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Welcome to the finalists’ report for the 2020 Sustainability Leaders Awards.

The past year has shown us numerous examples of organisations going to great lengths to drive the green industrial revolution, not just from within their own operations but also through new collaborations and sector-wide commitments.

Nowhere is this revolutionary ethos more evident than on the shortlist of edie’s 2020 Sustainability Leaders Awards. All of this year’s finalists have shifted from talking about ambitious sustainability initiatives to delivering them at scale and at pace. And in many cases, they’re already seeing a huge return on investment.

In this report you will find summaries of each finalist’s entry – the people, the products, and the initiatives that have stood out from the crowd, listed alphabetically by category.

On behalf of the entire edie team, I would like to congratulate all of this year’s finalists – we look forward to celebrating with you on 5 February 2020 at the Park Plaza London Westminster.

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3 event.edie.net/awards #edieAwards2020 #susleaders Building/Infrastructure Project of the Year

Sonae Arlington Energy Canary Wharf Group IKEA Sonae´s Business Park & Tech Hub located in Porto includes Financing and development company Arlington Energy Canary Wharf Group’s Southbank Place comprises of seven IKEA’s Greenwich store has been dubbed it’s most one building with LEED Gold certification and another in aims to build a major fleet of energy storage assets across buildings in the 3.2-hectare site. By focusing on lifecycle sustainable yet, and has achieved BREEAM Outstanding. the process to obtain LEED certification. It features a new the UK, and this ambition is captured within the Greenfield impacts, the project has created a low-carbon, circular city. IKEA has established 12 principles for stores; from the use of building that has 100% naturally lit workplaces and outdoor Road project. The project will provide 30 years of energy At Southbank Place, all 5,000m3 of timber was delivered sustainable materials, the reduction of waste and lowered green spaces on each floor. As well as reusing rainwater, efficiency services to the grid and is one of the largest from FSC-certified suppliers. This included the Group CO2 emissions, to creating healthy places to work. The the Tech Hub features a double facade for thermal and batteries in the UK at 44MW. It is entirely commercially helping five suppliers achieve FSC certification. Real-time Greenwich store is 80% more energy-efficient than required acoustic protection and 118 solar PV panels for self- funded, and will balance the grid based on stakeholder monitoring of air quality, as well as carbon, waste, water standards, with solar systems taking up more than 75% of consumption energy production. engagement with relevant network operators. and materials, was conducted, and the project achieved a the roof space. 20-fold increase in biodiversity on location.

Tideway Gilbert-Ash Skanska and The Hive Energy/Wirsol Thames Tideway Tunnel will clean up the river and Gilbert-Ash recently completed construction of the £23m The Marq is one of the UK’s first buildings designed to reconnect London with the city’s largest natural asset. A key Cambridge Mosque, Europe’s first “eco-mosque”. The project Cleve Hill Solar Park is a 383-hectare project that will assist achieve WELL Certification to optimise air quality, natural focus is on improving water quality by capturing untreated features solar heating, passive measure to reduce energy with the UK’s net-zero goals by delivering unsubsidised, light and healthy workplace behaviours for all users of the sewage overflow, and the project also focuses on collecting demand, sustainably sourced timber and renewable energy zero-carbon electricity. It will be the UK’s largest solar building, alongside BREEAM Outstanding accreditation. plastics from the river, transporting material by river to installations. It has had a positive impact for Cambridge, park with consent for the world’s largest battery storage Amongst its many sustainability features is the combination reduce associated emissions, and key social considerations. with an underground car park added to reduce on-street installation, connecting to National Grid’s Cleve Hill. The of solar PV panels, solar thermal water heating and air- An independent social return on investment assessment of parking and traffic. Gilbert-Ash launched a new supply 350MW solar park marks the start of a pipeline of subsidy- source heat pumps providing 14% of the energy demand for the legacy strategy indicates a £3.19 return for every pound chain charter as a result. free parks in the UK. The park will save in excess of 150,500 the building. spent on the project. tonnes of CO2 per year, equivalent to 29,400 cars.

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Barry Callebaut Grosvenor Britain & Ireland TOMRA Barry Callebaut’s Forever Chocolate plan aims to make In 2019, Grosvenor Britain & Ireland publicly committed Commercial property firm Landsec has sustainability For more than 45 years, TOMRA has worked in the recycling sustainable chocolate the norm by 2025. Through to bold sustainability targets for 2030 and 2050. It has embedded across the company, including annual group- industry, including pioneering work on reverse-vending innovative approaches in areas such as farm mapping, announced a net-zero carbon target by 2030, zero wide remunerations and rewards, and the firm aims to in the 1970s. It now offers sensor-based sorting solutions carbon footprint measurement and creating publicly waste by 2030 and to always value nature. Part of this engage the supply chain and influence consumers to for the food, recycling and mining industries alongside its accessible methodologies, the company aims to improve commitment includes scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions being reduce their emissions and to maximise positive impact. It reverse-vendingtechnology. In 2019, it established a circular the livelihoods of cocoa farming communities; reforesting assessed and working with the supply chain and customers has cut operational emissions in line with its science-based economy team to help the industry transition towards with cocoa seedlings and shade trees, reducing its carbon on achieving net-zero. The firm has already implemented a targets, and since a 2013/14 baseline year it has reduced circular business models. Its solutions helped keep 27 million footprint and increasing the uptake of sustainably produced new sustainable business procurement model, saved 5,480 carbon intensity by 39.8% against its 2030 science-based tonnes of CO2 from being released into the atmosphere in chocolate and cocoa products. tonnes from retrofitting properties, and all directly managed target of 40%. It procures 100% renewable electricity and 2018 and 40 billion used beverage containers are captured buildings now use 100% renewable energy. is one of the first property firms to implement an internal every year by its reverse-vending machines. shadow carbon price, driving investment towards cleaner projects.

Gridserve Kingspan Insulated Panels Gridserve Sustainable Energy has developed solar energy solutions with more than 60MWp of bifacial solar panels Kingspan Insulated Panels manufactures advanced building Thai Union installed as well as 30MWh of battery energy storage envelope systems and solutions, working towards what it across 340 acres of low-grade agricultural land - converted describes as a “more energy efficient future”. As well as Sustainability is essential for seafood producer Thai Union into nature sanctuaries to protect animal species. It has reducing CO2 emissions directly through its products, the as its business depends on healthy oceans. It launched also developed a UK-wide network of electric vehicle (EV) business also has sustainable practice at the heart of its its SeaChange strategy in 2016, aiming to deliver positive charging forecourts and launched a range of hybrid solar operations by minimising the environment impact of its change for ocean stewardship and waste management; remote power solutions. The firm has generated revenues manufacturing through renewable energy; committing to tackling labour rights abuses, and building “brighter” for delivering net-zero carbon energy infrastructure of more net-zero energy globally by 2020, sourcing responsible low- communities around its sites. Since launching the strategy, than £60m in 2019 from less than £1m in 2018. carbon products, and creating circularity with zero waste it has topped the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) to landfill. food category for two years running and has been on the FTSE4Good Index for three years consecutively.

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ENERGY

Croda International S&C South Alliance Willmott Dixon Chemicals firm Croda undertakes a cradle-to-gate lifecycle Outsourcing firm Mitie has worked in partnership with Vodafone to The S&C South Alliance - Network Rail, Aecom, Colas Rail - set itself Construction firm Willmott Dixon’s Transforming Tomorrow target aims assessment of the carbon impact of all its products. It also monitors transform the communication provider’s energy consumption and volume an ambitious vision to make its railway renewal sites low-carbon and to halve carbon emissions by 2020. It has exceeded its 2020 goals steam use across the site, which produces a wide range of products of greenhouse gas emissions. The firm has transformed the EPC model diesel-free. This vision delivered a 98% fuel reduction at its Gloucester – but operational emissions are less than 1% of its total emissions. from rapeseed oil that are grown locally and transported by barge. into a bespoke offer with 10 energy managers and dedicated teams site and has saved 108,000 litres of diesel across the rest of the Therefore, it has started to review supply chain emissions – assisting The negative carbon footprint of rapeseed oil means products leaving across procurement, operations and bureau. Mitie Energy developed project sites, totalling 289tCO2e The carbon reduction project was its three highest-impact partners with reducing their footprint – site are carbon-negative. At the end of 2018, it has achieved 32% processes to understand site operating conditions with a net-saving of part of a series of sustainability objectives for the Alliance, including and is rolling out learning to other suppliers. It is also undertaking absolute reduction in emissions since 2006, with plans for 50% by £4.5m since the contract went live in April 2017, and has kept Vodafone single-use plastic, dust, noise and nuisance reduction. It exceeded assessment of energy used in its buildings through its EnergySynergy 2030 and 80% by 2050. on track to achieve a 50% greenhouse gas emissions reduction by 2025. its parent companies’ objectives and aims to set a new standard on programme. Currently, it is finalising its science-based targets and energy management at renewal sites. developing a new strategy to be net-positive by 2030 and achieve a net-zero supply-chain well before 2050.

DPD Multiplex Europe The Climate Group Logistics firm DPD became one of the first in its sector to implement Construction firm Multiplex Europe was one of the first contractors to all-electric operations at delivery sites in Westminster and Shoreditch. set a science-based carbon target in 2018, aiming to reduce emissions Non-profit organisation The Climate Group launched its corporate Using 39 electric vehicles (EVs), the company cut CO2 emissions from by 30% by 2030. In 2018, it switched 3 million kWh of electricity to leadership initiative EV100 in 2017 with the goal of making electric 3.75 tonnes per month to zero at these two central London sites. renewable tariffs, saving 600 tonnes of carbon from being emitted vehicles (EVs) ‘the new normal’ by 2030. It brings together nearly 60 Following the success of the project, a further 55 EVs have been into the atmosphere. It also called more than 100 of the senior business global businesses publicly committing to shift their fleets to EV and/ deployed at 16 depots nationwide, reducing CO2 emissions by 47 leaders in its supply chain to support action and ran a supply chain or install EV charging points across their sites by 2030. At the time tonnes overall. programme to support them in setting science-based carbon targets. of the first EV100 Annual Report in 2018, 23 businesses, operating in 66 markets, had collectively committed more than 145,000 vehicles, and already transitioned 10,000 vehicles to electric. Since then, its membership has doubled.

