10/04/2006 - On Tuesday 11 April
2006 the Environment Agency will present a cheque
for £100 to Britannia Building Society for
the purchase of ‘green’ items and equipment to
encourage their recycling activities.
Environment Management Team
Leader, Roger Grainger, will present the cheque
to Britannia's Policy & Compliance Manager,
Mark Kelsall at Britannia House, Leek, at 10.30am.
It has been awarded to celebrate
the Environment Agency’s tenth birthday this month
and in recognition of the commitment of Britannia’s
management and staff to environmentally sustainable
practices.
The building society's Leek
head office, which employs over 2000 staff, has
formed a Green Group consisting of forty employees
who promote sustainable practices within the company.
Roger Grainger is currently
a member of the Staffordshire Green Awards Committee,
who present a number of prizes to Staffordshire's
Green Champions - organisations and businesses
who are committed to improve the environment.
Although Britannia came second
in their Staffordshire Green Awards group and
did not receive a cash award towards further environmental
work, Roger was impressed by their application.
He has been working with the company's enthusiastic
"Green Group" to promote further environmental
work and reduce waste.
This year, the Society is considering
practices such as energy efficiency, intelligent
lighting, composting and collection of surface
water. Roger has arranged for free consultation
visits by Envirowise and the Staffordshire Business
Network. The company will also be looking to promote
sustainable practices at their 250 UK branches
in the near future.
Roger says: "It has been
encouraging to see the enthusiasm shown by the
company's Green Group and the steps they have
taken to reduce the carbon footprint of the group
as a whole. They are setting an excellent example
to other companies.
"They were already demonstrating
good practices such as recycling, car sharing
and switch-off campaigns but they can widen the
search for high impact activities which can affect
their environmental emissions significantly and
reduce costs. We hope that our cash award will
enable them to do even more to help protect our
environment".
