Big tick for Midlands businesses at awards
SEVEN companies and organisations from across the West Midlands were recognised last night for their commitment to responsible business.
Cleone Foods, Hadley Group, Harper Adams University College, Husqvarna Viking, Jaguar Land Rover, The Midcounties Co-Operative and Opus Restaurant were presented with Big Tick Awards in front of 300 delegates at Warwickshire County Cricket Club.
The Awards for Excellence – run by Business in the Community (BITC) – celebrated a host of initiatives in the region, ranging from local sourcing and supply chain development to carbon reduction programmes and the installation of an aerobic digestion plant.
Of the West Midlands’ Big Tick winners, six will be shortlisted for the chance to win the overall Award in their category at BITC’s gala dinner in London on June 27.
BITC regional director David Darlaston said: “Each year I am thoroughly inspired by the amazing examples of what businesses are doing in the West Midlands to incorporate responsible business in all they say and do.
“Our winners (below) show great leadership and willingness to genuinely transform their businesses and the communities in which they operate in by identifying mutual benefits.”
Also during the evening Kraft Foods Employee Volunteer Awards were given to Danks Cockburn (Collaborative Action), PwC (Team), Pinsent Mason’s Jonathan Fortnam (Team Leader) and Lloyds Banking Group’s Andrew Connors (Employee Volunteer Award).
The West Midlands Carbon Reduction Awards went to Blakemore Logistics and Oakland International, whilst Globehuggers Emergency Supplies won the Climate Business Resilience title.
David Richardson, regional director of Lloyds Bank, was named as The Prince’s Ambassador for Responsible Business and Kevin Davis, chief executive of the Vine Trust in Walsall, secured the Marks & Spencer Sieff Award, presented to an individual who has collaborated with business to benefit their community.
