Reading, UK: The deadline for entries to the Cold Chain Sustainability Awards is next week, 31 January 2023.
The Cold Chain Sustainability Awards is a new recognition scheme for the businesses, facilities and individuals leading the charge towards a more sustainable UK cold storage and temperature-controlled distribution.
The awards celebrate those businesses who have met or exceeded their targets under the Climate Change Agreement Scheme or their own in-house sustainability objectives both cold stores and/or for transport operators.
Applications are now open for 5 award categories, with another 5 being invitation only based on performance under the Climate Change Agreement for cold storage.
The award categories are:
Sustainable Cold Storage Operator
This award is about recognising the cold storage business who has led the way in assessing and acting on their carbon emissions over the last 12 months.
Sustainable Cold Chain Transport Operator
This award is about recognising the business who has led the way in assessing and acting on their carbon emissions of their temperature-controlled vehicle fleet over the last 12 months. Strong weighting will be applied to measures directly related to transport refrigeration, but evidence of reducing emissions from HGVs and other vehicles is also welcomed.
Cold Chain Climate Champion
This award is about recognising the individuals who have driven demonstrable change in their businesses’ carbon emissions or changed attitudes to sustainability over the last 12 months.
Innovation of the Year: Transport
This award is about recognising the specific product or service either introduced to the market or which has made a major breakthrough during the last year to drive demonstrable change in the carbon emissions from transport refrigeration. DOWNLOAD APPLICATION PACK HERE
Innovation of the Year: Cold Storage
This award is about recognising the specific product or service either introduced to the market or which has made a major breakthrough during the last year to drive demonstrable change in the carbon emissions from cold storage.
