One Planet Products, Sustainable Procurement Award

About the award

In February 2008, BioRegional's One Planet Products initiative won in the Sustainable Procurement category of The City of London Corporation’s Sustainable City Awards. The award was given in recognition of the project’s efforts to make it easier and more cost effective for the housing industry to use green construction products.

One Planet Products is a member-led, social business which was set up for housing associations, developers and architects. The scheme focuses on making it easier and more cost effective for its members to specify and use high quality, sustainable building products and materials.

Judges felt that by assisting organisations to make the right choices One Planet Products has tremendous influence over the behaviour of a large number of organisations, and ultimately the huge number of individuals those organisations those organisations provide services for.

Says Simon Mills, Sustainable Development Co-ordinator, City of London Corporation,
“All winners of the awards were picked not only for recognition of their achievements in CSR, but also as worthy ambassadors in sustainable business practice. It’s our hope that other businesses will be inspired by the winners’ approach to sustainability. They have shown that it’s not enough to tick boxes in the annual report, but that real commitment is needed to achieve change.”
Mark Watson, Executive Director, One Planet Products said “We are delighted and honoured to accept this award, which reflects the increasing importance of green procurement. By making it easier for our members to specify and purchase sustainable construction products we are helping to reduce the environmental impact of their developments”.

The awards were judged by a panel of respected environmental and sustainability experts across three areas of sustainability: the environment, social issues and the economy. The highly respected RSA-accredited awards are staged by the authority for the Square Mile financial district and since launch seven years ago have grown to become the most prestigious sustainability awards in the UK.

www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/sca.