Inaugural ceremony champions industry's most progressive companies.
David Blunkett’s resignation as Work and Pensions secretary was temporarily forgotten yesterday as the DWP won two prizes at Building’s inaugural Sustainability Awards. In some respects at least, the government department has led by example, and was named sustainable client of the year at the Hilton hotel in London last night. Judges said that the DWP was “a glowing example to other government departments.”
Amongst the other winners were Countryside Properties (sustainable housebuilder of the year); Carillion Building (sustainable contractor of the year) and bptw, named the responsible employer of the year.
Sustainability Awards winners 2005
Sustainable housebuilder of the year: Countryside Properties
Sustainable contractor of the year: Carillion Building
Sustainable designer of the year: Sheppard Robson
Sustainable client of the year: DWP Estates
Best CSR report: Taylor Woodrow
Responsible employer of the year: bptw
Sustainability innovation award: solarcentury
Sustainable building of the year (small project): Ecology Building Society
Sustainable building of the year (large project): Capita Percy Thomas
Sustainable development of the year: Midas Homes
Waste initiative of the year: DWP Estates core team
Low Energy Building of the year: the University of East Anglia
Sustainability leadership award: Dave Hampton
