2019 Finalists

Commercial has been taking positive action through social enterprise, employee engagement and carbon reduction for nearly 13 years. Today, everything we do is underpinned by our ‘Commercial by Nature’ ethos. It amplifies the family values at the heart of the business, and encapsulates our belief that profitability and purpose can, and should, be symbiotic. Sustainability is complex, and meaningful changes can’t be made in isolation. We want to be positive agents for change and we collaborate with our employees, customers and suppliers to tackle the difficult issues together. This in turn stimulates business growth and a host of positive outcomes.

Corporate Responsibility (CR) at Leeds Building Society means doing what’s right for members, colleagues and communities.

Since launching its our 2020 targets in 2017, the Society has helped 135,000 more people to save, and 95,000 more people to have the home they want, including 25,000 first time buyers. It has invested over 10,500 volunteering hours, donated £700,000 to good causes, and increased customer satisfaction scores above 91%.

The Society was the first UK high street financial services business to achieve the Fair Tax Mark in 2018, taking a stand against tax avoidance and committing to transparently reporting its tax contributions.

‘Care More’ was launched to address sustainability and social impact across all levels of OfficeTeam’s business:

As an organisation, we donate essential supplies to hundreds of charities and community organisations.

At an operational level, we’ve embedded sustainable practices throughout our core activities: from the products we procure to how they are packaged, distributed and disposed of.

Meanwhile, we empower staff to support causes close to their hearts through paid volunteering days, helping local communities thrive.

In this way, ‘Care More’ embodies OfficeTeam’s commitment to operate in a manner that allows the people, communities and planet we interact with to prosper.

Everyone has a part to play creating a sustainable society and at Skipton having looked at all the goals we identified four of the Sustainable Development Goals where we believe we can have most impact. For each of the goals we identified areas of focused supported by challenging targets to drive sustainability across the Society.

Skipton is the first building society to be recognised by Support the Goals, an online resource that celebrates organisations supporting the goals through case studies and sharing best practice. We have been awarded a maximum four-star rating in recognition of our strategy and focus.

At O2, we’re committed to making every day better for our customers through personal experiences that count. Through Our Blueprint for sustainability, we want to improve more than just their day, helping 20 million people to live better with technology by 2020. We wanted to give people more confidence to enjoy the digital world safely and securely. More opportunities to make the most of technology. More solutions to reduce their own impact on the planet. And of course, continue to do the right thing and run our own business responsibly.

WSP designs the infrastructure of the future, from city masterplans to Crossrail. With a design life of decades Our Future Ready programme challenges all our 48,000 staff to design for the future, not just today’s codes. This approach places the firm at the heart of delivering prosperous, resilient, sustainable cities and societies, as well as contributing to achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

We lead by example in our own activities. We’re committed to being a zero-carbon business by 2025 and have high-profile, ambitious environmental policies, regulations and programmes.

David Miller Architects use digital innovation, collaboration and social value to drive improvement and to open doors. Through our approach we are creating new opportunities to develop expertise; increasing efficiencies in the delivery of built projects and unlocking a raft of client benefits. Our investment in our team and our approach to social value means that we are also making strides to bring young people, women and under-represented groups into the construction sector, helping to address the current skills gap. By sharing information, we hope to encourage other SMEs and supply chain partners to advance alongside us.

Our offering is anything but standard office supplies. So much so that our role over the years has been far more as environmental consultants to our clients and not “just another supplier”.

We see it as our responsibility to help companies understand both the impact they have in their purchases, but also provide them the tools, outlets and knowledge to reverse them. Being Conscious about our impact both environmental and socially means we are always pushing the boundaries. We continuously review our working practises to ensure we are taking responsibility for our impact on employees, communities and on the planet.

The WildHearts Group is a collection of companies that create global social change. Our products and services are tailored to the demands of today’s business world, helping organisations from multiple sectors operate efficiently and responsibly.

Crucially, all of our customers have one thing in common – the profits from their spends fund the work of the WildHearts Foundation (Registered Charity SC037072) to change lives locally and globally. Our social initiatives are diverse; from addressing social mobility in the UK, equipping young people with key development and employability skills, to addressing gender inequality in the developing world through our StartHer Strategy.

