USEL Are Honoured as International Green World Ambassadors

This recognition comes as a result of their  environmental success in their  implementation of  the BS8555 Environmental Management  System which has won an International Green Apple Environment Award.

As a result of that success, they are having their winning paper published in The Green Book, the world’s only annual work of reference on environmental best practice that is distributed to environment professionals, universities and libraries around the world by The Green Organisation.

The award judges commented:

“This all-inclusive improvement project was employee led, as the staff felt more could be done to enhance their sustainability efforts. By adopting the BS8555 standard, it formalised their approach and ensured all gains were quantifiable. This has been proven effective with energy efficiency up by 27% and a 60% improvement in their recycling performance.”

The winning paper now goes forward for further judging and the possibility of  representing the UK in the Brussels-led European Business Awards for the Environment.

The Green Apple Awards are one of the few environmental schemes in Britain that have official status to act as an automatic feeder scheme into the European campaign.