South West Water has collected two awards at Business in the Community's (BitC) 2016 'South West Local Recognition Awards' , winning in both the 'New Member' and 'Collaborative Action' categories.
The 'New Member' award celebrates the hard work undertaken across the business to integrate and promote sustainable business principles. The 'Collaborative Action' Award recognises the outstanding efforts of South West Water's Customer Relations team in building collaborative, industry-leading relationships with organisations, such as Age UK, Citizens Advice Bureau Plymouth, Westward Housing, North Devon Homes and Teign Housing, to promote and develop the support available to vulnerable customers.
South West Water received an encouraging score of 84% in BITC's Corporate Responsibility (CR) Index in April, an impressively high score for a new entrant to the survey.
The CR Index helps businesses to assess how successfully they are operating as a responsible business. This is done by assessing factors ranging from company culture and values to community impact and transparency.
Monica Read, South West Water's Business Services and Sustainability Director, said:
"These awards recognise our important role in providing an essential service to customers, protecting the environment and being a responsible employer, and reflect our wider contribution to society. BitC guidance provides a useful framework on which we can continue to build trust and transparency as we develop and deliver our regulated business plans.”
"Corporate Responsibility is about translating the values we hold, into the decisions we make. While there is still work to do, these awards demonstrate how we embed our customers' priorities into everything we do."
Sulzer has launched a new global Center of Excellence (CoE) for Water Treatment Solutions - the CoE consolidates Sulzer’s wastewater treatment expertise in a unified and global manner.
“SAS (Surplus Activated Sludge) is a bit weird and 
Owen Mace has taken over as Director of the British Plastics Federation (BPF) Plastic Pipes Group on the retirement of Caroline Ayres. He was previously Standards and Technical Manager for the group.
PureTec Separations, the Ledbury-based water treatment engineering firm, has appointed Dan Norman as its new Sales Manager – Water Process Systems, supporting the company’s continued growth in the UK and international markets.
Hear how Scottish Water has completed its £235 million Ayrshire Glasgow Resilience Project - customers across Greater Glasgow, Ayrshire and East Renfrewshire will now benefit from a more secure and resilient water supply.
Hear how United Utilities is accelerating its investment to reduce spills from storm overflows across the Northwest.
Find out more about the remarkable career opportunities on offer at WSP - scroll down to watch the inspirational video.