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The Willmott Dixon team celebrate together
Queen’s Award for Willmott Dixon
The contractor behind Lincoln Transport Hub, Chamber member Willmott Dixon, has achieved Britain’s most prestigious title for a third time, winning a 2019 Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Sustainable Development. It’s the second time the company
has won this accolade for Sustainable Development, the first being in 2014, and comes a year after it picked up a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the category of Promoting Opportunity through Social Mobility for its work improving opportunities for people in local communities. The latest award recognises a
series of sustainable achievements that include reducing carbon emissions relative to turnover by 59% since 2010; cutting construction waste intensity by 57% since 2012; 100% natural renewable electricity purchased to supply its sites and offices by the end of
2018; carbon neutral for the sixth year running; increasing by 50% (to nearly £35k) the amount paid in green bonuses to employees choosing low emissions cars; achieving Level 2 of The Carbon Trust’s Supply Chain Standard (the only company in sector to achieve this) and being the only contractor to hold The Carbon Trust Standard. Willmott Dixon set the benchmark for use of natural energy last year by ensuring all offices and sites are powered by 100% energy from renewable sources. The company’s track record for
low-energy buildings was also a factor. Following the completion of the Passivhaus-certified George Davies Centre for the University of Leicester, Willmott Dixon is now applying its Passivhaus expertise to build Sutton Secondary school – the first secondary school in the UK to be built to Passivhaus standards.
‘Our purpose beyond profit ethos is about leaving a positive, sustainable legacy for future generations’
The company also completed
Bristol’s most environmentally friendly office building, with the Aurora building at Finzels Reach one of just six UK buildings to achieve a BREEAM Outstanding Environmental award. Another factor was Willmott
Dixon’s use of The Wildlife Trusts, where project teams can access its ecology services with the money paid to the Trusts reinvested in local biodiversity enhancements. Peter Owen, Managing Director
for Willmott Dixon in the Midlands, said: “Receiving this accolade for a third time is a real honour that helps define our company’s approach to being a responsible business. Our purpose beyond profit ethos is about leaving a positive, sustainable
legacy for future generations and this award is a wonderful recognition of our people’s hard work and commitment to make a difference. Whether for sustainability or social value we are incredibly proud to be setting the standard for our industry.” The award follows on from
Willmott Dixon achieving fourth place in the Sunday Times’ Top 100 companies to work for list in which the company’s commitment to a purpose beyond profit played no small part, with its scores leaving it in first position for ‘giving something back’. The awards, which have been
going since 1966, are awarded to businesses for outstanding achievements.
Triple win for Nelsons at industry awards
East Midlands-based law firm Nelsons picked up three key industry awards at this year’s Derby and District and Leicestershire Law Society Awards ceremonies. The firm was crowned Large Law
Firm of the Year at both the Derby and District Law Society Awards 2019 and the Leicestershire Law Society Awards 2019 – with associate and solicitor Dianne Collins also picking up the Solicitor of the Year award for Derby. Chief Executive Stewart
Vandermark said: “We are absolutely delighted with our success at both the award ceremonies. To win any of these categories would be a fantastic accomplishment, let alone to take home three.
4 business network June 2019 “I am also thrilled for Dianne,
who was awarded Solicitor of the Year, showing that her work is making a huge difference to people in the local area and nationally. We’ve recently launched a fresh vision and values to
capture who we are and where we are heading as a business. This process of understanding Nelsons’ purpose and passion resulted in a series of initiatives including a rebrand for the firm, which was launched in January 2019.
“I’m immensely proud of how
far Nelsons has come – we have always been, and must continue to be, willing to push forward so we can find new and better ways to serve clients.” Nelsons was established in 1983.
The Nelsons team celebrate at the Leicestershire Law Society Awards
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