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Laura McBride, Barry Metheson and Rita Brown accepting Large Company of the Year Award from HRH Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay. |
Who:
The John Lewis Partnership's 70,000 Partners own the leading UK retail businesses - Waitrose, John Lewis and Greenbee. |
Why:
- Consistently worked in schools helping to aspire young people
- Flexible and innovative approach to the workplace
- They work from the grassroots
- The three stores in Scotland have a long sustainable history
- They are a leading example of a solid sustainable business model during difficult times
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How:
- 49% Partnership waste diverted from landfill via recycling solutions
- 23,618 volunteer hours donated, highest ever annual figure
- Expand diversity awareness training for managers
- Launched diversity toolkit which provides partners with practical advice and information on a range of diversity issues
- Adopt a clear black and white label format for nutrition messages on front of pack
- Removed all artificial colours from own- brand products by the end of April 2009
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Robin Worsnop & Hazel Syme accepting Small Company of the Year Award from HRH Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay |
Who:
Rabbie’s Trail Burners is a Highland Tour company; they operate tours across Scotland and North East England. |
Why:
- They have a strong climate change commitment.
- Tourism is a core Scottish business sector, we feel it is important to champion good work done in this area
- A sustainable and transferable business model, setting a good example for other businesses
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How:
- With a 24% reduction of their passengers’ carbon footprint Rabbie’s sales have increased by c£80,000 in 3 years.
- Increased sales have had a positive impact in local communities. In 2008 Rabbies added £381,420 extra income into the local community of Portree (through bed nights and customers expenditure in the local community) an approximate increase of 13.5% on 2007.
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Sue Bruce accepting the Prince's Ambassador Award |
Who:
Sue Bruce, Chief Executive Aberdeen City Council
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Why:
- Sue will be representing Aberdeen, an area which the SBC Board has identified as a priority area.
- The ambassadorial can focus on private public collaborations and include deliverable projects like developing an effective framework for harnessing benefits from Community Benefit Clauses.
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How:
- Aberdeen City Council has been working in partnership with SBC for over twenty years.
- Sue had the Council join SBC as Members in July 2009, enabling the two partners to collaborate in more innovative ways. For example the retail regeneration project Retail Rocks, for which SBC will be providing business mentors.
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Robin Warsnop accepting the Big Tick Award from HRH Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay |
Who:
Rabbie’s Trail Burners is a Highland Tour company, we operate tours all over North East England and Scotland in 16 seat minicoaches with driver/guides. |
Why:
By the nature of what we do Rabbie’s is a carbon polluter as a transport company. The main carbon we generate is by the diesel we use to power our mini-coaches. However by measuring and reporting our carbon emissions we have been able to manage and therefore reduce them. |
How:
Rabbie’s has created a unique way to monitor litres of fuel per passenger 100km. This KPI drives down our carbon used per passenger and the business has in turn developed new techniques for monitoring its fuel use. |
Nick Horler accepting the Big Tick award from HRH Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay |
Who:
ScottishPower currently supplies electricity and gas to over 5 million homes and businesses in the UK and we operate an extensive electricity transmission and distribution network. |
Why:
The Skillseeker Programme is aligned to ScottishPower’s community strategy, where we support disadvantaged young people by providing learning opportunities that: - Encourage those disengaged from learning;
- Improve the employability of the unemployed;
- Support the transition from school to work (more than 75% of participants move into sustainable employment);
- Support local and broader economic regeneration.
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How:
Key Business Benefits: - Increases the flow of potential young talent into the workforce and supports the business recruitment requirements
- Provides the potential to increase and maximise development opportunities for existing employees by becoming work placement supervisors, residential supervisors and mentors, as part of Community Based Development (CBD)
- Raising the aspiration of young people through practical work experience and gaining of qualifications
- Supports the economic sustainability of our local communities
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Frank Sweeney accepting the Big Tick Award from HRH Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay |
Who:
Cunninghame Housing Association Ltd. (CHA) was founded in 1984, has over 2,000 properties in management and operates in the local authority areas of North and East Ayrshire. CHA is run by a 16 member voluntary Board, employs 77 staff and is the leading social enterprise in Ayrshire. |
Why:
Cunninghame Housing Association developed the Vineburgh Community Benefit Initiative to generate education and employment opportunities for unemployed young people within housing and construction environments following our appointment as lead developer for a 300 unit housing development in Vineburgh in North Ayrshire. |
How:
The initiative has created 20 new employment opportunities for 16-19 year olds who would otherwise have been at risk of not securing education, training or employment. Supporting their attainment of industry recognised accredited qualifications has provided a platform for career progression and enhanced their earning potential.
Our business profile has benefitted substantially from the plaudits and recognition we have had for working innovatively with partners and contractors on this agenda and staff enthusiasm and pride in the company has grown as they gained opportunities to develop the programme and mentor and support the trainees. |
Nick Horler accepting the Big Tick Award from HRH Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay |
Who:
ScottishPower currently supplies electricity and gas to over 5 million homes and businesses in the UK. |
Why:
ScottishPower leads the field with its public safety education campaign PowerWise Focussing on three educational initiatives ScottishPower aims to educate all children in its operating area on staying safe around electricity and thereby reduce future incidents. |
How:
Since the PowerWise Classroom Programme commenced, ScottishPower has taken a proactive position in its’ communities, spending nearly 2,000 days in schools and teaching over 311,000 children, instilling the dangers associated with electrical equipment and the potential consequences of their actions. |
John Walker accepting the Regional Sustainable Travel Award from HRH Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay |
Who:
Halcrow delivers planning, design and management services for developing infrastructure and buildings worldwide. We contribute to the construction, operation and maintenance of the built environment, and the protection, enhancement and maintenance of the natural environment. |
Why:
Our purpose is “sustaining and improving the quality of people’s lives”. We are delivering an integrated approach to sustainable business and commuting travel. As a business, we provide transport solutions for clients around the world. It is therefore important that we use innovative and imaginative methods ourselves, to demonstrate our capability.
Our Scottish offices in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Inverness have taken a lead in sustainable travel in Halcrow. With leadership from senior management, staff have taken an active and creative role in developing and implementing solutions that have brought real benefits to our people, community and business. |
How:
- A measured increase in active travel – with growth from 15% to 25% of staff using active travel in Glasgow between 2007 and 2009, and from 28% to 38% in Edinburgh between 2006 and 2009
- Reductions in CO2, congestion and pollution
- Reduced staff sickness from 5.9 days in 2004 to 3.8 days in 2008
- Increased use of video conferencing, generating significant cost savings and environmental benefits
- Increased awareness by staff of sustainable travel
- Significant business savings as a result of increased sustainable travel
- Strong evidence of our commitment to sustainable travel when tendering for projects.
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