Abigail Lovell demonstrates outstanding leadership in championing social programmes. She has raised the profile of Corporate Responsibility across Experian, driving increased investment and elevating our Global CR Programme to closely align it with the business strategy and brand. Abigail has a lifetime passion for social and community engagement and dedicates personal time and resources in support of social responsibility. Her team describe her as being an inspiring woman and leader; someone who is bold and brave, and a great advocate of talent and development.  She has successfully launched the Experian Hardship Fund, supporting colleagues in times of crisis.

Dr Darian McBain is committed to transforming the seafood industry by inspiring a vision for ocean stewardship and spearheading Thai Union’s global sustainability strategy, SeaChange®. In partnership with a wide range of NGOs, she develops programmes to manage a range of sustainability challenges: from human rights abuses, migrant and labour issues, to environmental and climate change threats.  Darian’s philosophy is based on collaboration, advocacy and driving meaningful change both in her organisation and throughout the sector.

Keith Breslauer is Managing Director of Patron Capital, and a long-term supporter and trustee of the Royal Marine Charity (RMC).

Keith began volunteering for the RMC in 2010 and raising substantial funds. Keith’s determination to support military veterans, however possible, led him to establish the Patron Armed Forces Initiative, helping those whose life prospects have been impaired due to their military service transition into new, fulfilling careers, whilst supporting those suffering from mental health issues.

Through his immersive approach to charity, Keith has shown how volunteers and charities can work together to change lives.

Vineyard Team members include a diverse mix of farmers, winemakers, and industry partners. Through our educational network, we help growers save resources and money, all while cultivating valuable relationships. Joining “the Team” in 1998, Kris Beal has sustained the organization’s mission to Promote Sustainable Winegrowing. Under her constant leadership, Vineyard Team’s programs have grown from casual, in the field discussions to include membership, in-field research, technical articles, Sustainable Winegrowing Podcast, a 3-day Sustainable Ag Expo, SIP Certified – a standard for sustainable wine production, plus we still get into the field to talk about resource issues, tools, and technology.

Over the last three years Mark Norbury has transformed UnLtd, overseeing a significant improvement in the quality of support the organisation provides social entrepreneurs.

His leadership has helped expand UnLtd’s range of partnerships, increased income and developed a real focus on impact. UnLtd now works much more closely with the social entrepreneurs it supports, and Mark has created a values-driven culture that fosters a whole-system approach to impact.

As a result, UnLtd supported 335 social entrepreneurs last year, benefiting over 250,000 people. And for every social entrepreneur supported, 17 jobs and volunteering opportunities were created.

Miguel Ángel Alonso Rubio integrated in 2000 as Construction Project Director in Acciona Energy Spain. In 2005 he positions as Global Project Manager, with the main goal of developing renewable energy projects in countries where are not fully developed. In 2007, he become the Technical Director of Mexico, leading the biggest wind project in Latin America with CEMEX through a self-supply scheme (biggest cement company in the world). In 2011 he assumes the Chief Executive Office, transforming ACCIONA ENERGY MEXICO as biggest only renewable energy company in Mexico and impacting positively in thousands of people.

Sue co-founded Bioregional in 1994 and has since spent 25 years tirelessly leading Bioregional’s work to create projects and long-term partnerships for sustainable living, using our One Planet Living framework. As a collaborative and visionary leader she focuses on using Bioregional’s practical examples to demonstrate that the solutions for sustainable living are already out there. Achievements include her work to help secure and implement the UN Sustainable Development Goals and steering long-term partnerships with retailers and developers alike that have helped create better places to live and work, with significant cuts in carbon emissions.

Institution educational program directed to local elementary and high schools interested in fomenting a sustainable based-culture that allows raising awareness about climate change, environment pollution and resources over exploitation and how this threatens life itself. The program itself required a support material, to help teachers to approach this awareness through daily topics, so it was developed a book with topics of sustainability, renewable energies, the 9Rs, Smart Cities, water conservation, among other topics.

Parklets in Hammersmith are part of a wider initiative to deliver green spaces, cleaner air, and promote cycling. Eight parking spaces have been made into four vibrant green parklets on Hammersmith Grove. This project is a collaboration between Hammersmith BID, Hammersmith and Fulham Council, Medidata and the Mayor of London, and is unique in that local business and BID board member, Medidata, funded the build of one parklet and Hammersmith BID is funding the parklets’ ongoing maintenance in an innovative business model.

