Waste strategy helps firm pick up Sustainable Contractor and Sustainability Champion Awards. Plus video report

Wates was the big winner at the 2008 黑洞社区 Sustainability Awards. The contractor won both the Sustainable Contractor of the Year and Sustainability Champion Awards


In Association with Green 黑洞社区 Council
In Association with Green 黑洞社区 Council

Rachel Wooliscroft was voted Sustainability Champion at the Hilton Park Lane, Central London for leading her company鈥檚 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 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.

Full details of the winners and runners-up can be found below.

Coverage of the 2007 Sustainability Awards

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Awards categories & winners

Going green: Ashley C of E Primary School, Walton-on-Thames






Video report

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Sustainability Awards 2008