Echo Environment Awards
Award Categories and Sponsors
Headline sponsor
As part of our vision to deliver a world class railway to our local region, Merseyrail is committed to providing a sustainable, carbon friendly transport system.We are delighted to be the executive sponsor of these awards, which recognise individuals who make Merseyside a greater, greener place to be.
Andy Heath, Merseyrail’s managing director commented: ‘Our involvement in this award underlines our commitment to improving the region’s environmental performance. Electric railways like ours represent a greener way of moving around Merseyside, with a far smaller carbon footprint, and less polluting congestion, compared to the private car. The project to deliver new trains from 2019, which we’re working on with partners Merseytravel and Network Rail, will give further environmental benefits such as regenerative braking, where electricity is fed back into the grid when trains apply the brakes. These initiatives illustrate our genuine desire to continually enhance our service in a sustainable way, supporting the growth and success of the local economy’.
Award Categories, Shortlists and Sponsors
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New Environmental Enterprise of the Year
Have you spotted a gap in the market and started up an environmental enterprise?This award acknowledges new organisations established for less than two years, who are able to demonstrate success.
FINALISTS
Nuts About Milk
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Environmental Business of the Year Award
Do you have a great business that has been established for more than two years?Whatever your trade if you can demonstrate your green credentials with evidence of excellent business strategy and a good financial performance, this is the award for you.
FINALISTS
Gaskells Waste Management
Prinovis UK Ltd
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Carbon Champion of the Year
This award recognises businesses who reduce energy and emissions by adapting the way they operate, lowering their carbon footprint.
FINALISTS
Liverpool Football Club
Liverpool John Lennon Airport
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Corporate Social Responsibility Award
Your CSR efforts will exceed the legal obligations and prove inspirational to other businesses.
FINALISTS
Wild Thang
Prinovis UK Ltd
Peel Land and Property Group
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Re-use and Waste Prevention Award
This award is for those companies and organisations who embrace re-use and waste prevention. By avoiding or reducing the creation of waste, and being innovative in their re-use of materials and repair of items, they are demonstrating efficient use of natural resources in all of their processes. By bringing waste back into economic use, these organisations will show their commitment to sustainability and the emerging circular economy.FINALISTS
Plughole Planters
MerseyCycle CIC
Halton Play Council
Emmaus Merseyside
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Environmental and Health Project Award
This award recognises projects that take notice of the environment and use it to improve the health and wellbeing of the people in our community.Perhaps your project has encouraged healthy eating, used the environment to promote exercise, or made use of food waste? Tell us about your health project and receive recognition for your hard work.
FINALISTS
My Outdoor Classroom CIC
Taking Root in BootleThe Reader in partnership with The Mersey Forest
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Neighbourhood Improvement Project Award
Have you improved your surroundings? This award recognises the year’s best neighbourhood improvement project. The project may have enhanced a green space or the built environment to make your neighbourhood a safer and healthier place to live. You should be able to demonstrate that you have won community support, involved local people and changed people’s perceptions.
FINALISTS
Friends of Princes Park
The New Brighteners
Lister Resident’s Association
Friends of Childwall Woods & Fields
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Sustainable Schools Award
Is your school supporting its students to keep learning about the natural world around them, engaging young people with environmental issues. No project is too small; the important thing if that it inspires young people to be more environmentally aware
FINALISTS
St Michael’s High School (Eco Alliance)
Allanson Street Primary School
Booker Avenue Junior School
St Hildas CE High School Beekeeping club
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Community Project of the Year
Have you been part of a community project that deserves wider recognition? This award recognises community and neighbourhood projects that have made a positive impact on a local area.FINALISTS
SAFE Regeneration
Breckfield Diggers & Community Impact Team
Blackburne House. BEE You project
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Environmental Champion Award
Do you know an individual who deserves public recognition for their environmental work? They may be an unsung community hero or a business person, of any age. Whatever the background the winner will be a true inspiration to others and will be rewarded for their achievements
There are no finalists for this award, the winner has been chosen by the judges and will be revealed on the evening
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