Creating Better Futures Awards

The Creating Better Futures Awards recognise and celebrate impactful initiatives that align with our corporate vision of Creating Better Futures, across our four sustainability priorities:

Supporting climate action by delivering climate resilient infrastructure, investing in energy transition, and decarbonising existing projects – as we work towards net zero emissions across our portfolio by 2050.

Minimising environmental impact of resource consumption and biodiversity loss – creating a more circular world and an environment where plants, animals, and their natural habitats thrive.

Creating positive social impact to help address some of the needs of the communities where our projects operate – beyond our contractual obligations and the inherent benefits our assets deliver.

Promoting fair and safe working practices as well as diverse, equitable and inclusive workplaces – in our own business, portfolio companies, and across our supply chain.

Our objective

The awards are designed to encourage and celebrate initiatives that deliver meaningful impact within our portfolio. By doing this, we are raising further awareness of the needs and benefits of taking sustainable action on the matters highlighted in our sustainability priorities.

The awards are open to all our portfolio businesses and supply chain partners, and have been designed to create a forum through which best practice can be shared. We are working with these parties to increase the number, scale, and therefore impact, of delivered initiatives and our joint success in achieving this will ensure our awards grow bigger and better each year.

Gold standard winners

Each submission is assessed against internally developed criteria being: Innovation, Community need, Collaboration and Efficiency.

The Creating Better Futures Awards held June 2023 saw 15 projects that met the gold standard criteria. We have showcased four of those winning initiatives below:

  • Project Peatland

    A campaign to raise awareness on peatland restoration and the impact it can have on a net zero future.

  • Project Beatrice

    Installing a camera system and utilizing AI technology, to monitor puffin populations around Beatrice offshore wind farm.

  • Plant Pantry box

    An initiative at North Middlesex University Hospital, to provide a subsidized option for hospital staff to access fruit and vegetables, that would ordinarily go to waste.

  • ELHT&Me Charity Hub

    Royal Blackburn Hospital charity shop making a difference to patients and their family members.

For more information about the Creating Better Futures Awards 2024 – please contact: info@ircp.com

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