05 July 2010
Accord shortlisted as finalist for the 2010 Sustainable Housing Awards
A housing group that manages more than 11,000 homes across the Midlands has been shortlisted for two national eco awards.
The Accord Group has been nominated for the Community Involvement & Engagement Award and the Social Housing Provider of the Year Corporate Sustainability Award at this year’s Sustainable Housing Awards 2010.
The awards, which are organised by Inside Housing magazine and its sister publication Sustainable Housing, focus on the best “green” social housing projects in the UK, and the organisations responsible for them.
The trophies will be presented at a suitably “eco” awards ceremony at the Hilton Hotel in London’s Park Lane on Friday 22nd October.
Boris Worrall, Director of Communication & Strategy, said: “Our Goal to be the Greenest housing association is cutting our carbon emissions as an organisation and helping reduce fuel bills for residents. It’s superb to be shortlisted for these prestigious national awards for the 3rd year running.”
Ted Stevens, Inside Housing’s events director, and the organiser of the awards said: “We’ve had a terrific response, with hundreds of entries and Accord has done brilliantly to get shortlisted from such a huge field. Britain is leading the way on sustainable housing and innovative building techniques so we’re delighted we’re able to organise a ceremony to reward that organisations that are delivering best practice”.
Last year nearly 500 people attended the event, which was hosted by channel 4’s news anchorman Jon Snow, and in 2008 Alistair MacGowan was the master of ceremonies. This year’s event is expected to be hosted by comedian, actor and keen climate change campaigner Marcus Brigstocke.
The sponsors of the awards include Mitie, United House, Profile 22, H + H Celcon, Sustainable Homes, The Resourcing Group, NHBC, Willmott Dixon Group and Breyer Group
If you want to find out more about the awards, the judges and each of the finalists go to insidehousing.co.uk and click on the events section.
As part of Accord’s Goal is to be the Greenest housing association in the country, Accord has achieved the acclaimed Environmental Management Standard ISO 14001 and the European Eco Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS).
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