Exceptional award
For businesses wanting to reduce impacts across all of their activities we can provide support in developing and implementing environmental management systems (EMS). Businesses can also attend training courses and workshops on formally recognised EMSs such as BS8555 or ISO14001.
To qualify for an exceptional award your business needs to achieve the following and be able to provide supporting evidence.
- Formal environmental management including objectives and targets and regular monitoring either in place or in development. Advice and templates can be found on our Tips and fact sheets page). Examples include, but are not limited to:
- Waste - To reduce the overall amount of waste produced over the next year by 10%.
- Energy - To reduce energy consumption over the next year by 10%.
- Water - To reduce water consumption over the next year by 10%.
- Transport - To put measures in place for at least 10% of staff to use sustainable travel over the next year.
- Purchasing - To increase use of sustainable purchasing policy across 10% of all products and services procured over the next year.
- Initiatives in place across all of your business’ significant environmental aspects.
- Evidence of wider community engagement related to the environment. For example, conservation volunteering, fundraising activities, sponsorship of local green space/litter bins, routine ‘front of premise’ clean-ups, graffiti prevention.