Business in the Community Awards 2008

Re-accredited ‘Business Impact on Society Award for Small Companies’

Futures Supplies has been recognised for the third successive year with a ‘Big Tick’ for demonstrating that it is improving its business and its overall impact on society - in the marketplace, the workplace, the environment and the community.

Responsible business sometimes referred to as corporate social responsibility or CRS is at the core of Futures Supplies business programs and strategies not just a bolt on to its operations.

The company’s submission ‘Focusing on the Future’ incorporates a commitment to the community, charity, the environment and diverse initiatives encompassing supporting disadvantaged young people and programs to improve its positive impact in society, not just minimise their negative impact.

Stephen Howard, Chief Executive of BITC commented "The decision to award you a big tick has been made by a panel of independent, experienced practitioners, and such is both hard won, and highly prestigious. I am delighted to be the first to congratulate you on your achievement".

Now in their eleventh year, the Awards for Excellence are run by Business in the Community, a unique movement of over 800 companies, representing one in five of the country’s private-sector workforce

The BITC awards are the most prestigious Corporate Social Responsibility awards in the UK and are rigorously assessed and widely recognised as a powerful benchmark of good corporate practice.

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Best of Borough Awards 2007

Winners – Best Commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility

The Best of Borough Awards are a showcase for the most successful businesses in Croydon. Organised by Croydon Business Ltd to recognise the cream of Croydon Companies the black tie event was held at Addington Palace on November 22nd.

Futures Supplies was announce the winner of ‘Best Commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility’. Carbon Neutral, Futures Supplies is very vocal on green issues and heavily involved in diverse projects including work placements for young disadvantaged people, charity fundraising and increasing customer awareness of product impact on the environment.

The judges commented “Complete unwavering commitment from Mandie Kemp and her staff. The judges felt the company shows leadership in their industry and in influencing the supply chains. For a small company they have made impressive and relatively costly, investments in CSR initiatives”.

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Seltrans Travel Plan of the Year Award 2007

Winner

To reward and recognise dedication to developing and maintaining a high quality travel plan, Futures Supplies has been awarded the first Seltrans ‘Travel Plan of the Year Award’ 2007 at a glittering and informative awards ceremony held at Cafe Royal, London. This prestigious award is one of only three awards given each year, the other two being ‘Travel Plan Coordinator of the Year’ and ‘Innovative Travel Plan Project.

A Travel Plan is a package of measures that are tailored to the needs of companies or organisations to improve sustainable transport options and reduce single occupancy car use. Developing a Travel Plan helps reduce congestion, pollution and other transportation impacts on London whilst still allowing businesses to continue to grow and expand.

Futures Supplies was recognised for its Travel Plan initiatives including the purchase of four pool bikes and the installation of a shower to encourage the use of green sustainable travel to its workforce. Consequently, at least four members of staff now cycle to work and car sharing and use of the Croydon tram and public transport system is a regular part of travel for staff, reducing cost and promoting a healthy lifestyle. The company has also introduced home working and regularly promotes its travel initiatives through the company’s newsletters and regular PR.

By providing driver education through additional driver awareness training carried out by the RAC, along with the installation of vehicle tracking using a GPRS, Futures Supplies benefits from savings on insurance premiums, better fuel efficiencies as well as offering the latest information to customers on the location of their deliveries. The company also runs two Toyota T-Spirit Prius 1.5VVTI Hybrids in its fleet that offer an intelligent combination of an electric motor and petrol engine, resulting in outstanding fuel efficiency coupled with reductions in CO2 emissions.

The Government and the Mayor of London back travel plans as a means to promote greener, cleaner travel choices and a shift towards sustainable transport options within the business community. Seltrans offers advice and support in developing a travel plan as well as giving businesses/organisations the option of accessing funding and measures to ensure the travel plan is a success.

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Environmental and Sustainability Technology Awards 2007

Winners ‘Green Marketing Award’ 2007

Recognising how organisations are moving forward with viable environmental and sustainable technology solutions, Futures Supplies successfully scooped the 2007 National Environmental and Sustainable Technology ‘Green Marketing Award’.

The 2007 EAST Awards, a black tie Gala Dinner event hosted by Lord & Lady Palmer was held at the House of Lords, and were open to entries from both the Private and Public sectors. The event brought together environmental leaders and industry providers of products and services to celebrate their environmental innovation and environmental and sustainable technology solutions.

Judged by a panel of senior industry insiders headed by David Lemon, Environment Industries Commission, Futures Supplies was delighted to collect the ‘Green Marketing Award’ in recognition of its successful marketing influence encouraging not only customers, but also suppliers and their local community in the importance of ‘green’ issues.

The company successfully illustrated its environmental contribution in enabling its clients to reduce their environmental impact through the availability of green products and information on sustainability and its environmental activities through its regular newsletter and on going press campaign.

