Kingfisher/BioRegional partnership wins business award

5.05.2011

Kingfisher has won the award for ‘sustainability commercialised’ at the Ethical Corporation Responsible Business Awards 2011. This prestigious accolade was for Kingfisher’s successful collaboration with BioRegional on eco products.

The ‘sustainability commercialised’ award recognises companies that can demonstrate how a sustainability-based innovation is becoming a mainstream part of their business. In 2010/11, Kingfisher Group sales of eco products totalled £1.1 billion – accounting for 10.5% of total retail sales across the Group. The total amount of eco product sales increased by 9% in 2010/11, exceeding the Group target of a 4% increase.

Kingfisher has worked in partnership with BioRegional to implement a robust verification process for its eco-product ranges across the Group. Building on work initiated at B&Q UK, the Kingfisher / BioRegional collaboration has gone on to create a ground-breaking international initiative that, in the absence of an industry-wide definition of an ‘eco-product’, is helping to set the pace globally for external verification of ‘eco’ claims.

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