Green leaders' winners revealed
Representatives from Coventry City Council and Birmingham Airport were among the winners at the West Midlands Green Leaders event last night (5 October 2011).
Thirty-three winners were announced at the awards, which promotes West Midlands' leaders "driving a green economy".
Martin Reeves, Coventry City Council chief executive; Kirstin Kane, environment manager at Birmingham Airport and Professors Andreas Hornung and Tony Bridgwater from Aston University were honoured at the event.
Both multinational and small businesses were recognised, including Carillion's Simon Dingle who is spearheading the company’s involvement in the £193m Library of Birmingham.
The event was organised by Sustainability West Midlands (SWM).
George Marsh, chair of SWM, said: "This year our Green Leaders again feature a diverse group of individuals, who are all having a positive environmental impact in helping the West Midlands achieve our vision for a low carbon economy.
"What I am particularly pleased about is the number of businesses recognised in 2011. We've got big names such as Alumet Systems, Amey, Denso and Travel de Courcey, but also smaller firms such as Silent Computing and Architype featured."