Barefoot College is leading social enterprise working in 100+ countries.  They demystify and de-centralise technology and put new tools in the hands of the rural poor with a singular objective of spreading self-sufficiency and sustainability. They train women worldwide as solar engineers, innovators and educators, who return to their villages to bring light and learning to their community.

In 2016, Hogan Lovells and Barefoot College launched a three year partnership to bring clean, renewable light to 20,000 more families by training 400 women – known as Solar Mamas – across Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Pacific Islands.

Thames River Watch is contributing vital data to increase understanding of the plastic pollution epidemic and this data is supporting campaigns for change. The programme empowers individuals, community groups, primary and secondary schools and businesses to gather data about litter in the River Thames, driving reports about the issue of plastic packaging in the river. It is delivering real results, shown by the use of Thames River Watch data in a London Assembly report which recommended that the Mayor took action – which resulted in a new investment by the Mayor of London in drinking fountains.

WWF & John West have helped ensure the sustainability of smaller artisanal fisheries through supporting local communities in Tanzania, Kenya, and Mozambique. Helping to equip local people with the knowledge and tools they need to manage the fish stocks that they and their families rely on.

Empowering local people through improving the collection of fishing data to monitor overfishing, fishery management courses and the creation of training guides in local languages. This work ensures that communities in East Africa will be able to protect their local environment—and an essential source of jobs and food—for generations to come.

Movement to Work (MTW) is a collaboration of UK employers committed to tackling youth unemployment through provision of employability skills and quality work experience.

BAE Systems procurement team are pivotal to the growth of MTW, working innovatively to increase MTW membership and encourage participation within their supplier networks, sector peers, local community as well as wider UK industry.

MTW business benefits are realised by BAE, supplier and customer, helping to deliver sustainable competitive edge. These include; sustainable talent pipeline, secure skill base, vibrant supply chain plc to SME, cross sector and community relationship development as well as corporate reputation enhancement.

The Young People Programme (YPP) was launched in 2015, and aims to encourage tomorrow’s generation to use the power of visual storytelling to drive change. The programme gives young people aged 13-18 across EMEA the opportunity to take part in workshops taught by Canon Ambassadors to make their voices heard on topics and issues that are important to them.

In 2017 the YPP was aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with the dual aim of educating young people about the SDGs and their importance, while providing a framework for them to share their stories more effectively.

Companies House wanted to find a solution to a community support issue for young adults who have a diagnosis of Autism – by offering them something they could not find- basic Work Experience within a professional working environment. They have done this by living their business values, collaborating with charities and schools in the area and using the passion and enthusiasm of their workforce to engage in providing these opportunities for students living with an autism diagnosis. Now offering many work experience placements through the year to two major service providers in the area – The Marion Centre and Vision21.

K&M’s ‘Skills for Jobs’ program is a proven plan for engaging, training, employing and retaining workers into the construction trade. Established in 2013 with the support of the London Borough of Islington the program has been adapted each year to reflect learnings and to adapt to the changing local employment landscape. In 2018 our pre-employment program included attending prisons, job centres, schools and engaging with diverse groups from hard to reach and BAME communities.

For the past 30 years, UBS have committed funding and harnessed the skills of our employees to drive impactful change in our neighbouring borough of Hackney. When our programme began Hackney was the second most deprived borough in the UK, ranked worst for English, Maths and Science education in England, almost a quarter of Hackney’s working-aged residents were economically inactive. Our suite of partnerships and activities in Hackney, helps the local community address these challenges, and with a focus on education and social entrepreneurship, we are committed to supporting the Borough’s development.

Vacherin raised over £20,000 in 2018 for Luminary Bakery by completing an epic cycle ride. From Vacherin’s London Office to the Museum of Vacherin cheese in Switzerland, cyclists rode over 1000km in a week to support a local and like-minded social enterprise. The money funded a brand new commercial kitchen, which enabled the charity to provide the best possible precursor to work for the women going through their funded programme.

E.ON have been in partnership with Alzheimer’s Society since June 2016.

Dementia is a growing problem for the UK, where it is predicted that one in four of us will know someone directly impacted by dementia.

Working with the charity we’ve created a partnership strategy that draws on the strengths of the two organisations. We aim to improve the lives of people living with dementia and their carers by:

• Helping fund the charity to care for people living with and affected by dementia
• Make energy more accessible for people living with dementia
• Creating dementia-friendly communities

Residents can sign up for the HCS via a means tested membership process.  HCS members then have access to all of the produce (fresh, frozen and chilled) that is available in the shop for a donation. In addition, on a weekly basis, members have the option to collect up to four tins and four bulky packet goods for £2.