Drax NHS Ayrshire and Arran Drax plans to eliminate CO2 emissions from its operations through the The organisation’s biomass renewable heating project at University development of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) Hospital Ayr forms part of its carbon and energy reduction strategy technology to develop the world’s first carbon-negative power to produce net-zero carbon emissions by 2045 at the latest. The station. The company’s decarbonisation includes the launch of the first 1.5MW biomass boiler project included the installation of a renewable BECCS pilot project of its kind in the world which began capturing heating plant built on lessons learned when installing a renewable carbon on a small scale in 2019. It has also acquired assets in hydro heating plant into an existing large heating system. The organisation electricity, and owns renewable electricity supplier , as hit a 19% target of total energy used from renewable sources in year well as providing an electric vehicle service to businesses through three of the project, with the new biomass boiler providing savings of Haven Power. 1000 tonnes of carbon in its first year.

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Aceleron P&G HolyGrail 2.0 Tarkett Unilever For all the good they play in the decarbonisation of road transport, Holy Grail has been introduced by Pioneer Projects, a collaborative Since 2011, modular flooring firm Tarkett has been working to embed Helping consumers to better understand what they can do to reduce EV batteries are typically warrantied for less than 15 years and initiative formed by members of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New cradle-to-cradle principles across its product portfolio. The result has plastic waste is one of the key focus areas of Unilever’s Five Point considered hard-to-recycle. Aceleron has developed what it purports Plastics Economy. It aims to place digital watermarks on packaging, been products which are made with up to 83% recyclate and are not Plastics Plan. To that end, the Cif Ecorefill format, consisting of a 10x to be the world’s first “fully circular” battery – a device held together so they can be identified by stakeholders including consumers and only recyclable in turn, but easy to remove and take back. Indeed, concentrated product in a capsule which attaches to existing Power by compression rather than traditional glue or welding, making repairs waste management firms, thus overcoming challenges with recycling recyclate used in new products is often secured through take-back & Shine bottles, contains 75% less plastic than traditional bottles and and upgrades easier and less resource-intense. Ongoing prototyping sorting. With this concept now proven and multi-award-winning, P&G schemes which cover Tarkett’s own products and those offered by maintains recyclability. Unilever has recorded positive responses from and remodelling have proven the solution’s scalability and potential to has secured the support of more than 50 companies to upscale the competitors. In FY2018, Tarkett used 134,000 tonnes of recyclate, stockists and consumers alike, and with 93 million spray bottles sold in make energy storage accessible. technology and bring it to the mainstream market. representing 10% of its total resource use. the UK annually, believes the innovation is scalable.

Cisco Systems PALLITE TerraCycle/Loop World of Books Group Cisco’s entry to this category goes beyond any single product; PALLITE’s FSC-certified lightweight paper pallets, pallet boxes, Unveiled in January 2019, Loop enables corporates across the World of Books’ entire business model is a circular economy the company has developed an overarching circular economy later pads and other components are designed to last longer than consumer goods and food and drink sectors to provide product innovation. Over the past decade, its inventory of used books has programme covering the whole lifecycle of all products and services. traditional wooden options, to be 100% recyclable and to lightweight refills while retaining ownership of their reusable packaging. grown from 1,000 items to more than four million, with one book sold Introduced in 2018, the programme has seen 35% PCR plastic content shipments, reducing CO2 outputs. The firm’s latest circular economy While the concept of reusability is not new, Loop has attracted an every two seconds globally. This growth has been largely facilitated added to 2.5 million IP phones, with this proportion set to rise to 85% innovation is PIX – a collapsible shelving unit for use in warehousing unprecedented amount of interest, with more than brands signing through Ziffit.com, a digital tool that enables easy scanning for in FY20, and eliminated hard-to-recycle and high-carbon oil-based – which also enables more efficient use of space. PALLITE has said up and 80,000 consumers registering, along with retail giants like users and ensures that used goods purchased have resale value. Six wet paints from several key plastic products. Crucially, the programme ever-more logistics and retail corporates are investing in these Kroger and Tesco. To date, Loop has launched pilots in Paris and the hundred thousand items are now traded-in through Ziffit.com monthly has also delivered cost savings and supported clients and suppliers innovations, proving their long-term scalability. US. Their success has paved the way for launches in five additional in the UK, US and Ireland. on their own innovation journeys. international markets in 2020.

Searious Business MWH Treatment – SMBJV Within the space of just four months, Searious Business has MWH Treatment is responsible for co-delivering £1.76bn of Thames collaborated with recyclers, engineers and academics to design and Water’s capital program for AMP6 and has vowed to use 90% launch a 3D-printed sofa made using 95% PCR recycled plastic for recycled aggregate in this process, while also diverting 98% of furniture brand Gispen. Each sofa contains 50kg of recyclate and is, construction and demolition waste from landfill. Innovative thinking in turn, fully recyclable up to six times over at the ‘end-of-life’ stage. has been key to delivering on these ambitions, with the firm placing After selling the first batch of 200 sofas, Searious Business believes “designing out the need” for new construction at the top of the the circular credentials of the innovation could be further boosted by decision-making and behavioural hierarchy - and proving, in the offering product-as-a-service in future. process, that circular economy models can reduce costs and boost employee engagement.

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Route2 Anthesis Ecuity Consulting JLL Having worked with companies such as The Crown Estate and Anthesis supports 25% of the FTSE 100 and 65 of the Fortune 500 Founded in 2012, Ecuity Consulting has worked with 250 companies In the past year, Upstream Sustainability Services has worked with 13 Heathrow, Route2 offers a framework to assess and evaluate the companies with their sustainability challenges. It has doubled staff in the past seven years on its sustainability strategy. Its work is to organisations developing and implementing sustainability strategies societal impact of direct and indirect operations, and how they numbers in 2019 and delivered 25% year-on-year organic growth. Its develop low-carbon projects including deployment of hydrogen fuel and seven health and wellbeing strategies. Additionally, it has finalised degrade or enhance the capital stock which is vital to companies’ green services include projects ranging from chemical compliance cell technology, heat pumps, energy efficiency, heat networks, and a circular economy strategy for a large Middle-Eastern client - the day-to-day activities. As a result of its work on creating measurement to creative brand strategy, enabled through its technology tools and smart appliances. Additionally, it has supported the development of first of its kind in the region, it claims. Its services cover sustainability and reporting frameworks for companies, firms have gone on to analytics team. As an example, its work with Unite Students identified innovative technology for tackling fuel poverty within the UK as well issues such as climate crisis and resource efficiency, circular economy perform highly in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices and Yorkshire approximately £150m in lifetime savings through energy efficiency as the transformation of existing energy assets within homes. In 2016, advice, climate risk management aligned to TCFD guidance, and “Net Water was recognised by the regulator for its strategy. measures. it launched its Hydrogen Hub, driving more than £1.5m of external Positive” strategic advice. investment in hydrogen and fuel cell projects and funding.

SYSTEMIQ Bioregional Longevity Partners Energise Green services at SYSTEMIQ include creating a charter that requires Led by Sue Riddlestone OBE, Bioregional works with business partners Property advisory firm Longevity Partners has assisted on low-carbon clients to base their partnership on mutual commitment to the SDGs such as Kingfisher, Nando’s and Pizza Hut to developers including Energise aims to design services with the customers’ experience strategies in 25 countries for the largest property funds in the world and the Paris Agreement. In the past four years, it has launched Landsec and Legal & General, challenging them to achieve a step- at the forefront. It provides a range of surveys and audits, strategy in the past five years. Across three key areas – resilient cities, healthy more than 150 projects with companies, governments and other change in sustainability. Using One Planet Living as a starting point, creation, data monitoring and analysis, and compliance, plus the buildings and responsible business – it helps with issues such as organisations; from zero-emission aviation, to food businesses that work for corporate clients includes developing sustainability strategies implementation of projects and the offset of carbon emissions. A circular economy, distributed energy and storage, electric vehicle protect the rainforest, to pioneering initiatives to stop ocean plastics, and technical support on greenhouse gas footprinting and reporting service roadmap is focused on planning industry by industry how (EV) strategy, BREEAM ratings, climate adaptation, and sustainability including supporting the Indonesian Government’s aim to reduce on progress, as well as responding to the SDGs and circular economy net-zero can be achieved. A Customer Service Charter sets out how reporting. Through these services, it helps major commercial energy ocean plastic by 70% by 2025. thinking. For built environment clients, it helps envisage how end-users relationships are strategic rather than transactional and its strategy consumers reduce their energy use and related carbon emissions as can lead sustainable lifestyles and translates this into the vision, team ensures it can control the risks behind meeting net-zero. To date, well as identify cost-saving opportunities. strategy, masterplan and design process. it has delivered more than £100m in savings for clients.

Carbon Credentials Given London Carbon Credentials has supported 45,000 buildings worldwide Given combines sustainability, brand and communications expertise and assisted one in six companies setting approved science-based to build and deliver a company’s brand purpose in three ways: carbon targets. It has its own climate goal of maintaining zero strategy setting, change making and storytelling. Three-quarters operational emissions and dramatically cutting scope 3 value chain (75%) of its revenue comes from repeat business and it maintains emissions by 2030, which has been approved by the Science-based client relationships through running regular client workshops, planning Targets Initiative. It directly enabled the saving of 66,188 tonnes of CO2 accounts together and supporting clients in securing buy-in of their in 2018 and raised more than £12,000 for charity in 2019. organisations. It has worked with O2, Nationwide, IKEA and Virgin Media on projects.

