‘best-in-class’ warehouse and distribution services. Nielsen Nielsen is a global information and measurement company with leading market positions in marketing and consumer information, television and other media measurement, online intelligence, mobile measurement, trade shows and related properties. StayinFront Group StayinFront is a complete consumer goods CRM solution for the liquor and beverage industry providing an automated solution for field forces on iPads, iPhones, Android devices and Windows laptops and tablets. Supporting account selling, retail execution and direct store delivery activities it is a robust and highly-proven system that has been deployed by leading beverage and consumer goods companies worldwide to meet the challenging needs of the rapidly changing industry.
unparalleled access to a wide range of decision makers, who are responsible for the procurement of alcohol. Industry buyers are able to sample, compare and order new products, meet new industry colleagues and reconnect with existing ones. The 2018 event - held on June 18-19 at Darling Harbour - featured an interactive show floor of taste testing, mixology demonstrations, master classes, seminars and networking.
The Drinks Industry Show The Drinks Industry Show is the only dedicated trade exhibition for the drinks industry, showcasing the best in wine, beer and spirits from across the globe. The annual event reconnects producers and distributors of alcoholic beverages with buyers from all industry verticals, providing
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