The packaging operations of global drinks giant Diageo in Belfast and Runcorn in Cheshire have been awarded the Business in the Community's (BITC) Big Tick Award at a gala dinner in the Royal Albert Hall.
A key part of BITC’s Awards for Excellence which is the UK’s leading scheme for responsible business practices, the Big Tick rewards those that show a positive impact both on society and on their businesses.
The bottling and canning plants in Bel
fast and Runcorn, are the key packaging operations of Diageo’s Guinness Supply business and together are responsible for packaging over 460 million litres of premium drinks brands including Guinness, Harp, Budweiser and Smirnoff Ice every year.
“It is very rewarding to see the hard work that our employees have put in to develop responsible business practices being recognised through BITC’s Awards for Excellence,” said David Varian, Packaging Director for the two sites, “And I would like to congratulate everyone in Belfast and Runcorn for contributing to this success.
“Through this process we have demonstrated ways in which we have positively made a difference to the environment, to our workplace and the marketplace in which we operate.”
Since 2004 the packaging operation in Belfast has reduced its waste to landfill by 87 per cent, and reduced its waste recycled by 5.5 per cent in the last year while in Runcorn, waste to landfill was reduced by 95 per cent since 2004 and waste recycled by 10 per cent in the last year.
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