Toll Group, Linfox, Williams Logistics and the Victoria International Container Terminal were among a list of high profile winners at the 2026 ALC Supply Chain and Logistics Business Awards on May 28.
ALC CEO and managing director Dr Hermione Parsons says the awards reflect the scale, complexity and capability of an industry that is essential to Australia’s economy and communities.
“Australia’s supply chains rely on thousands of decisions, investments and partnerships across road, freight rail, ports, airports, intermodals, warehouses, customers and communities,” Dr Parsons says.
“The winners recognised last night represent the best of that system. They are improving safety, opening employment pathways, lifting workforce participation, reducing waste, investing in better infrastructure, using technology well and strengthening the resilience of the networks Australia depends on every day.
“These awards matter because they recognise the work that keeps goods moving, supports communities, and helps build a more capable and productive national supply chain.”
The categories, and their winners, were:
- Supply Chain Safety & Wellbeing – Primary Connect – for its Inclusion Strategy and focus on building safer, more inclusive and psychologically safe workplaces.
- Supply Chain Community Award – Toll Group – for its partnership with We Are Mobilise, which is creating employment pathways for Australians experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness.
- Supply Chain Workforce Diversity Award – jointly awarded to Linfox and Young Guns. Linfox for its long-term work to increase female participation through its Driving to 30 strategy and targeted workforce pathways. Young Guns for creating meaningful employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other underrepresented groups.
- Supply Chain Environmental Sustainability Excellence Award – Williams Logistics – for its Circular Logistics Ecosystem and its work to reduce waste, extend product life cycles and support more sustainable outcomes across the fashion and lifestyle supply chain.
- Supply Chain Industry & Government Partnership Award – ARTC – Pimba Intermodal Hub – recognised as a strong example of industry and government working together to deliver infrastructure, productivity and regional connectivity outcomes.
- Supply Chain Innovation Award – Toll Group – for its purpose-built low-profile rigid truck and double-drop deck trailer for beverage delivery operations. The initiative brings together ergonomic vehicle design, engineered safety controls, advanced driver assistance technologies and data-enabled safety management.
- Supply Chain Productivity Partnership Award – Victoria International Container Terminal – for demonstrating how technology, infrastructure investment and commercial partnerships can support safer, smarter and more productive terminal operations.
- Supply Chain Resilience Award – joint winners Primary Connect and Linfox recognised for their leadership, adaptability and operational strength in responding to disruption.
- Supply Chain Rising Star Award – Daniela Cordoba from Orgen Group – for her contribution as an emerging leader in Australia’s supply chain workforce.
- 2026 ALC Industry Champion Award – Phillip Parsons – in recognition of his long-standing leadership, advocacy, collaboration and service to Australia’s supply chain and logistics industry, including his contribution as an ALC Councillor and Board Member.
Dr Parsons says the winners and finalists demonstrate the strength of an industry focused on practical outcomes.
“This year’s winners show an industry investing in its people, its systems, its partnerships and its future,” Dr Parsons says.
“Their work strengthens the supply chains that move food, fuel, medicine, construction materials, exports, imports and everyday goods across the country. ALC is proud to recognise that contribution.”
ALC congratulates all 2026 award winners and finalists.