Green Business Awards
Introduction
2009 Wandsworth Green and Heartbeat Awards
We encourage and support Wandsworth Businesses to grow and prosper. This includes organising award schemes where businesses have the opportunity to showcase their talents.
The Wandsworth Green Business Awards 2009 are open to all businesses in Wandsworth.
The awards recognise businesses that do their bit to reduce their carbon footprint and help the environment.
Examples include setting up a recycling scheme, reducing energy use - such as changing to low voltage lighting - and encouraging staff to cycle to work or use public transport rather than driving.
Judges will be looking for particularly outstanding examples of commitment and innovation that have a real impact and may help influence other businesses in the future.
Winners will receive prizes, free promotion and will be entitled to display the Go Green Plus logo. Winners, and those demonstrating significant achievements in reducing their footprint and helping the environment, will also be included in a Green and Sustainable Business directory that will be promoted throughout the borough.
The awards are being sponsored by Liberata, the European Regional Development Fund, the Go Green Plus project, Wandsworth Chamber of Commerce and publishers of the Wandsworth Guardian.
The closing date for the Green Business Awards has been extended to Monday 18 January 2010.
How to enter
Complete a form online or download an application form.
The 2009 Green Business Awards Guidance Notes are available.
For further information or to request an application form please contact Mike Roberts or Joe Baker on 020 8871 7807 or 020 8871 7693 or email mroberts@wandsworth.gov.uk or jbaker@wandsworth.gov.uk.
The Awards will be presented at Wandsworth Council's 2009 Green and Heartbeat Awards ceremony which is taking place on the evening of Wednesday 10 February 2010 at the new Chelsea Bridge Hotel, 354 Queenstown Road, SW8 4AE (next to QVC).
Doors will open at 6pm for registration and networking and the Awards will start at 7pm.
This award ceremony will celebrate the winners and nominees of three of the Council's most prestigious awards, the Green Business Awards, the Green Champion Awards and the Heartbeat Awards. It will recognise businesses and those in the community that do their bit to reduce carbon footprint, help the environment and are committed to provide healthy foods and hygiene to a high standard.
Green Guardian regional business awards
In addition one of the winners of the Green Business Awards will also be entered into the Green Guardian regional business awards, which will take place on Friday 26 February 2010 at the Wyndham Grand Hotel, Chelsea Harbour.
For more information about the Awards ceremony on the 10 February 2010, contact Seventeen Events at Wandsworth@Seventeenevents.co.uk or telephone them on 020 7515 5775 or alternatively contact Mike Roberts on 020 8871 7807 or at mroberts@wandsworth.gov.uk.
If you would like to put up a display stand at this event, please register on line at www.outsourcedregistration.com/wandsworthawards.
Last year's overall winner, Wandsworth's Green Business Champion 2008, was Lamberts Restaurant of Station Parade, Balham. Its achievements included 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. Its British menu means Lamberts is also able to source local and sustainable produce of an extremely high quality. This environmental philosopy is passed on to all staff and allows customers to make an informed choice about where they dine.
Awards finalists video
Looking for some tips on how to incorporate a green agenda within your day-to-day business? Here is an online video of the 2008 finalists talking about their entry to Wandsworth's Green Business Awards and their efforts to green their business practices.
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