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Hubbub and Barley Communications Canary Wharf Group – Breaking Dubai Electricity & Water Authority Greenredeem & Wokingham The Body Shop - Plastic with Bottle the Plastic Habit – Conservation Award for a Borough Council – Making food By Example is the UK’s biggest By showing consumers that plastics Sustainable Future waste more rewarding collaborative drive to boost recycling for Through its targeted consumer engagement recycling can deliver social benefits for “on-the-go” food and drinks packaging. and marketing campaign, Canary Wharf From 50 schools at its inception in 2005, the Thanks to the support of Greenredeem’s marginalised waste pickers and incentivising Before the scheme launched in June 2018, Group has helped tenants, visitors and Conservation Award campaign has grown bespoke marketing campaign including in-store take-back box use, The Body Shop Hubbub estimated that 17% of Leeds workers collectively mitigate the use of more to cover 459 schools collectively representing “nudges” such as emails, videos, quizzes recorded a 91% increase in mentions across residents regularly recycled this packaging than two million single-use plastic items and 380,000+ students. Its aim is to strategically and the creation of a pledge platform, its social media channels and experienced – a proportion which has now almost enabled the capture and recycling of five create a culture of energy conservation across Wokingham Borough Council has already double the expected take-up of its in-store doubled (32%). The scheme, consisting of million more. The multi-pronged campaign Dubai’s educational sector, taking in students exceeded its 2020 food waste diversion rate. recycling programme. More broadly, the both infrastructure and communications, consists of communications, events, and parents, teachers and principals, and By underpinning the dissemination of facts firm believes these activities have made has secured the support of 25 big-name campaigns, and the use of HELPFUL - an facility managers alike. To date, 152,000 tonnes with fun activities and rewards, the seven- employees proud of the business and shifted businesses and the local council, which has AI-enabled app that incentivises reuse and of carbon have been mitigated by these month campaign empowered Wokingham consumer sentiment towards the brand, agreed to invest in making it a permanent recycling. Its success saw the Group become actors as a result of the campaign, which has residents to complete 82,000 incentivised ultimately paving the way for a commitment fixture after a successful six-month trial. the first commercial centre to receive Surfers gained the support of key policymakers. actions to divert food waste from landfill. to include community traded plastic in all Against Sewage’s Plastic-Free Communities So successful was the campaign in gaining packaging by 2023. status. resident trust that the Local Authority has extended its partnership with Greenredeem.

Barnardo’s and Barley Ella’s Kitchen – Become an Royal Society of Chemistry and Communications EllaCycle Superhero! City to Sea – National Refill day Weber Shandwick – Precious After polling revealed that UK residents In 2019, baby food brand Ella’s Kitchen Garnier - Recycle Plastic To Make Elements: International Year of the were set to spend £2.7bn on 50.3 million In a 24-hour event aimed at driving committed to double the number of pouches Your School Fantastic Periodic Table summer outfits this year, only to wear them awareness around its popular Refill scheme, collected annually through its recycling once, Barnado’s developed a behaviour City To Sea garnered the support of partnership with TerraCycle. It is on-track to In a drive to overcome the fragmentation of Aimed at helping consumers to stop change scheme that successfully turned Government departments, big businesses, achieve this aim after securing buy-in from the UK’s kerbside recycling collections and hoarding used technology and placing public attention on plastics waste to the celebrities including Hugh Fearnley- Asda to scale-up the scheme – a move the resulting public confusion on recyclability, these products back into circular systems, topic of fashion. By homing-in on summer Whittingstall, and dozens of influencers. which enabled the installation of 200 new L’Oreal partnered with Tesco, TerraCycle Precious Elements utilised the reach of the “occasion” wear and making targeted calls Homing in on transport ‘hubs’ and targeting drop-off points. Key to the scheme’s success and We Are Futures to install take-back BBC and other major media firms to gain to action, Barnado’s ensured its messaging social media content using #GotTheBottle, is its incentivisation: users are rewarded with facilities at 1,350+ schools. As well as these 3.9 million impressions on social media. was seen 220 million times and attracted the day generated 30,000 downloads of a donation to a good cause of their choice facilities, each partaking school also receives This targeted approach caught not only an additional 26,000+ consumers to its the Refill app and saw businesses sign up to for recycling pouches. To date, more than educational tools to help children, families the attention of the public but of business shops in summer 2019. host 1,500 new refill stations, exceeding all £50,000 has been donated in this way. and staff understand how best to reduce, leaders, think tanks and policymakers, with targets. The success of the day came in spite reuse and recycle. To date, the campaign has several MPs submitting motions on e-waste of a tight budget and contributes to Refill’s facilitated the recycling of 14.3 million plastic to Parliament as a result of the campaign, overarching aim to make carrying reusables items and reached 283,000 children. and the Society being asked to contribute to “the new normal”. numerous Government enquiries and reports.

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Barry Callebaut – Seeds for Change KPMG – Waste In Our Time/ Blue Planet II National Grid – Save Evie’s Whale WWF and Silverback Films – Launched in 2018 to build on the firm’s vision to make Employee Events As it works to eliminate single-use plastics from its main Our Planet: Our Business sustainable chocolate the norm, Seeds for Change In order to engage employees with its overarching sites by 2020, National Grid is bringing staff on the journey. In the first three months after its launch, Our Planet: Our incentivises Barry Callebaut employees to complete actions sustainability goals, KPMG piggybacked off the so-called Focusing in on the wildlife-related passions of Evie – an Business was screened at dozens of big businesses in more that reduce emissions or capture carbon by rewarding them “Blue Planet II effect” to generate a scheme which has employee’s daughter – the campaign encourages workers than 55 nations. The 40-minute film successfully translates with seedlings to be planted by cocoa farmers in Africa. garnered more than 1,050 plastic pledges. Through a to consider the impact of plastic pollution on the health and profound global challenges into likely impacts on businesses Judges said the scheme was robustly designed, expertly dedicated network of “champions”, a series of bespoke wellbeing of future generations, through channels such as without causing fear and hopelessness, empowering utilising behavioural psychology around competitiveness, events and targeted digital content, the sustainability team digital communications, new bins, league tables, signage viewers to go beyond incremental improvements and drive charitable donations and community action, ultimately was able to gain broad buy-in across leadership, other and a “loan” system for reusable cups. Since the campaign industrial-scale change. As such, it’s becoming increasingly engaging all departments with the business’s long-term departments and the company’s social media audience. launched, more than two million single-use items have been viral. CSR teams are reporting that the film has galvanised sustainability goals. KPMG has already removed 7.4 million single-use-plastic removed from the business. cross-departmental collaboration. items from its UK facilities.

Investec & Hubbub Enterprise – ’s Sonae – Corporate responsibility actions Team Green Manchester University NHS Foundation against fires in Portugal By relaunching a nationwide network of employees Trust – Greening Healthcare in Manchester Following Portugal’s largest ever forest fire in June 2017, volunteering as environmental champions, Investec has By combining a dynamic online platform, creative Sonae has gone beyond one-off gestures and developed taken energy and enthusiasm for sustainability beyond the communications, competition, prizes and robust monitoring a continuing programme of employee-led community bounds of its CR team. Actions inspired by Team Green systems, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust has support. Collectively, 115 of Sonae’s staff have raised were made both at work and at home, with participants seen staff collectively complete 18,000 positive actions more than €11,000; spent almost 1,500 hours volunteering; rewarded through giveaways and provided with the for the environment. Employees praised the new scheme’s distributed thousands of sundries and planted more than practical advice and tools needed to overcome any compatibility with their busy, often shift-based, work 4,500 trees, with the scheme receiving support from The barriers. Impressively, 95% of staff said Team Green events schedules, and the fact that they can track personal National Association of Forest, Agriculture and Environment were interesting and 90% said they wanted to keep taking progress and compete with colleagues in real-time. Within Enterprises and a string of local authorities. part. four months, the scheme mitigated 17,000tCO2e.

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British Independent Utilities (BiU) En+ Group Marble Power Whitbread - Premier Inn ’s (DLG) environmental responsibility En+ Group delivered a more than 1,400,000MWh increase Marble Power’s “Water Battery” project was applied to Edinburgh Park Premier Inn became the UK’s first battery- policy sets a target of reducing energy across its offices in renewable energy output from its hydropower plants in Liberty’s 90-year-old hydro-generation and aluminium powered hotel in a bid to improve energy efficiency, secure by 30%, and greenhouse gasses by 57% from 2013-2020. the year through its programme to improve the efficiency smelting assets in Fort William to balance the supply, enable energy cost savings and reduce DLG engaged with BiU to set a baseline figure for energy of its plants. This increase was achieved without increasing electrical grid. By absorbing more than 30,000MWh of wind carbon. The innovative 100kW lithium-ion battery trial was consumption across a range of sites, and then pen a the amount of water running through the turbines. This power, the site will be able to reduce its cost of operation built on data analysis, site surveyance and project lifetime strategy that would see an overall 30% reduction through increased the share of renewable energy in the Siberian and also better manage its exposure to increasingly management. It gives the site better control as to when a seven-year project. The strategy involved a combination energy grid, enabling the region to replace coal generation, frequent periods of sustained dry weather. As it applied it uses energy, and efficiency improvements are still a key of staff engagement and technological upgrades, including leading to a continuous reduction in emissions by En+ existing assets to a new application, it has the added ambition for the company. The flexibility means Whitbread BMS controls and LED upgrades that have made DLG Group’s aluminium business. The programme will lead to a benefit of requiring little upfront investment. can adapt to any changes in pricing mechanisms and confident it will reach the target before 2020. 2.6 million tonnes reduction in CO2 emissions per year by manage its profile. 2025.

