City Building Named Best Green Large Company at Premier Scottish Green Awards
GLASGOW—October 5th, 2009
Staff at City Building (Glasgow) LLP were celebrating this week after winning the award for Best Green Large Company at the Insider Magazine Scottish Green Awards.
The prestigious event, the first to be held, took place at the Glasgow Science Centre and was packed out by representatives from businesses contending for the ‘green oscars’.
City Building, which is one of Scotland’s largest construction companies and employs over 2,000 staff, scooped the top award for demonstrating the significant achievement of reducing their carbon footprint (for gas and electricity consumption) by 25 per cent since 2007 - with plans to stretch this even further.
In addition, City Building’s Royal Strathclyde Blindcraft Industries (RSBi), one of Europe’s largest supported employment facilities, uses waste wood to fuel a wood boiler on-site and also reuses all metal and timber frame bases for future production.
The judging panel describes the company’s achievements as “…a great example of a holistic approach to environmental issues.”
Steve Kelly, corporate services director at City Building said: “The business was only formed three years ago, so we’re delighted to win this award.
“We recognise that we all have a responsibility to protect the environment and have introduced a number of processes and initiatives to reduce our carbon footprint and the amount of waste material being produced. We will continue to drive this forward.”
Alasdair Northrop, editor of Insider Magazine, said: “We decided to launch the Scottish Green Awards to recognise the achievements of individuals, companies and organisations taking positive action to protect the environment.
“We have been delighted by the number of entries for the awards.”
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