In Amcor’s 2017 GRI Report, CEO Ron Delia stated that ‘with our global scale, strong relationships and collaborative approach, Amcor is making improvements and breakthroughs that are raising the environmental profile of our entire industry’. Listed among Amcor’s key achievements for the year, it was noted that the company earned gold awards and high ratings ‘for packaging innovation and sustainability excellence, including from the DuPont Packaging Innovation Awards, the Flexible Packaging Association, EcoVadis, and the European Aluminium Foil Association’ (Amcor 2017).

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Suggest why organisations would use resources to apply for sustainability awards and would be concerned about their rating on sustainability market indices.