TUPRAS Clear Channel Ibstock TUPRAS refineries have complex utility systems to satisfy Advertising company Clear Channel last year began a their dynamic energy demand and fluctuating fuel costs. national rollout of low-energy LED light tubes and reduced Ibstock’s new Eclipse brick factory has acted as a best- This project has focused on developing an in-house its energy consumption by 3.5 millionkWh. The tubes practice test-bed for energy management technologies decision support tool to monitor the energy network of the were installed at bus shelters next to accompanying which have since been implemented in other factories and refinery and manage it efficiently. The tool also enables advertisements. The desire to reduce energy consumption buildings. Built with sustainability in mind, the factory has the effective management of both water and utility costs. was further driven by the expanding number of digital led to fuel efficiency upgrades, LED rollouts, electric vehicle Another added benefit is that the programme is also used installations, which are more energy intensive. The quality of infrastructure investments and onsite renewable installations to determine the energy impacts of five-year investment lighting in advertising boxes has improved, by being brighter across a variety of buildings. It has acted as a major projects and to examine feasibility. and with better diffusion. To date, 46,000 tubes have been part of Ibstock’s carbon efficiency journey, by improving fitted and there have only been 97 recorded failures. manufacturing efficiency, delivering optimum sustainability and reducing overall environmental impact.

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Karla Hill Michael McGowan Pavan Juttla Rustin Cooper

Karla leads ClientEarth’s energy management work, As group sustainability manager, Michael is the As sustainability manager, Pavan has worked to Lead energy manager Rustin has worked for M&S which uses legal tools to support the transition to driving force behind the Group’s Sustainability raise the company’s carbon ambitions through as a contractor through Coopertec, evolving from a zero-carbon energy system by advocating for Roadmap to 2025, and played a key role in getting science-based targets, including realigning the a maternity cover to the driving force behind M&S’s policy changes that deter fossil fuel generation. the Executive Leadership team to publish Ibstock’s business from a 2C trajectory to a 1.5C, net-zero flexibility agenda. This includes reducing peak Karla was ClientEarth’s first employee and has sustainability targets for the first time. Through trajectory. She is now extending this scope to lead load for TRIAD by 25%, fostering R&D and trialling helped grow the charity to almost 40 lawyers Michael’s leadership, it now takes almost 65% less a programme to support other companies, notably innovative Internet of Things technologies to deliver and experts. Alongside lobbying against coal energy to make a brick than was the case in the in the construction supply chain; to measure their a 5% absolute electricity reduction. Alongside production cases across Europe, Karla has refined 1970s. Over the next five years, Ibstock is on target footprint, develop science-based targets and technological trials, Rustin has been successful in ClientEarth’s environmental policy, with a strong to achieve a minimum 15% reduction in C02 per create robust carbon reduction strategies to push engaging employees on energy efficiency and focus on energy efficiency, reducing unnecessary tonne of production, largely due to Michael’s ability the sector towards a low-carbon future. Pavan igniting behavioural shifts across the workforce. travel and ensuring pensions providers do not to steer the whole company towards its energy was able to achieve all of this by engaging with Prior to his interim lead energy manager role, Rustin invest in fossil fuels. goals. the heads of each department internally, making was instrumental in delivering more than £40m of energy and sustainability business-critical in the capital investment for energy. process.

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CBRE Global Investors Cyan Finance Salix Finance CBRE Global Investors has devised Part of Cyan Finance’s investment Upfront capital is a barrier for most and rolled out a framework for thesis is that sustainability is not public sector organisations, and Salix managing environmental, social and priced in, and once it is, the price of Finance works to provide interest- corporate governance (ESG) issues goods and services will shift. As such, free funding to enable organisations across its UK investment portfolio. all investment decisions are built on within the sector to improve energy The programme consists of a three- the basis of whether a business can efficiency by accessing low-carbon year plan that evaluates risks in its deliver real environmental and social technologies. Salix launched a £25m portfolio based on extensive investor purpose. Since launching in early 2019, fund for maintained schools looking feedback as part of a materiality the company has mapped out certain to install energy efficiency measures, review. Targets and key performance sectors as starting points to drive amongst other examples, and reissued indicators have been drawn up for change, notably e-mobility. Despite the Public Sector Network to facilitate each portfolio, and risks are evaluated being a small team, Cyan Finance has conversations around the topic of in accordance to the Task Force on already designed bespoke financial climate change in the sector. Climate-Related Financial Disclosures products for R&D financing and grant recommendations and other global financing and executing equity, debt frameworks, as well as aligning and asset finance deals. with Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) recommendations.

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Air Protein Aquapak Polymers Bowman Power Group Garçon Wines Propelair By 2050, global food production Aquapak produces materials that can Bowman’s efficiency technologies for The design of Garçon Wines’ eco flat Using air to propel water around the demands are set to grow by 70%. be used by the plastics and paper the power industry have prevented wine bottle is 87% lighter and 40% toilet bowl, Propelair results in the Kiverdi’s Air Protein aims to meet industries to reduce the end-of-life the extraction of £80m of fossil fuels spatially smaller than a traditional use of 84% less water per flush than that demand in a sustainable way, impact of their products, without the to date, mitigating 250,000 tonnes glass bottle, allowing 2.3 times more a standard system. This, in turn, can by capturing elements from air and need for purchasing new machinery. of emissions in the process. Its latest wine to fit on a pallet, thus slashing reduce user water bills by up to 60%; combining them with water and It has patented three materials, all technology, ETC 100, converts waste carbon emissions and logistics costs user toilet-related emissions by up minerals to create nutrients through a of which are designed for recycling exhaust energy into electrical power, by up to 60%. The firm uses 100% to 80%; and airborne germs by up process like fermentation. The result within existing infrastructure and for helping to improve power density recycled PET to make its bottles and to 95%. Several universities, council is a protein-rich flour with the same multiple other disposal options. Its and fuel efficiency whilst reducing encourages consumers to recycle buildings, theatres, service stations, amino acid profile as animal protein. Hydropol 30160 series is hot-water- emissions. The innovation was them in turn. It has successfully banks and restaurants are already Kiverdi claims this process, debuted soluble, for example, while its Hydropol developed over a four-year period in transitioned from a B2B to a B2C using the innovative toilets. Throughout in 2019, uses 10,000 times less land 33100 is warm-water-soluble. These direct collaboration with academics, model, with the format’s letterbox- 2019, these organisations will save and 2,000 times less water than soy products are already being used research bodies, and businesses friendly design saving both emissions 1.2 billion litres of water by using protein production. commercially by retailer Finisterre and including Cummins and Rolls-Royce and costs associated with missed Propelair. distributor DB Packaging. Power Systems. Bowman claims deliveries. that there are more than 400,000 engines globally which could use the technology.

AJC Trailers Rosh Engineering Beattie Passive Powervault AJC Trailers has designed a range One litre of alkyd paint can release of mobile and static welfare and Haus4one is a modular, relocatable Powervault 3 aims to provide an 750ml of solvents through evaporation accommodation units that are one-person home that meets Continental and Kordsa intelligent battery solution for smart – but Rosh Engineering’s water-based, powered by a combination of Passivhaus standards on sustainability homes. Trials of the battery, which is industrial-grade paint, developed in onsite solar, battery storage and and occupant wellbeing. It purports Resorcinol-Formaldehyde-Latex monitored remotely using a cloud- partnership with SK Formulations, hydrogen gas. While traditional units to consume up to 80% less energy formulation, including carcinogenic based system, have reduced user claims to reduce that to zero. It dries typically run off diesel generators, than comparable bricks-and-mortar chemicals such as formaldehyde, electricity costs by up to 50% and at temperatures of 6C and above in AJC Trailers’ innovation purports to properties, and to be far cheaper, at has been used by the tyre industry cut the carbon emissions of their less than an hour without the need be zero-emission, reducing not only £55,000 per unit, largely due to the for about a century as a standard. households by 0.3 tonnes when for a primer coat, minimising costs carbon emissions, but air and noise fact that it is constructed off-site. COKOON – developed over a nine- combined with onsite solar. Aware and disruption for utilities. Given that pollution. The cost saving potential of Beattie Passive believes that its year period involving 11,240 tests – is a of the waste issues associated the UK’s electricity industry alone uses the trailers is considerable, with a 71% innovation, if rolled out at scale, could viable alternative to this unsustainable with batteries and the fast-moving more than 10 million litres of paint reduction in fuel costs recorded during help councils and governments deliver material. Beyond its environmental nature of the market, Powervault 3 is annually, the potential to scale-up is a recent six-week trial. on their pledges around temporary and health benefits, COKOON is modular, enabling for easier upgrades considerable. accommodation and fuel poverty. quicker to prepare and can coat and recycling. more surface with the same amount of product, therefore saving users operational costs.

14 event.edie.net/awards #edieAwards2020 #susleaders Rising Sustainability Star

George Barnes Steve Burgess Eleanor King Joanna Leyden

Since joining JRP Solutions in 2013 as trainee During his seven years in sustainability, Steve has Within her first year as a sustainability consultant, Joanna has continued to impress colleagues and consultant, George has consistently driven risen up the ranks from operational environmental Eleanor published leading-edge guidance clients across her 18 months at ISS, being fast- initiatives that improve JRP’s own credentials and management to strategy level through his passion, on responsible sourcing for the construction tracked in her training and having three of her expand the scope of its services. In recent months, dedication and resilience. His recent achievements industry, and, since joining AECOM in 2017, she key projects shortlisted for awards. Colleagues he has initiated and led the development of a gap include working closely with suppliers to introduce has helped embed sustainability into a range of praised her ability to maximise positive outcomes analysis tool for those aiming to meet ISO 50001, a single-use-plastic-free restaurant at Media organisations from government agencies to global by engaging even hard-to-reach departments, and received praise from several key clients for City, and helping to ensure that BBC’s new pharmaceutical and renewable energy businesses. influencing colleagues, clients and the wider his in-depth work on implementing this standard. Central Square development achieved BREEAM But her colleagues have additionally praised sustainability agenda in her sector. Stand-out He is currently managing more than 20 active Outstanding status. He has proven himself to be an her for going above and beyond to promote projects include the development of a zero-waste contracts while working to become a Chartered expert in engaging facilities and catering providers, the sustainability agenda outside of her project workplace solution for a client with more than Energy Manager. among other key stakeholders, with BBC’s overall delivery role, challenge the status quo and forge 6,000 staff, and a reusable container system for sustainability strategy. internal and external collaborations. another with more than 2,000 staff.

