C2C Certified Product Manufacturers Desso and Puma were among the winners of the Guardian Sustainable Business Awards that were announced at a ceremony in central London on Tuesday 29 May.Find out more about the winners and all those entries that were judged to demonstrate innovation, provide inspiration and practical knowledge on the Guardian Best Practice Exchange. More coverage about Desso and Puma receiving this award.

The winners of the Guardian Sustainable Business Awards were announced at a ceremony in central London on Tuesday 29 May. Find out more about the winners and all those entries that were judged to demonstrate innovation, provide inspiration and practical knowledge on the Guardian Best Practice Exchange.

Biodiversity sponsored by Friends of the Earth

Winner: PUMA, The PUMA Environmental Profit and Loss Account (E P&L)

Runner up: Fauna & Flora International, The Natural Value Initiative

Built Environment sponsored by AECOM

Winner: Igloo Regeneration, Porth Teigr

Runners up: Marks & Spencer, Marks & Spencer — Ecclesall Road store

Prologis UK, SusCon

Carbon sponsored by the Carbon Trust

Winner: Sainsbury's Supermarkets, Sainsbury's Carbon Footprint Initiative

Runners up: Danone, Carbon mobilisation : -30%

Coca-Cola Enterprises, Towards a low-carbon business

Collaboration sponsored by Unicef

Winner: SABMiller plc, Water Futures Partnership

Runners up: BAFTA, Albert - sustainable production

Shell Foundation, EMBARQ: an enterprise-based solution to sustainable urban mobility in developing world megacities

Transport for London, Strategic Labour Needs and Training

Communicating Sustainability sponsored by Getty Images

Winner: The Co-operative Group, Join the Revolution
Runners up: Recyclebank, Recyclebank and Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

Tata Global Beverages, Tetley's farmers first hand

Energy sponsored by Kyocera Document Solutions

Winner: Sainsbury's Supermarkets, the world's first smart grid ready supermarket

Runners up: British Land, Advanced metering and energy optimisation roll out

Marks & Spencer, M&S energy management strategy

Engaging Employees sponsored by Viridien

Winner: Brother Industries (UK) Ltd, Adaptable workforce = Sustainability

Runners up: Telefónica UK, Think Big - World Record Breaking

Aegis Group plc, GlobalGivingTIME

Innovation sponsored by Vestergaard Frandsen

Winner: Interface, Go Beyond

Runners up: ClimateCare, Enabling carbon finance for clean water in the developing world

Vestas Wind Systems, A/S energy transparency

Social Impact sponsored by Anglian Water

Winner: Carillion, The Library of Birmingham Project

Runners up: Groundwork Pennine Lancashire, Transforming charities through corporate involvement

Triodos Bank, Triodos Bank

Supply Chain

Joint winners: Marks and Spencer, M&S Plan A: Transforming Supply Chains

Veja

Runner up: Skanska UK, Procuring the future

Waste and Recycling

Winner: DESSO, Cradle to Cradle design strategy 2020

Runners up: BAM Nuttall, Beyond zero – recycling

Coca-Cola Enterprises, Transforming recycling in Great Britain

Water

Winner: SABMiller plc, Making More Beer Using Less Water

Runners up: Coca-Cola Enterprises, Establishing a water sustainable operation

Albstadtwerke / Gutermann, Zonescan alpha fixed water network monitoring

Outstanding achievement

Ray Anderson, founder, Interface

Sustainable Business Leader of the Year

Ian Cheshire, CEO, Kingfisher

Overall winner 2012

PUMA, The PUMA Environmental Profit and Loss Account (E P&L)






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