Carbon Trust awards leading certified businesses

Samsung, AkzoNobel Decorative Paints UK and Kuehne + Nagel were among the winners of the awards, which recognise the top performers amongst all the organisations certified by the Carbon Trust over the previous 12 months.

Presented during the Carbon Trust Standard Bearers Conference at the QEII Conference Centre in London, the awards included the Carbon Trust Standards for Carbon, Water and Waste, with AkzoNobel winning in both water and waste management categories.

Susan Kendal, UK & Ireland Sustainability Director at AkzoNobel Decorative Paints, says the company is proud to have won the awards, giving particular praise to their staff.

She said at last Thursday’s conference: “We are proud of the people within our business who constantly challenge, innovate and question to take our performance to new levels. We attribute this recognition as a leading performer in both waste and water to them.”

Wouter van Tol, European Head of Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability at Samsung Electronics, who were recognised for improving the carbon footprint of its Galaxy S smartphones, believes the company has a responsibility to minimise its impact on the environment.

He said: “Being recognised for substantially reducing greenhouse emissions across our flagship range of Galaxy smartphones is a great honour.

“This is thanks to our ‘Planet First’ approach, where we consider the environmental impact of everything we manufacture, right from the start.

“We are committed to an on-going programme of lowering our impact on the environment and look forward to making even further progress in this area in the future.”

Darran Messem, Managing Director of Certification at the Carbon Trust, hails the impressive performances of the award winning companies.

He said: “A lot of credit has to go to the teams that have delivered these substantial improvements, whose dedication to reducing their environmental impact has resulted in a proven track record of annual reductions.”