Any resident can come into the shop and purchase the food that is available on the green shelves.  This includes any produce in the fridge or freezer for a non-specified donation.

The project aims to bring the products, innovation and knowledge to help developing and enhancing the quality of life of the disabled and to raise themselves and their families without being burden to the society. Since 2011, IRPC has donated plastic pellets to be used as raw materials for the production of prostheses for 20 tons per year and conducted the research and development to create the creative innovation from the Company’s plastic pellets, having the purpose in making the prostheses for the disabled especially the poor disabled who live in the remote areas without charges.

J&J and UNICEF collaborated to improve maternal and newborn health in Bahawalnagar, Pakistan by building the skills and support systems of Lady Health Workers (LHWs) so they can deliver quality care. This community-driven initiative strengthened the primary healthcare system. LHWs improved their ability to address health issues during pregnancy and birth, and pregnant women and mothers received health education on prevention and in-home treatment of maternal and newborn illnesses. The partnership’s advocacy plan socialized the program locally and influenced the replication of this approach, leading to its expansion and adoption and scale by the Pakistan government, ultimately driving sustainability.

On average, there is at least one older person suffering from chronic loneliness in every street across the UK.  JTI & CTE have tackled loneliness amongst older people, enabling local communities across the UK to create friendship groups for 75+ year olds living alone. We have engaged 2,112 volunteers.

Working together for ten years – we have reached 950+ socially isolated older people and created 116 new monthly friendship groups.

82% of guests feel less lonely since attending a group.

In addition, in 2018, 38% of JTI employees volunteered with CTE; hosting nationwide tea parties for older guests.

MAG Connect is a programme designed to inspire, educate and employ people within our local areas. The programme gives people the skills we need as business to grow sustainably and adapt those skills in the future, providing a direct benefit to local people and a long-term, highly skilled workforce to support our business growth. Be it learning about life at the airport at four, qualifying in engineering at our purpose built college, or taking your GCSEs at 54, the MAG Connect programme provides open, community focused education to support people into a career in aviation.

Work experience for a typical 16-18-year-old is synonymous with photocopying, making drinks and chair swivelling at one’s parents/relatives work place. Not so at TCS Digital Explorers.  Aimed unashamedly at talented diverse young people from disadvantaged backgrounds who lack social networks, we run an intensive week-long ‘Experience Work’ event for students to learn core IT skills though real-world projects, rub shoulders with industry professionals, explore future tech trends and network with entrepreneurs and graduates. Leaving the week equipped with the confidence and abilities needed to succeed in the world of digital work.

Toybank founded in August 2004, aims to help children be children again, through the medium of ‘Play’. Over the years we have witnessed that qualities like passion, enthusiasm, and kindness are qualities which are planted at the root level. We work in the state of Maharashtra, impacting 47,804 at-risk children through 348 of our curated play centers. As Frederick Douglass said, ‘It’s easier to build strong children than to repair broken men’. Our long-term goal is to provide early childhood development through games and toys and help level the playing field from the early stages of life.

The Jazz Smart School programme is an initiative run by VEON subsidiary, Jazz, in the Islamabad Capital Territory, where it serves 75 public girls’ high schools. The programme is geared towards improving the quality of female education in public schools by introducing technology-driven learning solutions.

Involving technological, educational, logistical, social and evaluative activities, the programme incorporates a combination of digital media and traditional methods to teach female students. By deploying a teaching environment equipped with modern computers, internet connectivity and digital projectors, the programme aims to boost the digital and comprehension skills of students and the technical skills of teachers.

The Maudsley Charity built ORTUS in 2013, with sustainability and community at the heart of the project.  In 2017, they partnered with Vacherin to ensure that sustainability and community remains at the heart of the project.  We have worked tirelessly to ensure that we implement, deliver and maintain the highest standards of corporate responsibility and sustainability by partnering with 68 suppliers, all of whom are registered and headquartered in England an Wales. Our rigorous selection process ensures that each one meets our high standards, and regular auditing helps us to ensure that these standards are continually maintained.

100% of cotton in the M&S clothing range now comes from sustainable sources thanks to a collaboration with Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) and WWF. The initiative has supported farmers in India and helped develop ways of producing cotton that protect nature and enhanced livelihoods of farmers. With farmers now using fewer chemicals and becoming better stewards of water, cotton production in the project region is both better for the health of cotton farming communities and the environment.

