A proud achievement back in 2008, the Award was presented by Sian Lloyd, the TV weather presenter on ITV. Curiously, a co-winner was a teacher from Simon's school, who helped turn some derelict land from a car park into a nice garden in Widmore Green, Bromley. The trophy is made from recycled glass. It was presented by Bromley Council. The council must be also thanked for Bromley's excellent recycling scheme.
This award recognizes companies that could be the future FTSE 100. Whilst we don't plan on going public to risk being bought out like Ben&Jerry's, or the Body Shop, the award was most appreciated. Picture shows Simon Nash and Sian Lloyd at the Bromley Environment Awards.
This award was given at the UK Aware show because we had the greenest stand. UK Aware is an environment show, so this was really great to get. We use recycled wood for our display racks, our table, and also only use banners now from Greenhouse Graphics - they use natural fibers and ink, rather than kinky let polluting PVC! Our genuine passion came through with this award.
This Award was based on supply chain management. The trophy was really cool, made from reclaimed cogs from watches and wire. It was shaped like a food on a toe, to represent our low environmental footprint.
This was an accolade really rather than an award, but Green Oil was featured on the BBC Breakfast News. Bill Turnbull, the presenter said "Simon has turned an idea idea into a success story". A great privilege to have that said on the national news.
Green Oil UK had just appointed a distributor and things were on the up. An expanded range and a scale up to product production in Wales, Green Oil was unstoppable. All from a company that started in a log cabin in Kent!
These awards were organized by South London Business. Green Oil UK was praised for its approach to sustainability. 'Sustainability' refers to the UN's definition of sustainable development - 'Meeting the needs of current generations, without inhibiting the ability of future generations to meet their needs'. Since this time, the word 'sustainable' has been hijacked in the media as a phrase for short term economic growth for the next 5 years - like hardwood furniture companies and road expansion, which only really serve the current generation if that, relying on fossil fuels, destruction of forests. We were really pleased and honored to win this award for genuine sustainability.
It was a great honor to win Best Business for Sustainability, but then at the end of the evening, a special award was announced, and Green Oil UK Ltd was crowned 'Bromley Business of the Year 2011'. We were chuffed, and thanks to everyone at South London Business for running the awards. This Award is on the right behind the Sustainability Award.
Awarded in the ceremony held in the UK Parliament, and honor to win in 2012.
We were in the top 3 for the PEA Awards, a close call and no prize, but a great event to be involved with.
A Finalist, we lost out to BT!
Proud to win a PEA Award, by MyGreenPod the organization created by green superstar Jarvis Smith!
