Thursday, February 18th 2010 at 00:00 AM
UK's Greenest Office - The Greenshop Group
Following a countrywide search to name the UK’s Greenest Office, Gloucestershire based Greenshop Group have been announced as the Overall Winner of the “Cartridge Word’s Greenest Office competition.
co2balance have been working in partnership with Cartridge Word to run “Cartridge Word’s Greenest Office competition” and the Greenshop Group scooped top prize.
Open to all companies across the UK, the competition searched for the office that could best demonstrate its green credentials through ‘green’ and energy-saving activities. Six regional winners were chosen and from these one overall winner was selected.
The regional winners were Element Detailing Ltd, Newark, Minuteman Press, Stockport, Harmsworth, Townley & Co Ltd, Todmorden, Lancs, Lanyon Bowler, Telford, and the Greenshop Group.
”Being the regional winner was great, but then discovering we were the national winner was fantastic and a great morale booster for all the team,” said Jane Powell, manager of the Greenshop Group. “I’m sure all offices can become ‘green’ in some shade or other. It’s so important that we all endeavor to be so, not only in our homes but also at work.”
Commenting on the competition winners, Mark Holland, UK General Manager for Cartridge World, said, “The Greenest Office Award revealed some truly inspiring eco-actions that are being implemented up and down the country and choosing an overall winner was no easy decision. The key reason why the Greenshop Group was chosen is due to the fact that environmental considerations make up a fundamental part of their business, and they showed how this can be achieved without any detriment to running a successful business. Congratulations again to the Greenshop Group, Jane Powell, Roger Budgeon and all your staff.”
