Greenstar Highly Commended in CCMA Ireland Awards 2009
Greenstar is delighted to have been awarded Highly Commended in two award categories at this year’s CCMA Ireland Awards 2009 which took place in November:
1. New Product or Service Award - (for its domestic Pay As You Go Service, New Centralised Administration Department & Text Messaging Service).
2. Best Small or Growing Contract or Shared Service Centre Award – this award recognises small, new and growing contact and shared services centres and rewards excellence in standard, procedures and results in centres with less than 50 staff.
Greenstar was very proud to win this award last year and it a testament to the hard work of all customer service staff to continue to set high standards.
2009 Greenstar wins National Irish Safety Organisation Award
Greenstar won a Distinction award (the highest award in the Prestigious awards category) from the National Irish Safety Organisation.
The Distinction award is given to companies that have "demonstrated the existence of a proactive health & safety management system combined with evidence of strong management leadership of continual improvement, health & safety management system reviews and superior performance".
The award was made based on:
- The implementation of an Integrated Environmental Health & Safety Management system in Millennium Park
- Evidence of continuous improvement in relation to our health & safety performance across the Group
- Evidence of senior management involvement in driving culture change through the Safety Leadership Team, MBR meetings and management and staff training
Green Apple Awards 2009
Greenstar’s Ballynagran landfill has won a Green Apple Award for Environmental Best Practice. The Green Apple award will be presented by the Green Organisation in the House of Commons on November 17th. Now in their fifteenth year and established as one of the major environmental recognition schemes in the UK and internationally, the annual Green Apple Environment Awards recognise, reward and promote environmental best practice around the world. The Green Organisation which runs the annual awards is an independent, non-political, non-activist, non-profit environment group dedicated to recognising, rewarding and promoting environmental best practice around the world.
Greenstar’s Ballynagran Landfill has also been invited to join National Green Heroes, an elite group of environmental achievers who their experience to help environmental best practice around the world.
Congratulations to John Jones, Landfill Manager and all his expert team at Ballynagran for continuing to demonstrate Greenstar's high standards at home and abroad.
Best Small or Growing Contract or Shared Service Centre Award 2008
Greenstar is delighted to have won the Best Small or Growing Contract or Shared Service Centre Award at the CCMA Ireland Awards 2008 which took place in Kilkenny on Friday 21st November.
(Photo: (l-r) Jacqui Mitchell, Stephen O’Carroll, Dace Jansone, Patricia Dempsey, Mary O’Farrell, Alice Keogh, Michelle Haugh, Noel Craven, Luisa Travers and Keith Foster)
This award recognises small, new and growing contact and shared services centres and is dedicated to rewarding excellence in standard, procedures and results in centres with less then 50 staff.
This is testament to the hard work, dedication and investment Greenstar has made to set the standard in excellence in customer service.
Well done to Alice Keogh, Head of Customer Service and her team!
2008 PEEL People's Cup
This prize is awarded annually by the Chartered Institute of Wastes Management to the waste facility judged to have the highest standard of excellence in its operational team. The 2008 PEEL cup was awarded to Ballynagran Residual Landfill, Co Wicklow, Ireland, operated by Greenstar. The runners up in 2008 were Integra North Waste to Energy Facility in Hampshire operated by Veolia and Coventry and Solihull Waste to Energy Facility in Coventry operated by Coventry and Solihull Waste Disposal Company.
This is the first occasion in the 20 year history of the PEEL People's Cup that it was awarded to a facility in Ireland. Greenstar is proud to be the 2008 winner of this prestigious award and wishes to acknowledge and thank all involved with us in the setting of this standard including neighbours, local community groups, regulators, customers, consultants, contractors, our colleagues in Greenstar's state of the art recycling and residual disposal facilities and of course, the excellent operations team at Ballynagran.
Endeavour Awards 2007
Greenstar is delighted to have won the "Outstanding Large Business Award 2007" at the recent Annual Endeavour Awards Ceremony which took place in Bray on the 25th May. These awards recognise excellence in service, local employment and contributions to the local community.
