Juliet Davenport, founder and chief executive of Good Energy, scooped the top award at the inaugural People & The Environment Achievement Business (PEAB) Awards 2012.
Davenport was named overall winner of the
PEAB, of which
GreenWise was one of the category sponsors. The
Good Energy boss also beat off five other finalists to be named the best chief executive officer for her "outstanding leadership" at the 100 per cent
green energy supplier.
The PEAB Awards were held at The Orangery at Kensington Palace in London on January 26.
Good Energy
Established a decade ago, Good Energy has become a leading green energy supplier in the UK, supplying around 26,000 homes and businesses and working with around 3,000 independent generators. Last year, it became the first UK energy supplier to source one third of its electricity from solar power.
"We've come a long way in just 10 years, and we have ambitious plans for the future: a goal of making the UK 100 per cent renewable by 2050, built around a British homegrown energy movement," Davenport said.
The PEAB Awards, in association with Lloyds TSB Commercial, were launched to honour the teams and individuals who are driving new, sustainable models of business across different sectors and business operations.
Other winnersA total of 16 people and teams were rewarded for their contribution to sustainable business at the PEABs. Other winners, alongside Davenport, included Nigel Keen and The Property Services Team at The John Lewis Partnership, who scooped the Building and Construction Award; Anthony Davidson, founder and managing director of Big Barn CIC, which collected the Community Interest Company Award; and Huw Davies, head of Personal Banking at Triodos Bank, who won the Banking and
Finance Award.
The Environment Manager Award, sponsored by Greenwise, went to Dr Cecil Stephen Camilleri, manager, Sustainable Wine Programmes at The Yalumba Wine Company. Glyn Lee, Energy manager at The East of England Co-operative Society, was runner-up.
Commenting on the awards, Paul Turner, director of Community & Sustainable Business at Lloyds Banking Group, said: "We received entries from many organisations with impressive sustainability credentials who are seizing the opportunities associated with the move towards a green economy.
"Congratulations should go to each and every entry as all of these organisations are actively demonstrating how it is possible to be both a commercially successful business whilst also minimising their impact on the natural world, whether it be through lower carbon emissions or a reduced reliance on natural resources."
The PEAB were organised by King Lion Media, which last year hosted the PEA awards to recognise individual achievement and the environment. King Lion Media is publisher of the Green Magazine, which is published quarterly in the Guardian.
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