The ALC Supply Chain & Logistics Business Awards recognise the organisations, teams and individuals strengthening Australia’s supply chains through innovation, resilience, sustainability and collaboration.
The Awards are open to anyone working across the supply chain and logistics industry — including businesses of all sizes, service providers, operators, innovators and industry partners.
Where: Showtime Event Centre, Melbourne
When: Thursday, 28th May, 2026
Nominations Close: Sunday 22 March at 5.30pm AEST
Award Categories
Explore the award categories below to submit a nomination. You’ll also find the eligibility requirements and award judging criteria to support your submission.
These awards are open to all industry, including ALC members, non-members and government.
Want to sponsor an award category? Click here for details.
1. Supply Chain Community Award
The Supply Chain Community Award recognises organisations making a positive social impact beyond commercial consideration. It celebrates leadership in community partnership, education and social investment that strengthens communities in Australia.
2. Supply Chain Environmental Sustainability Excellence Award
This award recognises organisations leading the transition to more sustainable supply chains. It celebrates excellent initiatives delivering real progress toward supply chain sustainability in Australia.
3. Supply Chain Industry & Government Partnership Award
The Supply Chain Partnership Award recognises successful collaboration between government and business that has delivered meaningful supply chain reform. It celebrates projects or programs that improve productivity, resilience or sustainability through policy alignment, infrastructure investment or operational innovation at a local, state or national scale.
4. Supply Chain Innovation Award
The Innovation Award recognises organisations driving the ideas and solutions shaping the future of Australia’s supply chain industry. It celebrates practical, scalable innovation — from technology, and infrastructure to workforce and new operating models — that delivers measurable improvement in productivity, sustainability or supply chain resilience.
5. Supply Chain Productivity Partnership Award
The Supply Chain Productivity Partnership Award recognises two or more supply chain companies working together and investing in innovative, measurable supply chain productivity improvement. It highlights productivity improvements for example through technology, workforce, new methods, infrastructure and operations that enhance efficiency and performance.
6. Supply Chain Resilience Award
This award recognises organisations demonstrating leadership in protecting supply chain continuity in an increasingly volatile operating environment. It celebrates effective planning and/or responses to disruption — including climate risk, geopolitical uncertainty, industrial challenges and energy pressures — ensuring long-term supply chain resilience.
7. Supply Chain Rising Star Award
The Rising Star Award recognises young, emerging professionals helping shape the future of Australia’s supply chain industry. It celebrates supply chain professionals who demonstrate initiative, commitment and impact – highlighting the future potential of the industry.
8. Supply Chain Safety & Wellbeing Award
The Supply Chain Safety & Wellbeing Award recognises organisations with an outstanding commitment to improving safety, health and wellbeing outcomes across the organisation and/or across the broader supply chain industry. This award celebrates practical initiatives, leadership and culture-driven approaches that go beyond compliance and deliver positive, measurable outcomes for workers, workplaces and communities.
9. Supply Chain Workforce Diversity Award
SPONSORED BY COCA-COLA EUROPACIFIC PARTNERS AUSTRALIA
This award recognises organisations building a strong, inclusive workforce. It celebrates high-impact initiatives that improve diversity and deliver measurable workforce capability improvement. The initiatives can target for example gender equity, First Nations People and cultural diversity.
10. ALC Industry Champion Award
SPONSORED BY AUSTRALIAN LOGISTICS COUNCIL
The ALC Industry Champion Award recognises individuals who have shown outstanding contribution to supporting the Australian Logistics Council and advancing its strategic priorities. Nominated by the ALC and selected by the independent judging panel, this Award celebrates industry stakeholders whose engagement, advocacy and expertise have helped strengthen ALC’s impact and influence across Australia’s freight, logistics and supply chain sector.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Sponsoring the ALC Supply Chain & Logistics Business Awards is an opportunity to align your organisation with excellence across Australia’s supply chain and logistics sector.
Sponsorship packages offer strong brand exposure and direct engagement with industry leaders and decision-makers.
For more information, please contact our sponsorship team.
