Here is some information about the Bluewater entry for responsible waste management in the City of London 'Sustainable City Awards', UK.
Responsible Waste Management – Bluewater
Bluewater’s 2009 goal is to reduce waste and landfill. Bluewater is a site the same size as Bath City Centre and creates 6,000 tonnes of waste per year.
They have set up a “milk round” to collect pallets, cages and re-usable waste, which is used to build an “Eco Study Centre” – built from timber found on-site, so old palettes from stores and stalls and timber from the Christmas market. The shopping and leisure centre has built a classroom, composting toilet, disabled access platforms and ramps, pond dipping jetty and picnic area to enable schools to use the area as a study centre. Bluewater have developed a wormery on site to create compost, which uses food waste and waste from the on-site juice bars.
The Bluewater security teams now patrol on bikes and for “fast response” use hybrid cars. The external team use an electric truck, which is made from recycled plastic, for on-site works.
City of London to celebrate the 9th
annual ‘Green Oscars’
TODAY, the City of London Corporation gets out the ‘Green Gongs’ for 38 organisations from the private and public sectors. All are competing to win one of the highly coveted Sustainable City Awards.
Dubbed the ‘Green Oscars’, the awards recognise and reward businesses for their excellent achievements in all areas of sustainable business development. Despite UK businesses experiencing one of the most challenging of years in 2009, the environmental and financial benefits of sustainable business practice have remained high on the business agenda.
Third Sector organisations were particularly to the fore on this year’s shortlist, with a 133% increase in new applications overall. Applications from the Third Sector include Dulwich Picture Gallery, for their use of art to enrich the lives of older people in the community, and Newquay Zoo for implementing sustainable measures which have both cost and carbon savings benefits.
On Thursday 18th February, at a ceremony in Mansion House, David Kennedy, Chief Executive of the Committee on Climate Change, will award the ‘Green Gongs’. Among other organisations hoping to feature are:
- Bluewater Shopping and Leisure Centre for turning 6,000 tonnes of waste into an education study centre.
- The UK’s first organic gastropub the Duke of Cambridge in Islington.
- Deutsche Bank for an impressive climate change strategy, which incorporates measures to reduce water usage, energy usage, and general waste.
Simon Mills, Head of Sustainability at the City of London Corporation, says, “Copenhagen was unable to set binding emissions reduction targets. However in spite of this UK businesses are pulling out all the stops to ensure they maintain a sustainable business model and keep emissions low – and we can see this in the high calibre of entrants. Businesses are already putting into practice the Government’s commitment to reducing carbon emissions by 10% by the end of 2010.”
This year’s key-note speaker, David Kennedy, CEO of the Committee on Climate Change says, “Business will be key in achieving the UK’s target to cut emissions by 80% in 2050. It is important to recognise and reward the efforts made by those getting sustainable business practices right. We hope that other businesses will then follow suit, reaping benefits both in terms of the bottom line and contributing to tackling climate change.”
The 2010 Sustainable City Award’s judging panel consists of a number of environmental and sustainable experts, including the Rt Hon. John Gummer, MP, Conservative MP for Suffolk Coastal, Samantha Heath, CEO of London Sustainability Exchange, and Penny Shepherd MBE, CEO of UK Social Investment Forum.
The RSA accredited Sustainable City Awards were established in 2001 by the City of London Corporation and are run in partnership with 20organisations, including livery companies, trade bodies and voluntary sector organisations and businesses. Representatives from each of these organisations join the judging panel to select winners and runners-up across the award categories.
Award Categories & Shortlisted Companies:
v Access to Goods & Services for Disadvantaged Communities – in association with the City Bridge Trust and the Worshipful Company of Pattenmakers (London wide)
· East London Food Access - Anetwork of projects helping to improve access to fresh foods
· Dulwich Picture Gallery - First purpose-built public art gallery
· Trees for Cities - Anorganisation working with local communities to plant trees in urban areas
· Rape & Sexual Abuse Support Centre - A UK charity offering caring services to female victims of abuse
· Roots & Shoots - A charity providing vocational training for vulnerable young people
v The Farsight Award – in association withGresham College and USS (International)
· Societe Generale - French bank
· Chevreux - European equity broker
· Daiwa - Integrated financial services firm
· Deutsche Bank - German financial service provider
· Sarasin - A private equity firm
v Sustainable Buildings – in association with BRE and the Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors
· John Thompson & Partners - Architects and urbanists
· St Martin’s Property (Rogers) – Property development company
· Studio E Architects & Max Fordham – Architects
· Aviva – Insurance group
· Pod Foods Ltd – Sustainable food outlet
v Sustainable Travel & Transport – in association with the Campaign for Better Transport (UK Wide)
· Eastit – Sustainable transport company
· Green Tomatoes – Sustainable private hire London based taxi firm
· London Borough of Bromley
v Responsible Waste Management – in association with the Clean City Awards Scheme (UK Wide)
· Land Securities – Commercial property firm
· Alara Wholefoods – Organic food producers
· Skanska – Constructions firm
· Vacherin – Contract careering firm
· Bluewater – Shopping and leisure centre
v Resource Conservation – in association with the Worshipful Company of Launderers and the Worshipful Company of Water Conservators (UK Wide)
· Newquay Zoo
· Deutsche Bank
· Artillery Design – Architects and interior designers
· John Thompson
· Land Securities
v Sustainable Food – in association with Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming (UK Wide)
· Vacherin
· Eversheds – International law firm
· Wahaca – Mexican restaurant
· Learning through Landscapes – UK school grounds charity
· Duke of Cambridge – Gastropub in Islington
v Sustainable Finance – in association with UKSIF (UK Wide)
· Jones Lang Lasalle – Global real estate firm
· Café Direct – Fair trade drinks suppliers
· Aviva Investors
· Henderson Global Investors
· Oxfam – leading UK charity
v Environmental Management in SMEs – in association with the London Sustainability Exchange and the Worshipful Company of Environmental Cleaners
· Paper Round – Office, recycling and waste management firm
· Alara Wholefoods
· Suzanne James – Entertainment and Events company
· Newquay Zoo
· Vacherin
· Artillery Design
v Tackling Climate Change – in association with Pure and Worshipful Company of Fan Makers (UK Wide)
· John Thompson & Partners
· Studio E Architects
· Pod Food
· Aviva
v Sustainable Procurement – in association with London Remade Solutions (UK Wide)
· Café Direct
· Greater London Authority
· Carbon Disclosure Project – Corporate climate change information centre
· Duke of Cambridge
· KeepCup – Sustainable cup suppliers
