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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. Luke Nicholls Content Director edie Sponsored by Supported by 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 Crown Estate 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. 4 event.edie.net/awards #edieAwards2020 #susleaders Business of the Year Barry Callebaut Grosvenor Britain & Ireland Landsec 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