11 July 2011
The Kingdom Shopping Centre in Glenrothes, which is managed by
Capita Symonds, had a very successful month in June, picking up two
prestigious awards for excellence in environmental
practices.
The shopping mall started the month by winning
the Corporate Responsibility Award, presented by Scottish Business
in the Community as part of Quality Scotland's Scottish Awards for
Business Excellence, which took place at the Edinburgh
International Conference Centre.
This was then followed up by an awards
ceremony hosted by The Green Organisation in Westminster, London,
which saw the Kingdom Shopping Centre declared an ‘International
Green Hero’. This award was presented by renowned inventor Trevor
Bayliss OBE, world famous for inventing the wind-up radio.
Both awards were presented in recognition of
the Kingdom Centre’s commitment to environmental best practice and
to reducing the centre’s carbon emissions. Centre Manager Robert
Winter commented: “We are delighted that the Kingdom Centre’s
efforts have been rewarded by achievement of both of these awards.
We have been working hard over a number of years to implement a
wide variety of environmental initiatives that have seen some very
successful results; the Centre’s carbon footprint has been reduced
by over 45% since 2006. We’re not stopping here though, we have
some exciting plans for new environmental initiatives to be
implemented in the near future that we look forward to sharing with
everyone.”