Founded in 1997, 3 Step IT specialises in technology lifecycle management following a circular economy business model. This promises customers more effective IT, provided more sustainably, with a lower total cost of ownership.

Customers lease their IT devices, with asset management tools to keep track of them. When the lease ends, a refurbishing service realises device residual value, reselling 98% of returned devices.

3 Step IT tries to provide its services in the most sustainable way possible: it involves employees to embed this thinking, and encourages environmentally themed team activities to raise awareness in society at large.

Kyosei – living and working together for the common good – has been Canon’s corporate philosophy since 1988 and continues to guide our efforts to improve resource efficiency. Since 1990 we have been leading the way in circular economy initiatives, launching a series of programmes including toner cartridge recycling and product refurbishment and manufacturing.

Our approach to the circular economy focuses on how we approach manufacturing devices and handling them at the end of their lifecycle. It’s something that is factored into the design process, as well as how we aim to reuse as many raw materials as possible.

CEC was established in London by Anna Tarí, who realized circular initiatives were lacking visibility, the right tools, funding and connections in order to have an impact. CEC was set up to bridge this gap. CEC is managed voluntarily by a team of 37 volunteers based all over the world and supported by the work of engaged club members who volunteer as 50 CEC Mentors to give free mentorship to +130 young startups and research projects, and 160 CEC Organizers who bring CEC activities to their cities and universities.

Over the past 2yrs UKWSL and Marston’s have worked together to improve recycling across Marston’s managed and retail estate encompassing circa 1,000 sites.  Changing service specifications, engaging staff and creating a recycling led culture has been pivotal to the project’s success.  Added to this, UKWSL has utilised the services of more than 100 suppliers in order to deliver a “Zero Landfill” solution for Marston’s.  They are the first of the Big 5 chains to achieve this fantastic goal.  Closed Loop solutions for Plastics and some Glass have also been implemented helping bring together the waste hierarchy and circular economy principles.

Worn Again Technologies was born from a vision to enable the ‘circularity of raw materials’ for clothing and textiles, accelerating us towards a waste-free world.

For the last decade Worn Again Technologies has been developing an environmentally-friendly physical chemistry, solvent-based polymer recycling technology which has the potential to recycle the raw materials in up to 80% of all non-rewearable textiles, globally. The process is able to separate, decontaminate and extract raw materials from end-of-use polyester and cotton textiles and re-use them as virgin equivalent inputs for new textiles. Our unique chemical process is also applicable for PET bottles to textiles.

A+K has three S4G businesses in Ghana, Kenya and Zambia. Each S4G business manufactures ethical sports balls, that contribute to four Sustainable Development Goals:

– NO POVERTY – By creating permanent ethical jobs in communities facing  disadvantage we lift families out of poverty.

– GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING – Profit from ball sales contribute to running vital  sport-based health programmes for children.

– DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH – As Africa’s only formal ball manufacturer we have created a brand new industry that benefits the local and wider economy.

– REDUCED INEQUALITIES – We employ people from vulnerable job groups.

We have spent ten years working with traditional paint makers to develop a natural paint for the future.  Our mission is to create beautiful coloured paints in a sustainable way.  Most modern paint is made from plastic, micro plastics and many toxic chemicals. At Edward Bulmer we make paint from only natural raw materials and pigments. Our paint is healthy and highly breathable, designed to protect people, homes and the planet.  Unlike most paint companies, we proudly declare all our ingredients on every tin and are confident that our paint is the safest, healthiest and most beautiful on the market.

Little Freddie is the first brand in the UK to offer a zero waste to landfill pouch recycling scheme, as part of its ‘Big Green Plan’ mission to become the most sustainable baby food brand. The recycling scheme encourages consumers to send back their used pouches in a prepaid recyclable recycling bag, where first of its kind technology will recycle each component of the pouch into materials that go back into circulation. Disposing of baby food pouches in this way has a 90% smaller carbon footprint than current methods.

The average UK family wastes £810 a year by throwing away edible food and drink, and £3 billion is wasted by the food industry. Community fridges make fresh food available to everyone in the community for free, helping people connect to their communities, access nutritious food, save money and reduce waste.