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Kaushal Shah Emma Sheron Aleksandra Smith-Kozlowska

EnvoPAP is the brainchild of Kaushal, who has Since joining RELX as a CR intern in early 2019, been described as a determined, perseverant Emma has progressed rapidly and now plays a innovator. The start-up, designed to align with key part in the delivery and ongoing development Aleksandra’s colleagues say she is the first to jump eight of the UN’s SDGs, turns agricultural waste of the firm’s SDG Resource Centre. The Centre into any new sustainability project – no matter from sugarcane production into premium quality provides open access to academic research how challenging. Since joining JLL in 2016, she has paper products. This business model creates a and resources driving SDG-related progress, and, worked with a range of businesses to help them second life for waste, minimises the environmental thanks to Emma’s hard work, reaches 81,000 understand their material issues and maximise impacts of products and creates jobs in unique visitors monthly. Internally, Emma has led an positive impacts, and played a key role in shaping developing economies. Kaushal regularly engages international engagement scheme on the SDGs, JLL Upstream’s overarching strategy. Her key with young entrepreneurs outside of the business encouraging friendly competition between RELX’s achievements include developing the company’s and has been described as a true team player more than 30,000 staff. Circular Office Guide in conjunction with BITC, and and excellent mentor. having this document “translated” to appeal to teams from finance to facilities management.

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e-cargobikes.com Pure Planet The Exterminators Wills Bros Civil Engineering e-cargobikes has grown into a thriving SME that is Pure Planet is Britain’s first digital energy supplier and the Since rolling out a carbon-neutral certification plan in 2014, Wills Bros Civil Engineering (WBCEL) commitment to promoting scalable, zero-emission, last-mile delivery first domestic supplier to offer 100% renewable electricity all operational activities and services provided by The becoming a net-zero company by 2050 and becoming solutions that help remedy air pollution and congestion and 100% carbon offset gas in a single variable tariff, Exterminators are 100% carbon-neutral and the company the first civil engineering contractor to be recognised by in busy urban areas. A relentless approach to innovation making clean energy a mass-market consumer choice. The is Asia’s only carbon-neutral pest control company. The the United Nations as carbon-neutralare ambitions and means one e-cargobike vehicle could deliver as much digital membership model means rates can be changed organisation is extending its scope of influence outside of its achievements held by very few SMEs. Keen to raise this as a 3.5-ton van, a feat that has led to partnerships with based on wholesale energy prices. Pure Planet is also the operations and has set-up methods to supports customers, level of ambition elsewhere, WBCEL is determined to adopt notable end-users like Sainsbury’s and Co-op. Internally, only small independent energy supplier to be a signatory of other SMEs and the entire sectors with the means to innovative technologies, re-define best practice and share the company is working to embody the SDGs in how it the UN Global Compact and is focusing on each SDG on a converse and engage on sustainable business practices. the successes and learnings with stakeholders and supply operates. monthly basis internally. chain partners.

Toast Ale JPA Furniture SunGift Energy Toast Ale believes in pint-sized solutions to global problems More than 90,000 redundant office furniture items are sent SunGift Energy has been disrupting the energy market in a way that connects people and shows them that small to landfill every week and JPA has shown that even SMEs through innovative projects, ranging from electric vehicle and simple steps can lead to big climate impacts. The can combat this. The family SME wants to leave a lasting (EV) charging on top of multi-storey car parks, to a hundred company’s planet-saving beer is brewed with surplus fresh legacy in its local community by championing the circular residential properties operating as a mini-grid. Internally, bread and all profits go to charities fixing the food system. A economy. JPA has diverted more than 24,300 items from sustainability is delivered from a top-down approach that decision to rebrand amid rapidly growing public awareness landfill (510 tonnes) and rehomed more than 4,100 furniture has seen the board champion the company’s innovative around climate change enables the firm to promote items. JPA is creating added benefits for its clients through approach to energy systems. SunGift Energy also supports sustainability information in a way that catches consumer environmental, financial and social performance. all staff with subsidised energy systems of their own, as attention. well as encouraging them to cycle to work, including via electric-assisted bikes for longer commuters.

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Anglian Water City Harvest Kimberly-Clark NHS Property Services The Body Shop Anglian Water’s Keep It Clear is a City Harvest helps put surplus food to Kimberly-Clark has developed its Toilets The Michael Burke Wellbeing Centre is The Body Shop is sustainably sourcing behavioural change programme tackling good use sustainably by distributing to Change Lives programme to engage one of the country’s first dedicated social recycled plastic for its packaging from the the problem of pollution and flooding in organisations that feed the hungry. It has its brands and consumers in ways to prescribing facilities, turning underutilised streets of Bengaluru in India through its communities caused by blockages in sewer enabled hundreds of businesses to achieve improve access to sanitation in vulnerable space in an NHS hospital into a facility that Community Trade programme. Partnering pipes - 85% of which are avoidable. Success SDGs by redistributing their surplus food communities around the world. Through both community and clinical groups can with Plastics For Change and Hasiru Dala, a was achieved through inspiring behavioural to those who need it most. To date it has partnerships between its well-known brands use to improve the wellbeing of the local non-governmental organisation that fights change at home and work by engaging delivered seven million meals to more like Andrex and Scott and global NGOs population and enable the general public for waste picker rights, the companies with a series of campaigns and strategies. than 300 partner charities. City Harvest like Water For People and WaterAid, the to take more ownership of their health. It aim to provide fair prices, predictability The company worked with communities, introduced high impact “last mile” food company is increasing awareness of the follows 20% of GP appointments being for of volume and access to better working businesses, local authorities, environmental rescue as the solution to food waste and global sanitation crisis, providing education non-medical issues, illustrating how NHS conditions for 2,500 waste pickers over the charities, schools and food premises, food poverty. and advocacy to drive behaviour change, space can be utilised to reduce demand on next three years. providing free advice. and supporting programs that provide primary care services. access to clean, safe toilets.

Honeywell Hometown Solutions Virgin Media Boreal Light GmbH OVO Foundation – OVO Energy The Honeywell-Safe Water Network Maybank Virgin Media has committed to supporting Boreal Light GmbH have designed and Initiative (SWN) is building 180 water stations Project Jua brings solar power to schools one million disabled people with the skills manufactured an affordable solar water in India to provide safe water access to Maybank Women Eco-Weavers (MWEW) and health services in parts of Kenya for the and confidence to get into and stay in work desalination system capable of desalinating more than 540,000 people. In Telangana programme promotes traditional textiles first time. Launched in 2017, the £2m project by the end of 2020. The Support to Work 1,000 litres of seawater for the cost of less specifically, Honeywell has already built 150 globally in a sustainable manner, while is funded by the OVO Foundation and aims Service is a digital employment service for than €0.5 in off-grid communities across water stations across 17 districts, catering creating economic independence and to improve the health and education of disabled people run by Scope and funded East Africa. To date, more than 2,000 to 480,000 people. In addition to improving financial inclusion for women weavers more than 300,000 people by providing by Virgin Media. The service was set up people have directly engaged in water access and sustainably managing clean across the Association of Southeast Asian lighting and powering lifesaving equipment. in recognition of the significant barriers delivery, farming, fish farming, operation water, SWN is educating communities on the Nations (ASEAN) region. This programme It also paves the way for energy to be used disabled people often face accessing or maintenance with more than 400,000 importance of clean water, sanitation, and attempts to preserve the ASEAN heritage by in other education and health programmes employment. Using Scope’s expertise and people capable of receiving daily water hygiene, creating jobs, empowering women, leveraging the ancient art of textile weaving in the development sector through a focus Virgin Media’s platform, the service aims needs from projects. Each Water Kiosk and building visibility for India’s water crisis. as the proponent of economic development on data collection to better understand to drive a quantifiable, positive impact offsets 1,250tCO2 per year, produces three in the region. As a bank, the company take institutional energy needs. on the skills and confidence of disabled permanent jobs and 25 value-added jobs. additional steps to help its eco-weaver people in the UK, enabling them to achieve beneficiaries be economically included. employment ambitions.

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Defra General Mills KPMG UK Penguin Random House Sky Defra’s IT function is embedding Two-thirds of emissions and 99% KPMG UK’sSustainable Procurement Over the past year, publisher Penguin In 2017, Sky launched Sky Ocean sustainability through an of water use occur outside General Programme is having a material Random House UK invested in its Rescue to shine a light on the problem e-Sustainability Alliance (DeSA) Mills’ operations, making the supply influence on suppliers’ impact. A key supply chain to focus on single-use of single-use plastics and inspire consisting of Dell, Vodafone, Google, chain a key management area for the result of this collaborative approach plastic and energy consumption. action for our oceans. Sky wants to Microsoft and BT amongst others, firm. In 2019, the company pursued to supply chain management is Through bespoke engagement lead by example on this, working to to create a best-practice industry ambitions moving beyond mitigation carbon reductions. Partnering with its programmes, Penguin Random remove all single-use plastic from its guide on sustainability in information and reduction and committed to top 50 suppliers (48% of total supplier House has cut single-use plastic business, products and supply chain and communication technology advancing regenerative farming spend), KPMG UK provided guidance within its warehouses by 47%. Energy by 2020. Through formal policies and (ICT). Engagement, enforcing and practices on one million acres of on how they can measure and report consumption has been reduced by 9% in-depth studies, Sky has eliminated monitoring has enabled DeSA to set farmland by 2030. Carbon reductions their emissions. As a result, some have despite increasing floor space over more than 300 tonnes of single-use supply chain targets focusing on 100% have also been targeted across the set their own environmental policies the same period. The company helped plastic from its supply chain so far and renewable energy, 95% reuse and value chain as part of a science- and a majority of key suppliers have suppliers understand the plastic issue is on-track to reach 1,000 tonnes by zero to landfill, compliance on modern based target to reduce absolute reported a decrease in their carbon and, following a positive response, the the end of 2020. slavery and 100% transparency of emissions across the full value chain emissions. procurement strategy has changed by key issues, equality, diversity and by 28% by 2025. not procuring any form of single-use inclusion act, health and safety, as plastic within the distribution centres. well as adhering to ISO standards and tackling water stress.

