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Responsible Business 2009

Responsible business award

Inside this issue

• Utility companies did well overall

• How IBM is working to provide free supercomputing

Details of June’s Big Tick Awards and Corporate Responsibility Index - -

BITC Awards for Excellence 2009: Winners

See also Big Tick awards including reaccreditation and Examples of Excellence, including those higly commended

United Utilities scoops the top award

Utility companies have claimed most of the top rankings in Business in the Community’s Corporate Responsibility Index, with United Utilities, the UK’s largest listed water company, taking the 2009 Company of the Year Award.

Co-op opts for naked cucumbers

Fairtrade Palestinian olive oil, “naked” cucumbers devoid of shrinkwrap, thinner wine bottles, and solar panels on its insurance head office in Manchester are some of the ways Co-operative Group is enhancing its ethical and environmental credentials.

IBM finds PC way to aid humanitarian projects

One of the first things many of us do when we get up in the morning or arrive at the office is switch on our computer.