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Sat, Jul 31, 2010

2009 Vision in Business for the Environment of Scotland (VIBES) Awards

Eight companies have beaten off stiff competition from the cream of Scotland’s green businesses to take winners titles at the 2009 Vision in Business for the Environment of Scotland (VIBES) Awards – which are celebrating their ten-year anniversary this year.

Prizes were presented by Minister for Environment Roseanna Cunningham MSP, Rob Gibson MSP and Scottish Environment Protection Agency chair David Sigsworth.

The annual VIBES awards recognise and reward the efforts of Scottish businesses to become more efficient and competitive through improving environmental performance whilst also benefiting the bottom-line. 

VIBES is supported by a partnership of organisations including the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and sponsored by Chivas Brothers – Pernod Ricard.

The winners

Best Management award

  • Large company category (more than 250 employees): Robert Wiseman Dairies, procurer of Scotland’s iconic milk brand and supermarket favourites "freshnlo" and "The One", based in Bellshill.
  • Medium (between 50 and 250 employees): Manufacturer of window and door units, CMS Enviro Systems Ltd, of Cumbernauld.
  • Small (less than 50 employees): Edinburgh-based Rabbie’s Trail Burners Ltd – a highland group tour company, operating luxury fuel-efficient mini-coaches with driver guides.

Product award

  • TWMA of Aberdeen – an industry leader in the handling and treatment of hydrocarbon-contaminated drill cuttings and waste materials, for its unique product, TCC Rotomill, which processes drill cuttings from oil-based Drilling Mud.

Service award

  • The Linwood base of recycling and waste management company William Tracey Ltd.

Process award

  • Local bus operator Stagecoach West Scotland, based in Ayr for using the UK’s first Bio-buses which run on 100 per cent bio-fuel.

International co-operation award

  • The UK’s largest developer of onshore windfarms, Glasgow-based ScottishPower Renewables, in a joint venture with the Norwegian organisation, Hammerfest Strom UK Ltd, to commercialise tidal stream technology and pursue tidal energy projects in the UK.

Best micro company

  • H20logy Ltd from Selkirk collects, manages, redistributes and treats water. For its ATS (Advanced Treatment Station) for the treatment and decontamination of road water.

For more information on VIBES, please visit www.vibes.org.uk or email vibes@sepa.org.uk