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CREST22 Awards judges are looking for Surrey’s green hero The search for Surrey’s greenest businesses is reaching its final stages as the CREST22 business award panel of experts come together to determine who is leading the field in environmental sustainability WHO WILL BE SURREY’S GREENEST BUSINESSES? CREST22 Business Awards is looking for this year’s sustainability heroes and the big news is that the deadline for entries has been extended to midnight on Friday April 8th. Judges will be searching for the most environmentally sustainable businesses and choosing the 2022 Sustainability Hero from entries in five categories: Sustainability Impact, Smarter Transport, Going Circular, Efficiency Champion and Transforming Food. They will also look across the board at all entries and the people working in those businesses to select the 2022 Sustainability Hero. The awards, which take place at the WWF Living Planet Centre on May 19th, are presented in partnership with the University of Surrey’s Centre for the Environment and Sustainability, with Headline Sponsor Surrey County Council citing the awards as a show-
case of green business initiatives as part of its climate change delivery plan. This year’s judging panel includes Ian Christie, Senior Lecturer in the Social science of sustainable development at the University of Surrey’s Centre for the Environment and Sustainability. The CES has worked in partnership with CREST Business Awards since their conception and is once again offering generous prizes to award category winners. Alongside Ian is Lauren Wiseman, Environmental Manager, WWF-UK, which is an Associate Sponsor of the awards, Sarah Butcher, Head of Membership at Surrey Chambers of Commerce, Katie Sargent, Greener Futures Group Manager and Terry Tidbury, co-Director of CREST Business Awards as well as Managing Director of Woking News & Mail. Joanna Yarrow, one of the UK’s leading experts in sustainable living, and former Head of Global Sustainability for IKEA,
once again leads an exciting panel of presenters at CREST22 Awards. They include Andrew Griffiths, Director of Community and Partnerships at Planet Mark & Chair of the Institute of Director’s National Sustainability Taskforce, Cllr Marisa Heath, Cabinet Member for Environment for Surrey County Council and Ian Christie. In addition, attendees will be able to visit guest stands at the event and network with key stakeholders such as Efficiency Champion Sponsor Nick Diprose, Founding Partner of Holdsway, who says: “Holdsway is sponsoring Crest Business Awards for the second year running to raise the profile of a positive environmental strategy. Business and organisational efficiency demand a rigorous focus on reducing waste, whether in materials, energy, human effort, investment, or time. We salute all organisations that are working hard to be more efficient.”
For more information about how to enter CREST22 Business Awards, visit https://crestawardssurrey.co.uk/ crest22-applications
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