Hubbub’s Community Fridge Network joins up all of the community fridge projects around the UK, providing information and resources, and connecting users and organisers. Barley’s media work has helped the message reach millions of people and inspire hundreds of enquires about setting up a community fridge.

While ocean plastic is high on the public agenda, there is little awareness of how our individual actions contribute to the plastic waste choking our local rivers and canals. Hubbub Enterprise’s Plastic Fishing campaign tackles this problem by taking schools and businesses out on boats to clear plastic waste from waterways. The plastic is recycled into boats that are used for more plastic fishing trips, with two recycled plastic boats already in action and a third underway. Barley partners with Hubbub to generate media coverage to raise awareness of the problems caused by litter and the importance of recycling.

O2 and the NSPCC have been working in partnership since 2015; together we’ve built a strong foundation of support to help keep children safe online. 77% of parents are concerned about online safety but find it hard to have positive conversations with their children about it.

In response we created Parents vs Kids, a virtual game show shared learning experience where parents and children test their knowledge of the internet, sparking a conversation and encouraging greater openness. It got over 1.5million families talking about the exciting possibilities of the internet, as-well-as the risks to look out for.

The fashion industry is harming the environment, yet for young people today, appearance has never been so important, with 16-24 year olds throwing away 35 million items of clothing every year. The #LoveNotLandfill campaign from the London Waste and Recycling Board and Barley Communications aimed to tackle this problem and engage young people with the environmental impact of fast fashion. Combining pre-loved clothing events, high street partnerships, compelling artwork and high-profile influencer work, the campaign engaged young people and encouraged more sustainable fashion habits, dovetailing with Stacey Dooley’s documentary and so far reaching 2.4 million people.

#EqualAtWork – a social experiment filmed for digital and online media – was created to communicate Vodafone’s zero-tolerance stance towards homophobic, biphobic and transphobic discrimination and to announce a set of new initiatives that ensure LGBT+ colleagues feel safe and supported from the moment they start work. This is a time when many young LGBT+ people are known to go back into the closet for fear of discrimination. The film and message reached 8.2m people in 18 countries, with 85% surveyed saying it made them feel more positively about Vodafone as an employer championing diversity. Job applications increased dramatically.

Nowhere in the world is access to health services more important than in conflict-affected states. Nowhere in the world is it harder to provide effective services.

Local medics and relief workers are best situated to deliver an impactful, agile response. However, inadequate resourcing and support is hampering their life-saving work.

CanDo is leveraging crowdfunding and global connectivity to pioneer a new locally-led, people-powered health humanitarian response in conflict-affected areas. The CanDo Crowdfunding Platform resources, recognises and supports vetted local partners to deliver health programmes by connecting them directly to global citizens, philanthropists and strategic partners.

Together, we Can Do It.

Hubbub Enterprise is the social enterprise arm of Hubbub Foundation, an environmental charity. The charity designs positive, playful campaigns that inspire people to make healthier, greener choices. The social enterprise draws on the charity’s work to create products and services that maximise the charity’s impact and create a financial surplus. Examples include our corporate volunteering activity, Plastic Fishing, our innovative anti-cigarette litter product, the Ballot Bin, and consultancy for businesses and local government.

Founded in 2016 The Cheeky Panda has quickly become a global brand selling in other 15 international markets and listed by major retailers such as Amazon, Ocado, Morrsions, Boots, WHSmiths and Monoprix.  The company is carbon balanced and works with the World Land Trust to protect the rain forests.  To date The Cheeky Panda products have reduced carbon emissions by 2,000 tons and are looking to save 150,000 tons of carbon by the end of 2019.  Our mission is to show you can create sustainable products without compromising on quality.

A market disruptor; UKE delivers an innovative, ethical solution for pre-owned kitchens and is influencing procurement policy within the kitchen industry. Working at the top of waste hierarchy, UKE actively promotes the sale and reuse of pre-owned kitchens, preventing waste and reducing a new kitchen’s eco-footprint. UKE brings affordable, pre-owned kitchens to market for ethically motivated and cost-conscious buyers with measurable social value.

With their 1500th kitchen being sold in 2019 the equivalent of 1800 tons of landfill has been prevented with a carbon saving of 9,000 tonnes, supporting the UN SDG goals 12 & 13, Paris Accord and DEFRA.

