CCAS Ceremony Feb 2024 – Credit © Clive Totman
Businesses of all sectors and sizes across the Square Mile are being invited to enter London’s top environmental awards.
Organised by the Corporation, the Clean City Awards Scheme recognises and celebrates firms that go above and beyond to make the Square Mile an even cleaner and more sustainable place.
Nominations for the 2024 awards scheme are now open and close on Friday 4 October.
The award categories this year are:
- Air Quality & Climate Action – for businesses taking action to reduce the impact of their operations to cut their carbon footprint and improve air quality.
- Circular Economy – recognising firms championing recycling, re-using and reducing waste, and maximising resource efficiency.
- Plastic Free City – celebrating businesses reducing unnecessary plastics from their operations to help free the Square Mile from single-use plastics.
- Communication & Engagement – appreciating firms that encourage positive behaviour change by educating and inspiring their staff and stakeholders to champion sustainability.
- Chairman’s Cup – the theme for this year’s award is “sustainability through procurement”. Every business procures goods and services in some form, and this category recognises ‘what’ and ‘how’ procurements are made that can have a positive impact on sustainability.
Last year’s winners include Addleshaw Goddard, BE Offices, and Nomura.
Chair of the City Corporation’s Port Health and Environmental Services Committee, Mary Durcan, said:
“These awards provide a unique opportunity for businesses to put themselves in the spotlight, giving them the tools and resources they need to make more environmentally-friendly decisions about their own organisations.
“It is also a great way to network, discover new ideas, and goes a long way to helping us realise the shared goals of our ambitious Climate Action Strategy for 2040 and beyond.”
The Clean City Awards have been running since 1994, bringing together dozens of business leaders and individuals with a shared passion for improving the environment.
Businesses must be part of the Clean City Awards scheme to enter. Any business within the Square Mile can apply by visiting www.ccaslondon.co.uk.
Businesses that do join will benefit by being supported, recognised and rewarded for environmental performance, receiving invites to best practice meetings, networking opportunities, and the annual award ceremony itself.
The Clean City Awards scheme supports the City Corporation’s Climate Action Strategy which commits the organisation to achieving net zero carbon emissions in its own operations by 2027, and its full value chain by 2040, as well as supporting the Square Mile to reach net zero by 2040.
The City Corporation has slashed its own annual carbon emissions by 66% in its own operations since 2018 to 2022/23 by implementing several energy and heat efficiency interventions in our corporate and residential buildings, and by using 100% renewable electricity.
Over half of the City Corporation’s electricity is sourced from a solar farm in Dorset, powering iconic landmarks such as Tower Bridge and the Barbican Centre, saving over £3 million in energy costs per year. The scheme was confirmed in a £40 million deal with international energy provider Voltalia in 2020.
It also manages over 11,000 acres of green space across London and south east England which remove an estimated 16,230 tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere a year, equivalent to 70% of its 2022/23 own operations carbon footprint.
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Notes to editors
The Corporation is the governing body of the Square Mile dedicated to a vibrant and thriving City, supporting a diverse and sustainable London within a globally-successful UK – .
Value chain is a term that encompasses much more than the traditional supply chain and refers to the full lifecycle of a product or process, including material sourcing, production, consumption, and disposal.
Photograph credit: Clive Totman
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