HOME ABOUT US SERVICES PRODUCTS SUSTAINABILITY GOVERNANCE CAREERS NEWS CONTACT US IT’S GOLD FOR FREEDOM AT THE GREEN APPLE ENVIRONMENT AWARDS IT’S GOLD FOR FREEDOM AT THE GREEN APPLE ENVIRONMENT AWARDS November 19, 2021 7:40 Am ByFreedom Group InNews 0 Freedom has been awarded a Gold Award for waste management by the Green Organisation, the top award in our category, at this year’s Green Apple Environment Awards. This award recognises our waste reduction initiatives and supports our new Group Net Positive strategy, which sets out our ambition to achieve zero avoidable waste in the longer term. Since the beginning of 2020 we have established external partnerships that reprocess our waste materials into new products and modified our ways of working by adopting innovative re-useable products that result in less packaging and hazardous waste. We continue to actively look for opportunities to reduce or re-use the waste we generate as part of our services. The judges were impressed with how we continue to maintain our target of zero municipal waste to landfill, together with our waste reduction initiatives, some of which include: Reducing plastic waste by diverting 2,260kg of plastic packaging to a local reprocessing plant Processing 11 tonnes of wood waste into kindling woodchip for re-use by a social enterprise Repurposing 200 carpet tiles to charity. Simon Allen, Head of SHEQ, Services division said: “We’re really pleased and proud to receive this award. It not only acknowledges the great strides we’re making as a business with regards to our environmental practices and waste initiatives but also the work of our Freedom colleagues who continue to integrate environmental best practice and sustainable ways of working into their everyday activities.” The Green Apple Awards are run by The Green Organisation – an independent, international, non-political, non-profit environment group dedicated to recognising, rewarding and promoting environmental best practice around the world. awards RELATED POSTS It’s a win at the Solar and Storage Awards November 25, 2021 SEARCH OUR SITE RECENT NEWS It’s a win at the Solar and Storage Awards It’s Gold for Freedom at the Green Apple Environment Awards Award honour for POC-MAST at Construction News Awards Latest issue of infocus is out now Freedom installs first POC-MAST™ on SSEN network Freedom secures contract win with Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks A step on our journey to zero carbon – supporting Clean Air Day Freedom’s four-star success at the Zero Waste Awards TAGS AWARDS CLEAN AIR DAY ZERO CARBON Freedom 7 Brown Lane West Leeds LS12 6EH Tel: 44 (0) 845 164 2400 RECENT POSTS It’s a win at the Solar and Storage Awards November 25, 2021 It’s Gold for Freedom at the Green Apple Environment Awards November 19, 2021 SITE MAP Home About us Services Sustainability Governance Careers News © Freedom Group 2021 Design and build by Mosaic - The Integrated Marketing Agency Disclaimer | Privacy Policy | Cookies Policy We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish.ACCEPT