BCE Environmental Leadership Awards

Founded by Sir Peter Parker in 1975, the Business Commitment to the Environment (BCE) Environmental Leadership Awards scheme is the longest running, and one of the most prestigious, environmental award schemes in the UK.

The BCE Awards are sponsored by businesses for business, and are given to companies that the judges recognise as meeting the commercial demands of the present, without compromising the environment for future generations.

The BCE Awards aim to provide a unique opportunity for any business to demonstrate clearly that corporate responsibility is an integral part of their organisation, they are innovative and are ahead of the competition.

Managed and administered by UK business, the BCE Awards truly recognise the importance of environmental excellence, innovation and leadership in an age where, increasingly, running with the pack simply is not enough.

Entry is free of charge - so the BCE Awards are among the easiest to enter but, by stark contrast, the hardest to win. Only those projects that meet the judges' demanding criteria succeed.

Winning such a tough contest can be an incredible boost for an organisation, both internally, for the staff, and externally, with customers and the wider business community. The BCE Environmental Leadership Awards are indeed a high-profile accolade.

AEA manages and is the main sponsor of the BCE Awards. Details of other sponsors can be found here.

BCE Award winners are eligible to be considered for entry into the biennial European Business Awards for the Environment.

2009 BCE Award
Winners Announced

The best in UK environmental excellence was celebrated at the 2009 BCE Environmental Leadership Awards ceremony, which was held at The Lincoln Centre in London on 1 July. 12 companies received recognition for their outstanding achievements with Richard Lambert, Director-General of the CBI presenting the awards to the winners.

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You could be a winner
of a BCE Award in
2010

To apply for the 2010 BCE Awards simply download an application form here, fill it in and send it to bce.awards@aeat.co.uk.

The closing date for applications is Monday 5 October 2010.

BCE Award winner
now triumphs in
Europe

Following its success in the 2007 Business Commitment to the Environment (BCE) Awards, The Co-operative Group has gone on to triumph over fierce European competition to scoop the Management Award at the prestigious European Business Awards for the Environment (EBAE) 2008.