Waste strategy helps firm pick up Sustainable Contractor and Sustainability Champion gongs
Wates was the big winner at the 2008 Building Sustainability awards last night. The contractor won both the Sustainable Contractor of the Year and Sustainability Champion Awards.
Rachel Wooliscroft was voted Sustainability Champion at the Hilton Park Lane, Central London for leading her company’s groundbreaking waste strategy, Target Zero. The firm has committed itself to eliminating non-hazardous waste from to landfill by 2010.
Eighty percent of rubbish was diverted from landfill last year.
Over 500 guests watched BBC journalist Chris Hollins present the 2008 Building’s Sustainability Awards at the Hilton Park Lane in Central London.
Among the other prize winners were Hopkins Architects, housebuilder Crest Nicholson and consultant engineer Max Fordham. Pooran Desai, co-founder of Bioregional Quintain, picked up the sustainability leadership award.
For images and details of all the winners and runners-up go to Sustainability Awards 2008
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