The Isle of Wight Council has been recognised for its outstanding efforts to reduce its environmental impact and promote sustainability, achieving a gold award for their efforts at their County Hall and Sea Street office, while also securing a silver award for Building 41.
The Green Impact program encourages environmentally and socially sustainable practices within organisations and is part of a commitment by the council to make positive changes in their workplaces.
The Green Impact scheme provides a toolkit with over 190 actions that businesses can choose from to improve their environmental performance and reduce operational costs. The actions are worth different points, ranging from 2 to 30, and there are four award levels: Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum.
The Isle of Wight council was 1 of 12 businesses that received Green Impact awards in 2024, with other businesses including:
- Platinum Camp Wight
- Platinum Nettlecombe Farm
- Platinum NOSY Creative Agency
- Platinum The Garlic Farm
- Gold Isle of Wight Council – County Hall & 46SS
- Gold Sandrock Services Ltd
- Gold Visit Isle of Wight
- Silver Building 41
- Gold Gurit (UK) Ltd
- Silver ESG Solutions (IoW) Ltd
- Silver New Carnival
- Silver Seaview Hotel
- Silver WRS Systems
Jo Boswell, Impact Lead for The Garlic Farm, who achieved a Platinum Award and Best Newcomer Award with 617 points, said:
“The Garlic Farm is delighted to be recognised as the top scorer in Green Impact. Our participation in Green Impact underscores our dedication to monitoring and minimising our social and environmental footprint.”
“We are excited to continue our efforts and inspire other island businesses to join us. There is a wonderful opportunity for local businesses to collaborate in reducing our collective impact, and we hope that many more will get involved in the future.”
Councillor Julie Jones-Evans, Isle of Wight Council committee chair for Economy, Regeneration and Transport says:
“When I introduced Green Impact to the island in 2018, working with National Union of Students, IW College, local businesses and IW Council, I had no idea it would lead to such great achievements.
“All the small actions businesses take all add up and we should be very proud of the outcomes for our environment. This free to use tool is easy to access and is for any size of business or team.”
“Well done to the class of 2024, you deserve the recognition of these awards.”
If your organisation is interested in participating in the 2025 Green Impact Programme, you can register for free by visiting the Green Impact website at https://toolkit.sos-uk.org/greenimpact/iw/login. As part of your registration, you’ll also gain access to additional support to assist you on your own green journey.
All this at the tax payers expense
Now how about doing the right thing and fix the roads
And clear up the rock falls in ventnor.
Instead of standing there with silly awards get a shovel each and do some proper work for a change
It’s all a load of b@ll@cks, there is nothing green
about this island apart from the long grass
we can thank NO Mow May for that.
The island is ful of dirty diesel vehicles polluting the
Island.
Unlike the mainland the island have done nothing to
combat this.
An island ULEZ charge to get all the polluting vehicles off
our roads.
Charge such vehicles more to park.
My estimate on Net Zero for IW. Is 2130
2030 is for places who know what they are doing.
Let’s face it this island still can’t tackle the speeding
problem that is rife on the island.
Pity they don’t put as much effort into looking after the Isle of Wight. A lot of the roads are atrocious, the floating bridge is beyond a joke, rocks have been on the road in Ventnor for months.
They are still having trouble undoing a packet of
crisps between them.
Prioritising or scheduling is not their speciality,
I don’t know what is!