The judges commented that they had a hard time judging the awards this year as there were so many great sustainable entries. Judging from standard criteria they finally arrived at the justified clear winners, and Futures Supplies was a deserved winner recognising that the company’s influence over others in relation to environmental issues really matters.

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Business in the Community Awards 2007

Re-accredited ‘Business Impact on Society Award for Small Companies’ and
Highly Commended ‘Impact on London by a Small Company Award’

 The ‘Big Tick’ BITC awards demonstrate companies whose Corporate Social Responsibility projects display leadership, integration and sustainability with a WOW factor. Futures Supplies has been recognised by demonstrating that it is improving its business and its overall impact on society - in the marketplace, the workplace, the environment and the community. The company was not only re-accredited with a ‘Big Tick’ for its ‘Business Impact on Society Award for Small Companies’ but was ‘Highly Commended’ in the ‘Impact on London by a Small Company Awards’ for illustrating how its business operations link to ‘Business in the Community’s’ three commitments:-

• Inspire, innovate and lead by sharing learning and experiencee
• Impact on key social issues through, collaborative action in areas of greatest need
• Integrate, manage and measure responsible business

To inspire, engage, support and challenge businesses in continually improving their impact in the community, the BITC awards are the most prestigious Corporate Social Responsibility awards in the UK and are rigorously assessed and widely recognised as a powerful benchmark of good corporate practice.

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South London Business Awards 2007

Winners: 'Customer Service Award' , 'Small Business Award' and 'South London Company of the Year Award'.

Finalists: 'Marketing Award'.

Recognising enterprise and dynamic entrepreneurship the 'South London Business Awards' represent the cream of South London Businesses.

Futures Supplies swept the board at the 2007 Awards collecting not one, but three prestigious awards. At the ceremony held in a giant marquee on the pitch at Selhurst Park, home of Crystal Palace Football Club, the company walked away with not only the Customer Service and Small Business Award, it was also awarded the highest accolade on the evening of ‘South London Company of the Year’.

The unique and inspiring evening attended by over 400 leading business people was hosted by Capital Gold DJ David Jensen who announced the winners in a total of eight award categories.

The winners were selected by a high-powered panel of judges headed by Phil Walker, Director of the Royal Bank of Scotland who commented, “Mandie Kemp is an excellent ambassador for South London business. Her company, Futures Supplies & Support Services impressed the judges and she has been awarded three trophies including South London Company of The Year, the highest accolade and proving that excellence can be achieved in all areas of business.

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The Chamber Awards 2006

Winners ‘Business of the Year’ & Highly Commended ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’

Recognising that as a business in the UK you have to work harder and smarter for success, The British Chamber of Commerce Awards provide the opportunity for recognition on a national scale for the hard work and achievements of businesses.

The Regional ’Business of the Year’ award was awarded to Futures Supplies for demonstrating all-round excellence in business. The judging was focused on financial performance and future objectives, the competitive advantage of the business, and especially looked at examples of specific strategies which have driven business growth. The company provided evidence and a compelling story of a business that understands its market and customer needs and places these at the forefront of its strategic development.

Peter Mileham, President of the BCC, said; “Futures Supplies & Support Services Ltd is a business that really stands out from the crowd. The competition was fierce. Making it to the short list is tough and winning is reserved for only the very best.

Mandie Kemp was also highly commended in the category of ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’. This award was presented for an individual who stands out in a crowd and has been instrumental in the success of a business taking into consideration the overall business performance of the business over the years and vision for the future of the business.

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The Green Guardian Awards 2006

Winners ‘Green Business of the Year 2006’  
(Highly Commended - 2007)

A unique partnership between the Guardian Newspapers and local authorities was set up to recognise companies who help protect and improve the environment.

Companies are judged on what they do to limit the environmental impact of their business plus anything extra they do to improve the local environment.

Futures was successfully nominated and awarded the top accolade in two out of the five Boroughs for taking the environmental lead and recognising the way forward to a more sustainable future.

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Business in the Community Awards 2006

Winners ‘Impact on Society for Small Companies Award’

The prestigious ‘Business in the Community Awards’ in association with the Financial Times and sponsored by the Department of Trade are the most prestigious Corporate Social Responsibility awards in the UK.

Rigorously assessed and independently assured, the awards are powerful benchmarks of good corporate practice.

The Awards, which are now in their ninth year, are run by Business in The Community, a unique movement in the UK of over 750 member companies whose purpose is to inspire, engage, support and challenge business in continually improving its impact in the community.

Futures Supplies received the widely recognised ‘Big Tick’ for demonstrating that through leadership and interrogation of corporate responsibility, it is improving its business and its overall impact on society - in the marketplace, the workplace, the environment and the community.

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Croydon Champion Awards

Winners ‘Business Champion 2006’

Croydon Guardian in partnership with Croydon Council set up to recognise, find and honour the town’s unsung heroes through the Croydon Champion awards.

