awards, conferences & exhibitionsACE
EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT
AWARD NOMINEES
HIGHLIGHT THE UK’S
HIGH STANDARDS
In the third of a series of 6 articles focusing on UK entrants put
forward for the European Business Awards for the Environment (EBAE),
Jo Reeves looks at UK award winners Dry Lube Ltd and Boots.
he EBAE pull together successful production site in the UK), who only uses Environment Index (they were ranked 1st
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award winners from 27 member four litres of oil per week when using this in the General Retailers sector and
states within the EU and offer the system, compared to a previous water awarded the top ‘Platinum’ level status for
opportunity for these select few consumption of 840,000 litres per week both management and ongoing
to showcase their achievements on a single production line. performance).
to a wider, international audience. Held Ian Wylie, CEO at Dry Lube is excited Objectives and targets for improving
once every two years, the 2008 awards about the opportunities offered through environmental performance are set across
will be announced in June during Green the EBAE nomination: “ We are delighted Boots’ 23 individual strands of action.
Week in Brussels. In order to be eligible to have been nominated for this award as These include biodiversity, chemicals
for entrance in the EBAE, UK-based it really validates the great work we have management, energy, transport, waste
companies need to have won an award done with our customers to vastly reduce and recycling, sustainable product
through a feeder scheme, accredited by their water usage and trade effluent. We development and supply chain
the RSA (Royal Society of Arts, hope that this will help us grow our management. These were agreed after a
Manufactures and Commerce) and part existing customer base in Europe to extend detailed analysis of impacts and
funded by Defra. The awards accredited the benefits of our system to new performance, benchmarked against peer
by the RSA have undergone a rigorous companies.” organisations. Examples include;
qualification process in order to prove they achieving a 20% reduction in waste for
are worthy of endorsement by such well- BOOTS UK LTD disposal by 2008, reducing air freight use
respected organisations. Boots are entered for the by 20% by 2010, and increasing wood
Management Award category. The and paper sourced from accredited
DRY LUBE nomination highlights the efforts the sustainable sources in 2008.
Dry Lube has been put forward for the company has gone to in order to become Since 2001 the company has reduced
Process Award with its unique dry more sustainable, such as implementing like-for-like CO2 emissions by 31%,
lubrication system that is used by the company wide processes to ensure achieving 34 tonnes per £1 million
bottling industry as a replacement for the environmental management has been fully turnover in 2006 against a target of 44
traditional, less effective and more integrated within Boots’ management tonnes per £1 million turnover. They are
expensive wet lubrication systems. systems. committed to continue to reduce emissions
The Dry Lube product replaces the This has been done in a holistic way by 10% over the next five years.
need for the traditional soap and water covering all aspects of the social, ethical Sustainable Development Manager
solution that is used as lubrication (known and environmental issues which affect the Andrew Jenkins comments: “In the UK
as ‘wet lubrication’) on beverage company, enabling them to address Boots is regarded as ‘leading edge’
packaging conveyors. This uses an sustainable development consistently through its integration of social
enormous amount of water (in some cases across the supply chain. This has in turn responsibility into business operations.
up to 600 litres per hour) and results in developed best practice and enabled the Now we are part of Alliance Boots there is
high levels of effluent discharge, among company to be pioneers in finding a much greater emphasis on international
other problems. solutions to sustainable development operations. This gives us the opportunity
This innovative system completely issues. to engage with a wider audience to find
eliminates the need for soap and water Boots’ environmental and Corporate solutions to the social and environmental
from the packaging process. The system Social Responsibility (CSR) management issues which affect us all. Being chosen to
works by applying minute quantities of processes have been recognised as a be a UK entrant for the 2008 EBAE
synthetic oil to the conveyors. An example leading example of best practice by Awards has helped us greatly with this
of the success of the Dry Lube product lies independent benchmarking surveys such ambition, by raising the profile of our
in one customer (the largest single as Business in the Environment’s efforts towards sustainability.”
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