It’s a hat-trick as Veolia Water scoops industry awards
Posted: Monday 5th July 2010
As World Cup fever grips the nation, Veolia Water has scored a hat-trick of industry awards for its environmental leadership.
Recently, Veolia Water companies picked up the following awards:
- Business Commitment to the Environment (BCE) Environmental Leadership Award – Major Commendation (awarded jointly to Veolia Water Central and Stanmore Quality Services))
- Business in the Community (BITC) Awards for Excellence - Big Tick (Asda Environmental Leadership Award) (awarded to Veolia Water UK). In addition Veolia Water has been shortlisted for the BITC Example of Excellence Award for Environmental Leadership, to be announced next month.
- Veolia Water UK also retained its ‘Platinum’ status in the BITC Corporate Responsibility Index in 2009 for its continued high-level commitment to responsible business.
BCEEnvironmental Leadership Award - Veolia Water Central
Hertfordshire-based company Veolia Water Central, which supplies drinking water to 3.2 million people in North London and the south-east, received a Major Commendation from BCE for linking up with its highways reinstatement and maintenance partner Stanmore Quality Services (SQS) to reduce the environmental impact of its street works by changing industry standards and practices for sustainable waste recycling. The partnership has resulted in more than 20,000 tonnes of excavated street works waste being recycled and reused to back-fill trenches and a saving of almost 2,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide.
BITC ‘Big Tick’ - Veolia WaterUK
Veolia Water UK, the parent company for three water supply companies in the UK, including Veolia Water Central, was not only ranked among those companies in the UK with ‘Retained Platinum’ status in the BITC’s Corporate Responsibility Index, but also received a coveted ‘Big Tick’ for demonstrating environmental leadership in water efficiency and resource efficiency.
Examples of innovation included the Veolia Water Central/SQS excavated waste recycling project and a new sustainable process for treating rainwater falling on landfill sites, which produces commercially viable by-products.
Veolia Water UK CEO Frédéric Devos said:
“We are delighted that Veolia Water’s continued commitment to environmental leadership and technological innovation has been recognised by these two respected organisations. The environment is the basis of our business and we ensure that our environmental strategy is embedded into everything we do.
“The projects highlighted in these awards demonstrate how it is possible to be environmentally responsible, cutting our waste and carbon footprint, and commercially viable at the same time.
“We can now share with others how effective partnership and innovation can improve resource efficiency and the bottom line. We hope where we innovate others follow.”