Croydon is one of the UK's largest commercial centres with over 13,000 businesses ranging from new start-up enterprises to SMEs, blue chip company HQs and major multinational corporates and has a reputation as a leading 21st century business centre with a unique transport infrastructure.

Futures were awarded ‘Business Champions 2006’ for its outstanding commitment to business, enterprise and innovation.

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CHSA National Distributor Service Excellence Awards

Winners 1997-2006

The Awards organised by the CHSA and independently assessed are designed to give distributors of janitorial cleaning and hygiene products a clear picture of what their customers think about their company’s service levels.

The biennial survey is carried out by an independent and a personalised report is provided along with an aggregate summary of all participants’ results enabling the distributor to bench mark its performance against the industry as a whole.

Futures have been successful in achieving this recognition consistently since 1997.

Graham Fletcher, General Secretary of the Cleaning and Hygiene Suppliers Association said, “Futures Supplies & Support Services Ltd has performed magnificently to achieve such a high level of service performance. This is an example to everyone in the industry.”

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ENVIBE

Winners ‘Bronze, Silver and Gold 2005, 2006 & 2007’

Winners ‘Bronze, Silver and Gold 2005, 2006 and 2007’ Envibe, co-ordinated by Croydon Council and government financed recognises good practice and businesses that are making positive improvements to their environmental performance through a tiered award scheme.

Futures Supplies, one of only two companies to receive a Gold Award, was recognised for its commitment to the company’s environmental and corporate social responsibility project and received a prestigious Bronze, Silver Gold Envibe Awards in 2005.

To qualify for the awards, the company had to provide hard evidence of its environmental and community activities and underwent several site visits from the Envibe team along with independent audits on its waste, energy, green purchasing,and travel.

To continue to hit Gold the company has had to undergo an annual independent audit from the Envibe team providing evidence of its activities, continual improvement as well as achieve goals and targets. Futures Supplies were delighted to be successful in collecting a gold Envibe award again in 2006 and 2007 further endorsement of its long term commitment to its environmental and CSR project, performance and management.

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Surrey Business Awards 2005/2006

Winner Surrey ‘Business Person of the Year’

The awards supported by the Surrey Chamber of Commerce and Surrey Economic Partnership recognise the brightest and best in Surrey.

Managing Director, Mandie Kemp was recognised for her hard work and determination and awarded the only individual accolade of ‘Surrey Business Person of the Year’.

A high powered panel of judges made up of the areas leading business people chose the winners after a site visit and Valeria Handley, Managing Director of Eagle Radio FM announced that Mandie had been selected for her strong niche in the market and for growing a profitable business.
She told the audience ‘This was a very difficult decision but in my opinion, Mandie ticked all the right boxes to win this award’.

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Lord Mayor of London’s Dragon Awards 2005 & 2006

The Lord Mayor’s prestigious Dragon Awards celebrate annually the contribution made by London companies towards the social and economic regeneration of their local communities. Now in its 19th year, the awards have seen community involvement become an ever more important part of business culture in the UK.

Futures was short listed as only one of three finalists in these prestigious awards in October 2005 and 2006 for demonstrating a long-term commitment to a wide-ranging programme of community engagement characterised by outstanding levels of staff involvement at all levels of the organisation.

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The Mayor’s Green Procurement Code Awards 2005

Celebrating green purchasing and in recognition of outstanding achievement in sustainable purchasing, the Green Procurement Code Awards were set up in 2003 in association with London Remade.

Futures was recognised in the category of ‘Best performing small to medium sized enterprise’ in 2005, being one of only three company’s short listed for its commitment to identify opportunities to recycle waste and purchase sustainable products after submitting data that is verified by independent environmental consultants.

The awards look at the annual total tonnage of material diverted from landfill, CO2 emissions saved and the total spend on recycled products.

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Best of Business Awards 2005

Winners ‘Best Commitment to CSR’ and ‘Winner of Winners’

Run by Croydon Business, the ‘Best of Business’ awards are designed to recognise and reward the most successful organisations in the borough.

Futures was awarded the top prize in the category of ‘Best Commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility’ for its on-going CSR projects in the support of care-leavers and its commitment to its environmental project.

The company was recognised at an awards ceremony after submitting hard evidence and a panel of high-powered judges carried out a site visit.

Futures went on to be named the overall ‘Winner of Winners’ because it impressed the judges with its inspirational commitment to the CSR project and growing a successful profitable business.

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London Business Awards 2005

The London Business Awards celebrates the achievements of businesses and individuals in the capital, their enormous contributions vitality, diversity and success.

Mandie Kemp was nominated as a finalist in two categories of ‘Business Woman of The Year’ and ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’.

The awards are organised by The London Chamber of Commerce and attract widespread attention with both ITV London and the Evening Standard as media partners.

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