Using GPS technology with software running on a smartphone we generate a 12 alpha numeric code, e.g. 7MJCH93V+6FX9.  This is printed onto a sign which is attached to the individual slum dwelling. This allows the occupier to receive mail at their home.  With an address they now officially exist.  For just £2 we can provide the address and this gives a new life to the 4 occupants – a hand-up, not a hand-out. Later this year we will setup an Exemplar Centre to show anyone from around the world what we have achieved and how they can emulate it.

The Global Cyber Alliance (GCA), an international non-profit dedicated to eradicating cyber risk, has been working to accelerate worldwide adoption of DMARC, an email security standard, by providing free tools and resources to aid implementation. GCA’s DMARC initiative has resulted in 39,000+ users across 190+ countries and 6,700+ domains implementing DMARC. This has led to improved security and significant financial benefits across a diverse array of industries and governments, with an annual savings of $19M – $66M (USD). Through GCA’s efforts, global communities now have affordable, available access to improved security.

Leanpath is the leading global provider of integrated, scalable, measurement-focused technology solutions for food waste prevention in foodservice.  Scaling rapidly, our vision is to ensure a sustainable future by eliminating global food waste, and our mission is to make food waste prevention everyday practice in the world’s kitchens.  Through measurement, data analytics, and behavior change, we enable global organizations like Aramark, Sodexo, and IKEA to commit to cutting food waste in half to achieve SDG 12.3 – providing triple bottom line benefit (saving money, reducing environmental harm, energizing the workforce) and achieving a multiplier effect by advancing many other SDGs.

We (Medair) are an international humanitarian aid agency that relieves human suffering in some of the world’s most remote and devastated places. We recently established a ground-breaking partnership with Qlik, an international Business Intelligence software company.

This collaboration achieved a significant, large-scale, positive impact on thousands of Syrian refugees’ lives in Lebanon through our “Bekaa Valley Humanitarian Effectiveness project”. This project improved humanitarian assistance for refugees in the Bekaa Valley through increased speed, scale and scope of intervention. It located settlements more precisely and identified their specific needs more accurately than had been possible beforehand.

The Good Exchange is a not-for-profit, online matching platform that has been designed to address one of today’s biggest charitable fundraising challenges -how to best match those organisations and individuals who have money to give to good causes to those who need it most. The Good Exchange is the only charity platform that unites funders, fundraising organisations and the public. Think of a “reverse-crowdfund” where funders initiate grants and where donors and fundraisers collaborate to drive and build a community around a social cause or local need, closing the funding gap with a mixture of grants, donations and fundraising activities.

The Young People Programme (YPP) was launched in 2015, and aims to encourage tomorrow’s generation to use the power of visual storytelling to drive change. The programme gives young people aged 13-18 across EMEA the opportunity to take part in workshops taught by Canon Ambassadors to make their voices heard on topics and issues that are important to them.

In 2017 the YPP was aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with the dual aim of educating young people about the SDGs and their importance, while providing a framework for them to share their stories more effectively.

Water Explorer is an educational programme that combines fun digital learning with practical action to inspire students to look after our precious water. Delivered in 12 countries, students work together to complete innovative Challenges that has led to actions from students creating a walkway of water saving pledges, to getting their local community involved in an upcycled trashion parade through town.

Water Explorer has over 3,700 teams registered and has seen teams complete over 8,600 challenges, saving 10.2 million m3 of water. It also shows how the values of young people taking part change over the course of the programme.

Barefoot College is leading social enterprise working in 100+ countries.  They demystify and de-centralise technology and put new tools in the hands of the rural poor with a singular objective of spreading self-sufficiency and sustainability. They train women worldwide as solar engineers, innovators and educators, who return to their villages to bring light and learning to their community.

In 2016, Hogan Lovells and Barefoot College launched a three year partnership to bring clean, renewable light to 20,000 more families by training 400 women – known as Solar Mamas – across Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Pacific Islands.

Leanpath is the leading global provider of integrated, scalable, measurement-focused technology solutions for food waste prevention in foodservice.  Scaling rapidly, our vision is to ensure a sustainable future by eliminating global food waste, and our mission is to make food waste prevention everyday practice in the world’s kitchens.  Through measurement, data analytics, and behavior change, we enable global organizations like Aramark, Sodexo, and IKEA to commit to cutting food waste in half to achieve SDG 12.3 – providing triple bottom line benefit (saving money, reducing environmental harm, energizing the workforce) and achieving a multiplier effect by advancing many other SDGs.

