Wandsworth Green Business Awards

Wandsworth Council, through the Economic Development Office, encourage and support Wandsworth Businesses to grow and prosper.  This includes organising award schemes where businesses have the opportunity to showcase their talents.  Details of the Wandsworth Green Business Awards are below:  

Wandsworth Green Business Awards 2008 
The 2008 Wandsworth Green Business Awards, open to all businesses in Wandsworth, launched on 1st July and culminated in an awards ceremony held on Monday 17th November during the Wandsworth Business Forum at The Clapham Grand, St John's Hill, Clapham Junction (Battersea).   More details of Wandsworth Business Forums, which are open to all Wandsworth businesses, can be found on the Business Support page, including details of how to book your free place at these regular events.

This year's Wandsworth Green Business Awards, assessed Committment, Innovation and Impact and Influence. This year, alongside the Council, the panel of judges consisted of representatives from Wandsworth Chamber of Commerce, Liberata and the Go Green Project (managed by South London Biz).

The overall winner, Wandsworth's Green Business Champion 2008, is Lamberts Restaurant of Station Parade, Balham whose entry listed plenty of good green achievements, such as: the regular recycling of paper, tin cans, foils, some plastics, glass and cardboard; conversion of cooking oil into bio-fuel and serving unlimited filtered tap water to customers.  The British menu means Lamberts are able to source local and sustainable produce of an extremely high quality.  Their environmental philosopy is passed on to all staff and allows customers to make an informed choice about where they dine. 

Category details, winning and highly commended businesses are shown below:

Commitment Category
The commitment shown to the green agenda - e.g. energy saving, reduction of emissions, waste recycling and reduction.

Winner
The Victoria Public House, Queenstown Road, Battersea

Highly commended
Laban Hair and Beauty Limited, Lavender Hill.
Murdock Books UK Limited, Upper Richmond Road.
Tara Arts, Earlsfield.
www.yourgardener.com Putney

Innovation Category
Evidence that the green initiative represents a new approach or method or project for the sector, the area, or the business or their staff.

Joint Winners
Chi (Low Hub) Limited, New Covent Garden Market
www.nappyvalley.co.uk, SW12

Highly Commended
www.letsallshare.com, Southfields.
D G Law, SW11

Impact and Influence Category
The achievements made towards influencing others. The impact of the activity in the wider market place, on the supply chain and/or generally on reducing the negative effects of business activity on the environment.

Winner
Tony Palmer Joinery, Earlsfield, SW17

Highly Commended
Tooting South Medical Centre, Otturburn Road

The 2008 Business Awards were supported by Wandsworth Chamber of Commerce, ERDF, Newsquest (publishers of the Green Guardian), the London Development Agency, the Go Green Project, Liberata and Wandsworth Council.

If you would like more information on the Wandsworth Green Business Awards please contact Fiona Bleach on 020 8871 6415 or at fbleach@wandsworth.gov.uk