 At the recent Summer Eventia conference the events industry organisation announced the winners of their ‘Leading Lights’ and Corporate Case Studies.
Over the past few months Eventia had called for case studies from both individuals and organisations within the industry to illustrate how they or their company reduced carbon-usage or assisted in the community to make significant and measurable changes to how their business is run. The submissions were judged by the CSR working party and Hugo Kimber of The Carbon Consultancy.
At the event Graham Harvey, Cleaning and Waste Manager from ExCel was announced as the ‘Leading Lights’ winner for championing the recycling facility at ExCel, which takes card, plastic, paper, wood glass and cans. Graham also then invested in an industrial wormery to reduce food waste. ExCeL now recycles 78% of its waste and has reduced its landfill amount by 17% in 2007, primarily due to Graham’s pioneering actions.
Eventia also announced performance improvement company Maritz as the winner of its CSR Case Study award. Aileen Reuter, Eventia Board member for CSR and Director of Marketing, Maritz, was awarded a special commendation for her work spearheading the Eventia CSR committee, notably developing the One Future initiative and the recently launched online CSR micro-site.
Izania Downie, Executive Director of Eventia, commented: 'Maritz won due to the significant and measurable changes they put in place following a carbon-audit, which resulted in a dramatic reduction in energy usage and wastage plus a committed employee-education programme. Aileen drives the Eventia CSR working party and the success of our initiatives is primarily due to her and the work she does with our carbon partner, The Carbon Consultancy.'
Both winners were awarded a pair of Leisure Select return tickets on Eurostar, kindly donated by Eurostar who are a shining example of environmental travel and have an active representative on the Eventia CSR working party.
Eurostar received a special commendation for their case study which illustrates how a successful business can make a considerable impact on carbon-usage through careful consideration of all processes from produce-sourcing to water-recycling. Eurostar promotes these to both their employees and customers through their Tread Lightly programme.
Contact
Telephone: 0121 212 1400
Email: izania.downie@eventia.org.uk
Website: www.eventia.org.uk
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