Speaking at the Awards, Chamber President Clifford Sullivan paid tribute to all those who were honoured in this year's awards. "At Bray Chamber, we see these awards as our opportunity, and the opportunity of the community, to say thank you to the countless unsung heroes for the tireless efforts that they've made to better the business and community life of our town in our community! We also see these awards as reflecting what we in Bray & District Chamber are all about: promoting business, and supporting the community," Mr Sullivan said.
2007 Vodafone Passion for the World Around Us Award
In 2007 Greenstar became the first recipient of a Vodafone Passion for the World Around Us business award for the Bray area. The company was recognized for their continued contribution to their local community and work in promoting environmental awareness and waste management throughout the locality, making Bray a more pleasant place to live.
The Passion for the World Around Us Awards are run by Vodafone in partnership with Bray Chambger and 17 other Chambers nationwide. The awards recognize and reward people and businesses who make an effort to improve their local communities and who have been successful in making a positive contribution to the world around them.
2006 Repak Awards
The annual Repak Awards Dinner took place on the 4th of October 2006 in the Four Seasons Hotel. Greenstar Recycling Ltd was named the Repak Recycling Large Operator of the Year at the Award Ceremony which highlights companies that have contributed to the environment by minimising and recycling packaging waste and this year had the theme of "Keep Recycling - let's get it sorted". Greenstar recorded a 110% increase in its recycling of packaging waste such as metal, paper and plastic between 2004 and 2005, resulting in over 28,000 tonnes of waste being diverted from landfill.
2004 Repak Awards
The annual Repak Awards Dinner took place on the 7th of October
2004 in the Berkeley Court. Greenstar Recycling Ltd., was chosen
through a stringent judging process as one of five finalists
for the coveted Repak Packaging Recovery Operator of the year
Award 2004. A certificate was presented to Greenstar in acknowledgement
of substantial achievements in the area of packaging recycling
in the above category. The awards were established to promote
and encourage good recycling practice, amongst industry, Local
Authorities, waste contractors and young people in Ireland.
In the spirit of recycling even the Repak Recycling Award was
made from recovered / recycled glass, plastic, steel and wood!
2004 Dublin City Council Best Practice Awards - Stephen's
Green Shopping Centre
Stephen's Green Shopping Centre recently won a best practice
award from Dublin City Council for their environmental endeavours
in waste management. The principal areas that they were recognised
for was in housekeeping, bin structure and segregation
of waste streams. The improvements that the Greenstar waste
management programme made in the Stephen's Green Shopping
Centre also resulted in reduced administration time, thereby
creating more free time for staff to perform other functions.
2002 Excellence through People
Greenstar Recycling Ltd., was accredited with the Excellence
through People certification in 2002. It is Ireland's national
standard for human resource development. The certificate was
received as acknowledgment of the human resource structure put
in place to promote excellence in the workplace through the
training, development and involvement of the key resource, Greenstar
employees.
2001 Green Apple Award - Greenstar
Greenstar Recycling Ltd., won a Green Apple Award in the Waste
Recycling Category at the award ceremony in the Mayfair Hotel,
London on the 29th of October 2001.
The Green Apple Awards for Environmental Best Practice are
awarded jointly by the Chartered Institute of Wastes Management
and The Green Organisation, an independent, non-profit making
environment group with the main aim of recognising, rewarding
and promoting the positive side of environmental endeavours
throughout all sectors of the environmental industry.
The award was granted on the basis of a report submitted
by Greenstar Recycling Ltd., on our Total Waste Management
Programme. The successful total waste management concept consists
of a complete programme for the entire handling and management
of all waste material generated by industry; from the office,
canteen, factory, & warehouse to the general environs
of the factory complex.
2001 Green Apple Award - KTK LandfillKTK Landfill received the prestigious CIWM Green Apple Award in
2001 for Best Landfill Operation in the UK and Ireland. The
Awards are presented in recognition of companies or organisations
in the Waste Management Industry that demonstrate environmental
excellence in their particular field.
The award was received – for both – the operation of the landfill,
in relation to quality programmes, standard operations and
controls on site; and the public information programme that
was implemented. The programme involved open communication
with the local community, designed to encourage community
involvement, improve community relations and impart information
through an open and transparent policy.
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