Award recognition for our technology and teams

More industry awards recognizing the impact of e-halo - helping to manage packaging data at scale.

Award recognition for e-halo and our experts

Our leading packaging data and compliance platform, e-halo, has been shortlisted for the Global Packaging Impact Award at the Packaging News Sustainability & Impact Summit & Awards 2026 and as a 2026 Store Brands Game Changer in the Innovation category. Recognizing e-halo’s role in helping global retailers and brands improve packaging transparency, streamline compliance, and make more informed sustainability decisions.

While e-halo’s success is driven by innovative technology, it is also powered by the expertise of the people who support global retailers every day. We’re proud that several experts were recognized at the Women in Packaging Excellence Awards, and UK Packaging Awards, celebrating outstanding contributions across packaging operations, sustainability, and industry leadership.

The world demands packaging that performs better, wastes less, and adapts faster, as packaging regulations continue to evolve, organizations need greater visibility and confidence in their packaging data. e-halo and our experts help businesses centralize packaging information, reduce compliance risk, and make decisions based on trusted data.

e-halo - Game Changer and Innovator

e-halo was recognized in the leading US retail media 2026 Store Brands Game Changer awards in the Innovation category. The award celebrates technologies ‘transforming the retail landscape through creativity and strategic disruption’, with e-halo recognized for simplifying packaging data management across complex supply chains. By bringing together packaging information from thousands of suppliers and products into a single platform, e-halo provides retailers and brands with greater visibility, consistency, and control across their packaging portfolios.

As the judges noted:

“e-halo, a global packaging software platform by Aura, is changing that dynamic by providing a live, accurate reporting suite that unifies data across thousands of suppliers and SKUs.”

For clients, this means greater reporting confidence, reduced compliance risk, and stronger foundations for sustainability initiatives.

Gillian Garside-Wight - Woman of the Year & Packaging Leadership

Gillian received the coveted Packaging Leadership Award at the Women in Packaging Excellence Awards and Packaging Woman of the Year at the UK Packaging Awards.

As Director of Consulting, Gillian has been our spokesperson and “go-to” for all brand and private brands sustainability initiatives for almost 25 years. Over 15 years ago, she identified the fundamental barrier to progress: the absence of reliable, granular packaging specification data. This insight led to the creation of e-halo.

Today, Gillian advises global brands and retailers on complex sustainability challenges, from circular structural packaging design to regulatory compliance. Her leadership is grounded in a long-term vision and through e-halo, influences how organizations develop and specify packaging – embedding reuse, recycled content, recyclability, carbon measurement and regulatory compliance into early-stage decisions – aligned to the territories of sale. Enabling “actionable and impactful sustainable packaging decision-making earlier and at scale.” Read Gill’s latest blog on packaging data here.

Caroline Mawby - Packaging Operations Excellence

Caroline is a Senior Project Manager and recognized at the Women in Packaging Excellence Awards in the Packaging Operations Excellence category for leading the global rollout of Aura’s e-halo packaging data platform and driving data harmonization across multiple regions for major global retailers.

Caroline’s work has helped clients such as Walmart and Aldi gain visibility of their packaging data, achieve sustainability goals, ensure compliance, reduce total cost of goods, and drive continuous improvement by futureproofing their packaging.

A winning combination – Technology and Expertise

Together, these achievements highlight what makes e-halo different. Behind the award-winning platform is a team of packaging, data, compliance, and sustainability experts who help organizations transform complex packaging challenges into practical solutions.

Whether helping brands improve packaging data quality, navigate evolving legislation, accelerate sustainability goals, or unlock efficiencies across their packaging portfolios, Aura Global remains committed to delivering measurable results.

As e-halo continues to gain recognition across the industry, we’re proud to support global retailers and brands with the technology and expertise they need to simplify packaging data, strengthen compliance, and build more sustainable packaging programs.

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