Morgan Sindall Heathrow Airport Infrastructure Innovation Gateway Heathrow has worked with 56% of Morgan Sindall is aiming to reduce Ella’s Kitchen its direct suppliers (16 companies) on scope 3 emissions by 25% by 2025, Partners including Tesco, Heathrow, projects aimed at reducing emissions this includes purchased goods and RBS, Kingfisher, Places for People, Ella’s Kitchen’s survey to gain a greater and is part of forums such as the upstream transport, and have 70% of Nottingham City Council, Unite understanding of the mindset of its Heathrow Sustainability Partnership, its suppliers set their own science- Students, BT, Greene King, and the suppliers achieved its own mindset which aims to deliver and promote based targets. The company is NHS are convening through the change in the process. Today, four out practical sustainability solutions that promoting this through collaborative Innovation Gateway to share best- of the company’s five largest suppliers cover the Airport’s Energy Code of workshops which explore innovative practice approaches, performance have committed to achieving full B Practice. This enabled the airport to new products and services. A data from pilots and sourcing the Corp status, with one supplier already achieve level 3 Supply workshop with Tarmac and Brunel innovations they need to address their certified. Following the in-depth chain accreditation, one of only three University, for example, resulted in toughest built environment challenges survey, Ella’s Kitchen provided suppliers companies to do so. The Airport is a ideas that will reduce emissions through a “Power of Many” approach. with scorecards based on data London Living Wage (LLW) employer throughout the lifecycle of concrete Since 2014, more than 700 innovations received and the organisation will use and is ensuring all direct suppliers manufacture, which will benefit the have been sourced as Innovation the data and scorecards to engage were also guaranteed the LLW wider built environment sector. Other Gateway continues to de-risk the with suppliers to create practical movement. long-term supplier relations are adoption of innovative technologies steps to improve approaches to scoping new methods that can lower and democratising the next big sustainability and societal impacts. emissions in the aviation sector. sustainability ideas.

19 event.edie.net/awards #edieAwards2020 #susleaders Sustainability Leader of the Year

Jim Martin Emma Cathryn Simone Robert Brisby Gettings Harvey Higgs Hindmarch Spencer

Under Jim’s leadership, Martin’s colleagues describe Drawn by both the challenge Cathryn has led the Co-op’s Energy, belief and empowerment Robert’s strategy is built on Cranswick has set an ambitious him as a natural storyteller and opportunities of a carbon- ethics and sustainability of others are the mainstay of climate risk, natural capital and vision to become the most who passionately believes intensive sector, Emma has built work for more than 20 years, Simone’s approach. Since joining circular economy innovations. sustainable global meat business in tackling challenges at the on Virgin Atlantic’s sustainability with colleagues praising her Commercial, she has developed Since joining AECOM, he has by 2030 – and to help actors personal and global level, as plans over her nine-year tenure unwavering determination to and delivered an award- led much of the firm’s internal across the wider food system to well as on a business basis, to deliver a long-term framework deliver continual people-focused winning employee engagement and client-facing sustainability take action on climate change. “making sustainability real”. In built on multi-stakeholder, progress across challenges and sustainability leadership work, including the development Jim has also been the driving his role at Canary Wharf Group, evidence-based approaches. ranging from Fairtrade sourcing to programme which has delivered 19 of its UK & Ireland sustainability force behind the company’s he has built a new long-term She’s redefined and developed climate change and packaging. projects to completion and, more policy and, latterly, its climate action on plastics, which is sustainability strategy and Virgin Atlantic’s carbon strategy She has been instrumental in broadly, inspired professionals emergency response framework. centred around transparency, gained board-level agreement, to include support for net-zero, Co-op’s alignment with the across the UK to take responsibility Outside of his main role, Robert site-specific engagement and mandate and budget to deliver with her hard work having UN’s SDGs; its introduction of for the part they can play in is researching net-gain as chair stakeholder collaboration, and on its ambitions – including resulted in a multi-million-pound compostable carrier bags; and tackling key challenges. Within the of the Environmental Industries has seen 800 tonnes removed sector-leading circular fleet renewal programme; 20% its continued collaboration across business, she drove the delivery of Commission Natural Capital Task from the business since 2018. economy goals. Additionally, emissions reductions since the wider retail sector on ethical its target to reduce emissions by Force and is global technical lead he has created a strong new 2007; a 2018-19 CDP leadership sourcing, always striving to uplift 75% in three years and continues for GNIplus – an organisation sustainability department to score of A-; and advances in others along the way. to demonstrate the business working to help Kenya align with deliver on this vision. the company’salternative fuel case for ambitious action as the Paris Agreement. partnership with LanzaTech. Commercial grows.

20 event.edie.net/awards #edieAwards2020 #susleaders Sustainability Leader of the Year (Cont.)

Louise Townsend José Villalón Richard Walker Kate Weinberg

Louise has created and implemented José brings deep experience in both After joining Iceland as a cashier in 2012, Kate is one half of OVO Energy’s two- ’s sustainability and private-sector farming and NGO Richard has worked tirelessly and now uses woman sustainability team, which has had social value strategy, posited as the first sustainability engagement to Nutreco, his standing to advocate for charity and a transformational impact on the business of its kind within the global construction which is working to drive transformational environmental issues. Colleagues describe since it was set up in 2018. The company is sector. But it is her ability to collaborate change towards a sustainable food Richard as having a personal drive to going beyond incremental improvements as well as strategise – with all manner of sector. Besides leading the company’s challenge and change the status quo with its long-term Plan Zero strategy, stakeholders – which shone through for the sustainability strategising, reporting, supply around climate and social justice – a drive which commits it to net-zero by 2030 and, judges. She continues to deliver effective chain auditing and NGO partnerships, which has resulted in the company setting more broadly, to “solving the climate crisis” engagement programmes for 6,000 of he is the co-founder and chair of the industry-leading plastics and palm oil through collaboration with customers. One Morgan Sindall’s employees and moer Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), pledges. Whether through his engagement particularly visionary idea Kate initiated and than 25,000 of its supply chain workers; which now certifies more than 1.7 million with staff or consumers, Richard’s mission is developed is a membership model for OVO and her ability to align environmental with tonnes of seafood annually. He also played to “democratise ”. Energy, which aims to engage a new class community and economy has attracted the a core role in Nutreco’s signing of the of “prosumers” with the energy transition. attention of both central Government and Cerrado Manifesto on deforestation. devolved powers in Wales and Scotland.

21 event.edie.net/awards #edieAwards2020 #susleaders Sustainability Reporting & Communications

ArcelorMittal supported by Bakkafrost Shell Smurfit Kappa and Emperor Ulker Biskuvi San. ve Tic. A.S. FalconWindsor Bakkafrost was a Best-Performer in the As it strives to halve the net carbon footprint Smurfit Kappa uses a three-piece reporting Ulker Biskuvi’s sustainability report tracks In 2018, ArcelorMittal published its first 2019 Coller-FAIRR-Protein-Producer-Index, of the energy products it sells by 2050, suite – consisting of a detailed 70-page progress towards the company’s 2024 climate action report, combining financial partly due to the increased transparency Shell’s 2018 sustainability report provides report, summary report and ‘super-summary’ goals – recorded through comprehensive and non-financial performance to engage measures implemented for its annual readers with in-depth information on report – to ensure that its publications are and independently asserted materiality stakeholders. The report forms part of its sustainability report. Available as both a 40- progress and challenges across 65 topics. accessible to a range of stakeholders. The assessments – as well as providing easy-to-use online reporting suite, which page document and a concise web page, The report is accessible in the form of a PDF company claims that this framework has information on wider trends and opinions also includes the company’s factbook and the report aligns with GRI frameworks and and a webpage – both of which have an enabled clear articulation of its overall from executives. The report is accompanied integrated annual review. ArcelorMittal has uses a traffic-light system to enable readers interactive table of contents and the latter approach and key projects. All three of the by a “Z-card” infographic to provide key experienced a 360% increase in downloads to track progress at a glance. For 2019, of which is searchable. It is aligned with the reports contain an easy-to-understand information at a glance, and has been of its integrated annual review since information on topics including fish mortality UNGC and received Shell’s highest WBCSD infographic, developed using stakeholder-led repeatedly promoted by Ulker Biskuvi during switching to this innovative, platform-based causes, ecosystem management in fjords, reporting score methodology, and case studies showcasing its year-round calendar of webinars. It has format, while maintaining alignment with and packaging materials were added for best practice. additionally helped top-level executives to frameworks such as the GRI and TCFD. the first time. to date. share information on social media.