Little Freddie is the first brand in the UK to offer a zero waste to landfill pouch recycling scheme, as part of its ‘Big Green Plan’ mission to become the most sustainable baby food brand. The recycling scheme encourages consumers to send back their used pouches in a prepaid recyclable recycling bag, where first of its kind technology will recycle each component of the pouch into materials that go back into circulation. Disposing of baby food pouches in this way has a 90% smaller carbon footprint than current methods.

Everyone has a part to play creating a sustainable society and at Skipton having looked at all the goals we identified four of the Sustainable Development Goals where we believe we can have most impact. For each of the goals we identified areas of focused supported by challenging targets to drive sustainability across the Society.

Skipton is the first building society to be recognised by Support the Goals, an online resource that celebrates organisations supporting the goals through case studies and sharing best practice. We have been awarded a maximum four-star rating in recognition of our strategy and focus.

Using GPS technology with software running on a smartphone we generate a 12 alpha numeric code, e.g. 7MJCH93V+6FX9.  This is printed onto a sign which is attached to the individual slum dwelling. This allows the occupier to receive mail at their home.  With an address they now officially exist.  For just £2 we can provide the address and this gives a new life to the 4 occupants – a hand-up, not a hand-out. Later this year we will setup an Exemplar Centre to show anyone from around the world what we have achieved and how they can emulate it.

Little Freddie is the first brand in the UK to offer a zero waste to landfill pouch recycling scheme, as part of its ‘Big Green Plan’ mission to become the most sustainable baby food brand. The recycling scheme encourages consumers to send back their used pouches in a prepaid recyclable recycling bag, where first of its kind technology will recycle each component of the pouch into materials that go back into circulation. Disposing of baby food pouches in this way has a 90% smaller carbon footprint than current methods.

We (Medair) are an international humanitarian aid agency that relieves human suffering in some of the world’s most remote and devastated places. We recently established a ground-breaking partnership with Qlik, an international Business Intelligence software company.

This collaboration achieved a significant, large-scale, positive impact on thousands of Syrian refugees’ lives in Lebanon through our “Bekaa Valley Humanitarian Effectiveness project”. This project improved humanitarian assistance for refugees in the Bekaa Valley through increased speed, scale and scope of intervention. It located settlements more precisely and identified their specific needs more accurately than had been possible beforehand.

Founded in 2016 The Cheeky Panda has quickly become a global brand selling in other 15 international markets and listed by major retailers such as Amazon, Ocado, Morrsions, Boots, WHSmiths and Monoprix.  The company is carbon balanced and works with the World Land Trust to protect the rain forests.  To date The Cheeky Panda products have reduced carbon emissions by 2,000 tons and are looking to save 150,000 tons of carbon by the end of 2019.  Our mission is to show you can create sustainable products without compromising on quality.

The Good Exchange is a not-for-profit, online matching platform that has been designed to address one of today’s biggest charitable fundraising challenges -how to best match those organisations and individuals who have money to give to good causes to those who need it most. The Good Exchange is the only charity platform that unites funders, fundraising organisations and the public. Think of a “reverse-crowdfund” where funders initiate grants and where donors and fundraisers collaborate to drive and build a community around a social cause or local need, closing the funding gap with a mixture of grants, donations and fundraising activities.

A market disruptor; UKE delivers an innovative, ethical solution for pre-owned kitchens and is influencing procurement policy within the kitchen industry. Working at the top of waste hierarchy, UKE actively promotes the sale and reuse of pre-owned kitchens, preventing waste and reducing a new kitchen’s eco-footprint. UKE brings affordable, pre-owned kitchens to market for ethically motivated and cost-conscious buyers with measurable social value.

With their 1500th kitchen being sold in 2019 the equivalent of 1800 tons of landfill has been prevented with a carbon saving of 9,000 tonnes, supporting the UN SDG goals 12 & 13, Paris Accord and DEFRA.

Worn Again Technologies was born from a vision to enable the ‘circularity of raw materials’ for clothing and textiles, accelerating us towards a waste-free world.

For the last decade Worn Again Technologies has been developing an environmentally-friendly physical chemistry, solvent-based polymer recycling technology which has the potential to recycle the raw materials in up to 80% of all non-rewearable textiles, globally. The process is able to separate, decontaminate and extract raw materials from end-of-use polyester and cotton textiles and re-use them as virgin equivalent inputs for new textiles. Our unique chemical process is also applicable for PET bottles to textiles.