North West Award Winners 2008

This award recognises the fact that collaboration can often prove more sustainable than the more commonly celebrated individual or 'heroic' leadership as it brings together differing perspectives, skills and experiences to achieve and sustain a positive impact.

Halliwells LLP - Corporate Challenge

Liverpool Football Club - Healthy Living and Positive Lifestyle Change

Royal Mail Group - Diversity & Inclusion - Overall winner

For a company that has innovated to create new, or to modify existing products or services to meet social or environmental needs.

United Utilities - Enzymic Hydrolysis

For companies taking a strategic, comprehensive and innovative approach to reducing resource use and waste.

United Utilities – United Futures

Diageo - Belfast and Runcorn Eco-Efficient Beer Packaging

For companies demonstrating leadership and improved impact by embedding environmental strategy into core business processes.  Only companies publicly ranked in the Platinum or Gold bands of the Environment Index 2007 are eligible to enter this Award.   Companies will be invited to apply in March 2008.

United Utilities – United Futures

For companies taking a strategic, comprehensive and innovative approach to tackling climate change.

United Utilities – Integrating carbon

The Co-operative Group’s approach to Climate Change

Recognising company community programmes that work with voluntary and/or public sectors to improve the health and wellbeing of UK communities.

The Co-operative Group - From farm to fork

Recognising company community programmes that raise the achievement of young people through building sustainable partnerships with schools to the benefit of pupils aged 5-19 years in the UK.

Berrybridge Housing Schools’ Support Programme

The Co-operative Financial Services - Project Formation

For companies that are improving their business and their overall impact on society – in the marketplace, the workplace, the environment and the community – through leadership and integration of responsible business practices. Please note that this award is only open to platinum band companies from the CR Index 2007. Eligible companies will be invited to apply in March 2008.

The Co - operative Financial Services - part of the ethos

As above but for SMEs.  This category is open only open to small and medium sized businesses that are independent trading organisations (i.e. with no parent company and employing no more than 250 people or the full time equivalent).

Corporate Culture

The Lakes Free Range Egg Co

Manchester City Football Club

For individuals based in the community who have successfully collaborated with business to benefit society.  

Paul and Elaine Griffiths - Gorton Monastery

For individuals whose leadership and commitment to responsible business has resulted in changes and improvements inside their own company and who have also inspired other organisations to take action.

Andrew Cornish - Manchester Airport Group