Tüpraş (Turkish Petroleum Arm Co-op SIG Refineries Corporation) VEON Group Arm has recorded a 6,000% increase in Co-op’s sustainability reporting backs up Documenting progress towards its net- Tüpraş’ sustainability reporting is based on VEON Group’s sustainability report provides views of its sustainability pages since its the claims the retailer showcases in its It’s positive ambitions, SIG’s CR 2018 report the results of a comprehensive materiality not only quantitative data, but stories of the 2018 reporting was produced. By using a What We Do communications campaign, showcases the company’s industry-leading assessment and stands out in that both individuals and groups who have benefitted two-report structure (one global goals report tracking progress against the SDGs and projects while being transparent around quantitative and qualitative information on from its CSR efforts worldwide. These “VEON and one sustainability data report) and internal KPIs in accordance with GRI and challenges and shortfalls. Indeed, it features progress is provided across all focus areas. voices” humanise the company’s efforts, complementing these documents with a UNGC requirements. Co-op claims that direct reporting from the company’s external The SDG-aligned and GRI-compliant report conveying the impacts of its projects to short video summarising key achievements, third-party assurance of its reporting is the CR advisory group. The report is aligned with details positive and negative impacts with external stakeholders and providing a good the technology giant has successfully made most robust in its sector and prides itself on the SDGs and the GRI requirements and uses equal weighting and, to enable users to hook to attract report views via social its disclosures engaging to a range of the wide scope of topics covered. The report bold visuals to tell time-pressed users about make clear comparisons, also contains media. The GRI-aligned report itself provides internal and external stakeholders. Overall, has underpinned the success of Co-op’s SIG’s progress in going “Way Beyond Good” charts and data sets regarding the wider easy-to-read data across four key business Arm’s reports clearly explain how the advertising campaign, which has been seen to deliver a net-positive impact on people petroleum industry. It is available both online functions, positioning ethics and environment business is delivering projects to address 14 more than nine times by eight-in-10 Brits. and planet. and as a PDF, in both Turkish and English, as equally important as – and intrinsically of the UN’s 17 SDGs. and claims to be Turkey’s first GRI-compliant linked to – financial performance. CR report.

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Canary Wharf Group Ella’s Kitchen Iceland Foods Multiplex Construction Thai Union In June 2019, Canary Wharf Group Through its ‘Good Stuff We Do’ The Iceland Foods Doing it Right Europe The company’s global sustainability became the world’s first commercial team and report, the company has (Sustainability) Team has 1,000 The sustainability team at Multiplex team contends with different policy centre to achieve Plastic Free conducted a materiality assessment employees - but only two have Construction Europe has delivered environments in every region in Community (PFC) status from marine on its business, developed a new sustainability as their full-time job. the management and delivery of its which it operates, with seamless conservation charity Surfers Against sustainability strategy and committed Doing it Right has been the company’s Positive Impact Strategy over the past coordination and flexibility required Sewage (SAS). This was the result of a to meeting 20 targets by 2024 to mantra for almost 50 years, so when year. Sustainability and environment to ensure delivery of its global 12-month commitment and dedication improve its social and environmental managing director Richard Walker took are embedded throughout Multiplex’s sustainability strategy, SeaChange. from a core project team that created impact. Additionally, it has targeted board responsibility for sustainability activities with a team of 13 dedicated Its extended sustainability team and deployed the plan and galvanised consumers through partnerships with in 2017, he created a team that sustainability professionals based comprises expertise across a range of collective action from within the FareShare and Action against Hunger, embedded sustainability in the heart centrally and directly on projects, disciplines from fish purchasing in the business and externally with tenants, and coordinated volunteering days of the business. The team formulated a tasked with driving the sustainability Indian Ocean to implementing office partners, suppliers and the 150,000 for staff. The team sits at the heart of plan that made Doing it Right key to all strategy. In 2019, its Better Workspaces improvements at its brands around working population of Canary Wharf. the Ella’s Kitchen business and inspires business decisions and gave new life strategy has raised the standard of the globe. Its multi-disciplinary, global the wider “Be the Change” team and to Iceland’s historic role as a corporate temporary facilities on construction team comprises dedicated specialists prioritises sustainability initiatives. activist. Results include global attention sites including comfort, air quality, who develop and deliver an for environmental issues, reputational energy efficiency, noise levels, single integrated plan of initiatives, spanning enhancement and more engaged use plastic elimination, nutrition, its four core programs; responsible colleagues. fitness, diversity and inclusion. sourcing, responsible operations, safe and legal labour, and people and communities.

Dubai Electricity & Water Authority EO Charging The team at Dubai Electricity & Water Authority has deployed an advanced The team at EO Charging strives to educate others on the benefits metering infrastructure-water project, Marks & Spencer North West Cambridge which involved an integrated system of driving electric vehicles and in of smart meters, communications doing so has built a rapidly growing The energy management team Development Willmott Dixon business. Over the past year, EO has overcome barriers to raise the networks, and data management Eddington, the central neighbourhood Charging has secured partnerships importance of energy to the business, Willmott Dixon Group Sustainability systems to ensure bilateral in the North West Cambridge with EDF Energy, Octopus Electric gaining senior leadership buy-in and (WDGS) is a team of experts united communications between utilities and Development of city centre housing, Vehicles, Sainsbury’s Online, Uber and financial and operational support to in “caring about tomorrow”. Part of customers. This project contributed has been earmarked as an exemplar other large organisations. Cross- continue to deliver year-on-year an Willmott Dixon Holdings, the 15-strong to the reduction of unaccounted for of sustainability by the University of pollination within the organisation absolute reduction of 5% in electricity team with environmental and social water from 8.2% in 2015 to 6.5% in Cambridge. Measures throughout the is strongly encouraged, ensuring for the past three years. It has sciences specialisms has enabled 2018, saving 2.1 billion gallons of water project aimed to encourage residents expertise and ideas are shared with achieved a total energy efficiency the business to achieve industry- and reducing 49,747tCO2e. and visitors to lead more sustainable employees given full autonomy to increase of 40% to 34.4KWh per sq.ft leading performance in its own lives such as water recycling, fulfil their role and an entrepreneurial compared with the 2006/07 baseline. operations. This includes a 59% CO2 biodiversity in open spaces, a district mindset is encouraged, regardless of Energy is now seen as one of M&S’s intensity reduction since 2010 and a heating scheme and sustainable travel level or paygrade. largest operational costs and one 57% reduction in waste since 2012. through car-share, bus routes, and which can drive opportunity for the It has driven innovations in building a dedicated pedestrian and cycling business. design, performance and supply chain highway. carbon.

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Kaluza Acclaro Advisory GridBeyond Outram Research Renewable Exchange Kaluza is cloud-based and uses AI and The Sustainable Facilities Management Index At the heart of GridBeyond’s offering sits machine learning to optimise smart devices Outram’s Real Time Fault Level Monitor helps This innovation is digitising and modernising is the UK’s only sustainability benchmark Point – its digital smart technology platform. including EVs, heaters and energy storage network operators to maximise stability the ways in which participants in the and roadmap for facilities management The innovation uses machine learning and devices by analysing consumer behaviours and security of supply as more renewable renewable power purchase agreement firms and currently assesses 20% of the UK’s big data to ensure users can capitalise on and real-time market signals. It is aimed generation comes online and as energy (PPA) work with each other. It automates £75bn outsourced FM market. The digital tool their forays into flexibility, telling them when at empowering business and domestic demands change amid trends such as the tendering process between generators scores users against 23 ESG criteria using to charge or to discharge in order to realise device users, as well as network operators, transport electrification. It provides users and suppliers, saving both parties time and methodology approved by the likes of WWF, maximum carbon and cost savings. It’s to partake in the transition to a more with real time fault level values in as little as resources, while minimising room for error. In then helps them to embed best practice already being used by a range of businesses efficient and flexible energy future though an 10 seconds, enabling improvement in safety less than 12 months, 1GW of capacity was going forward. Users achieve an average across the water, manufacturing, healthcare, easy-to-use app. The developers claim that and efficiency. Crucially, it helps network tendered through the platform. Generators 20% increase in their Index score by using its logistics, retail, hospitality and technology uptake of scale on a domestic basis alone operators to maximise network city without experienced increased visibility of power bespoke advice. sectors, with one client having uncovered an could deliver £6.9bn of cost savings. investing in expensive reinforcement and markets, enabling them to save operational additional 66% energy flexibility and reduced upgrades, which, in themselves, are often costs and secure higher bids, while suppliers its annual carbon footprint by 400 tonnes. resource-intense. Outram claims it is primed found it quicker and easier to connect with for global uptake. relevant projects.

Connected Kerb Lorax Compliance Connected Kerb’s smart cities infrastructure IES Lorax’s bespoke, cloud-based software programme combines data at kerbside to aims to help companies meet Extended Reconomy Syzygy Consulting enable charging and connectivity for electric IES claims that its intelligent Communities Producer Responsibility (EPR) and Product and autonomous vehicles and support Lifecycle (ICL) is the world’s first tech Stewardship requirements. It imports product The complexity of understanding their waste EVlab combines data from more than the application of advanced Internet of suite that enables users to forecast the and sales details into a single database and activities is overwhelming to many. To that 300,000 datapoints and 10 different sources Things technologies. Each unit consists of a environmental performance of any built translates this data to ensure that clients end, Reconomy’s Zero Waste tool, which can to analyse local EV markets, helping real subterranean Node Box and above-ground environment project using digital twinning. are meeting global waste management be accessed through any internet-enabled estate firms and local authorities to identify charging points made from 80%+ recycled The ICL links physics-based simulations and reporting requirements in accordance device, converts user data on resources and the best locations to install EV chargers. tyres, and is Wi-Fi and 5G-compatible, with the Internet of Things, sensor readings, with both national law and international waste into a singular, normalised output. It With the number of electric vehicles (EVs) in enabling air quality and road congestion machine learning and AI, providing guidance. To date, more than 500,000 then aggregates metrics against recognised the UK now outnumbering charging points, sensors. Connected Kerb sold 1,500 of these decision-makers with the information they tonnes of packaging has been handled international standards, helping users the innovation aims to give these actors the units in 2019 and the firm believes they can need to make their projects more resource through the software, with users recording plot a course to alignment with the Paris information they need to make investments be installed in any residential street or car and energy-efficient. It is available to high engagement rates and a desire to go Agreement’s more ambitious 1.5C pathway. which will pay back not only now, but in park. all interested parties, and has delivered even further. The tool uses methodologies already helping future. EVlab has been used on more than 80 multi-million-pound savings for Glasgow’s finance firms to assess the sustainability of projects to date and experienced positive Riverside Museum, Houston’s Capitol Tower their portfolios. feedback from clients including Schroders, and a university in Singapore. Nuveen Real Estate and RPMI Railpen.

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DPD UK The Climate Group Zedify In 2018, DPD UK became the first The Climate Group’s EV100 initiative Zedify has revamped its delivery business in its sector to implement has a goal of making EVs “the new approach by offering brands, and all-electric operations at delivery sites normal” by 2030. It brings together therefore clients, what customers in Westminster and Shoreditch. The nearly 60 global businesses publicly want – bespoke delivery times from parcel delivery firm is now using 39 committing to shift their fleets to active living wage employed staff, electric vehicles (EVs) at the two sites, EV and/or install chargingpoints delivered by a zero-emission logistics and has cut CO2 emissions from 3.75 across their sites by 2030. At the service that leads to cleaner air and tonnes per month to zero. Following time of the first EV100 Annual Report quiet deliveries that impact positively the success of this project, a further 55 (2018), 23 businesses, operating in 66 on their environment. Established in EVs have been deployed at 16 depots markets had collectively committed 2018, Zedify has doubled in size over nationwide, reducing CO2 emissions more 145,000 vehicles, and already the past 12 months, transferring more by 47 tonnes overall. transitioned 10,000 vehicles to electric. than 300,000 deliveries to zero- Since then, its membership has more emission than doubled.

Responsible Travel In Spring 2019, tourism firm Responsible Ulker Biskuvi San. Travel launched its manifesto on aviation and the climate crisis. It ve Tic. A.Ş consists of a Green Flying Duty: an Logistics is a very big part of Ulker‘s eco-tax on flights and ring-fenced operations, which consists of 20 money for R&D into lower carbon distribution centres and equates travel. It has been lobbying industry, to 30 million kilometres travelled media and government for change. per year. With a target to reduce On every holiday page, the company logistic operation emissions by has included information about the 20% by 2024, the deployment of carbon impact of holidays: including digitalisation schemes, root and pallet comparisons of transport options, optimisation, and improving route a CO2 flight calculator and is now efficiency, Ulker is on course for a 15% working to carbon label its holidays. emissionsreduction by 2019, putting it well ahead of schedule for its logistics goal.

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Calik Denim Aurelius Environmental JPA Furniture Leanpath UK Marston’s in partnership with UKWSL Calik Denim has developed a novel The lead-acid battery recycling industry is technique to recover and reuse indigo dye More than 90,000 redundant office furniture Leanpath’s data-focused approach to food waste In 2016, Marston’s environmental performance saw cited as being the world’s most polluting and cotton fibres from residual wastes of items are sent to landfill every week and JPA has delivered change across the supply chain and recycling levels sitting a 60%, landfill at 40% and industry’. Aurelius Environmental’s technology warp dyed yarns and old denim fabrics. has proven that SMEs can make a difference improved internal engagement. A measurement- recovery at 0%. By 2019 and in partnership with revolutionises the recycling of these The solvent from the washing process is to resource efficiency. JPA’s Project DODO driven process has maximised supply chain impact UKWSL, this has improved to 78% for recycling, 22% batteries: reducing the carbon footprint by recovered at high percentages, creating a has optimised an existing furniture fitting by enabling culinarians to prevent the occurrence of for recovery and just 0.5% for landfill. Auditing and 85%; reduce landfill (slag) by more than 90%; strong performing closed-loop process. Calik teams, warehouse and vehicle fleet to gain food waste upfront. In addition, by inspiring kitchen re-education programmes were delivered, alongside eliminate noxious gases, including sulphur Denim’s innovative approach means that full control over the entire order process of staff to take control of their food waste, Leanpath has innovative bottle banks and cardboard balers and dioxide, at no added cost; and saving undyed textile fibres can be recovered from furniture reuse. So far, JPA has diverted more developed food waste reduction programmes including Marston’s is now the first of the big five UK pub energy - around 7,000 MWh per 10,000 dyed fibres and used for new production, a than 24,300 items from landfill (510 tonnes) donation and composting. Since 2014, Leanpath chains to achieve “Zero Landfill” status. Martson’s and tonnes throughput. Its objective is to deliver first for the sector. The company claims the and re-homed more than 4,100 furniture has enabled culinary teams across 37 countries to UKWSL can also prove some impressive returns on a holistic zero-waste platform for battery recycling approach has generated “fruitful” items back into the local community. prevent more than 19 million kilograms of food waste, investments from the rollout of new waste cutting recyclers. economic returns. eliminating 136,000tCO2e. measurements.

WASTE AND ENVIRONMENTAL Lands End Cottage Azzurri Restaurants Ltd and Cranswick Lloyds Banking Group with UKWSL Lands End Cottage has become single-use Cranswick signed up to Champions 12.3 plastic free at its picturesque, luxury location. In 2019, Lloyds Banking Group announced new targets Casual dining firm Azzurri has boosted in 2018, committing to help halve global The phasing-out of single-use plastics has to reduce operational waste by 80% by 2025 and to recycling levels to 82% and recovering of food loss and waste by 2030. In response, been split into two areas; consumables eliminate 90% of single-use plastics in its catering & select materials to just under 18%, meaning Cranswick has reduced food waste by 20%, within the cottage and cleaning and laundry cleaning operations in 2019. The group has engaged that just 0.1% of the waste it generates is representing more than 1,400 tonnes. This products used. Locally produced bath bomb with suppliers and launched a staff-focused “war on sent to landfill. The company partnered has largely been driven through internal and melts and shower soaps have replaced waste” to drive change. Progress to date has seen a with UKWSL to engage 50 contractors to engagement. All sites have undergone plastic alternatives and sachets of coffee, reduction in overall operational waste of 4,600 tonnes map existing disposal routes and agree to food loss and waste-mapping exercises sugar and hot chocolate are now in jars and in 2019 and more than 35 million fewer single-use alternatives to ensure nothing goes to waste and developed an action plan to eliminate milk comes from a local “milkbot” in reusable catering items entering the waste stream each year. via landfill. A dedicated food waste project avoidable food production waste. Each glass bottles. Lands End believes there is not Best-practice advice on waste reduction has been sees leftover food collected for redistribution site has a team of Waste Warriors piloting another holiday cottage available which is made available to colleagues via an employee via Fareshare, while audits have uncovered new ideas and solutions using technology, completely free of single-use plastics. collaboration portal. ways to improve collections of recyclable behavioural change and strategic materials. Customers are also offered partnerships. Cranswick has also partnered reusable items to avoid the use of single-use with food distribution platforms to ensure items. surplus food goes to a good cause.

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The Coca-Cola Foundation working in NHS Highland Ulker Biskuvi San. ve Tic. A.Ş. WRAP, Rivers Trust, WWF and BITC partnership with WWF UK Caithness General is aiming to become the only With water being a key resource for agricultural firms, WRAP’s Courtauld 2025 Water Ambition has catalysed As part of an aim to be “water-neutral” and source hospital on the planet to be awarded Alliance of Ulker Biskuvi created a revamped water management more than 40 food and drink businesses, water companies main agricultural ingredients sustainably, Coca-Cola Water Stewardship (AWS) standard for work to reduce approach as part of a broader 2024 sustainability strategy. and on-the-ground delivery organisations to act within their has been working with WWF since 2012 to protect and the impact of pharmaceuticals on waterways. The Daily monitoring of water consumption allowed for the own operations to improve water efficiency. In partnership enhance English rivers. To date, the organisations have hospital has been working with the Green Breakthrough detection and remedy of leaks at all points of production, with WWF, the Rivers Trust and BITC, WRAP has created engaged more than 2,500 farmers to deliver sustainable Partnership through NHS Highland to carry out in-depth while reverse osmosis systems were introduced to enable a five-step process to get business to voluntarily monitor, practices, resulting in over 3,600 acres of land being analysis of water quality across the value chain, and reuse. As a result, water consumption has decreased by 32% collaborate and progressively act to reduce water stress. To farmed more sustainably, with measurably improved soil will aim to share the process with other healthcare sites and water intensity by 30%. The organisation has reached date, more than 500 suppliers have been engaged in water and water quality. In total, 1.5 billion litres of water have across the region. its water targets six years early, with 107,000m3 of water management across the globe. been replenished back to the environment. saved in 2018.

Turkish Petroleum Refineries Kimberly-Clark Corporation WİSER WASH KONFEKSİYON TEKSTİL DIŞ TİCARET ANONİM ŞİRKETİ When Cape Town was suffering from severe water The Izmir Refinery New Water Treatment Plant is a scarcity in 2018, Kimberly-Clark deployed a science- large-scale investment, launchedin a bid to create Wiser Wash has created a patented approach to denim based water management tool to mitigate risks related a refinery with one of the lowest water footprints in decolourisation that has drastically saved on water use and to quantity, quality, and ageing infrastructure in the area. Europe. The plant treats and reuses different wastewater reduced harmful chemical use to zero, without impacting on The company reduced water in its facility by 56% and sources as the primary water supply for the Izmir the look or design of the product. The patented approach used its approach to engage government and local refinery, where water quality and supply play a crucial relies on ozonation to replace corrosive and hazardous leaders to analyse community-based solutions to water role in safety, operational reliability and profitability. The chemical use. As the approach doesn’t require rewashes, risks. plant has enhanced the protection of natural resources less than a cup of water is used in the process. Water use and eliminated municipality wastewater discharge to has been reduced by 40% on average and Wiser Wash has sea. set up processes to share the technology.

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