Aberdeen-headquartered ASCO picked up the Driving Sustainability prize at this year's Northern Star Business Awards, and were presented the title by sponsors bp.
ASCO is a leading global logistics and materials management services provider,
supporting projects in the renewables, new energy, oil and gas and
decommissioning sectors.
The company's innovative processes
and systems put it at the forefront of driving supply chain efficiency,
providing transparency for the entire process from vendors to end users. Its
fully integrated suite of support includes logistics, transport and freight, supply
base management, aviation services, warehousing and storage solutions,
materials management, fuel and bulk provision, marine services, training,
lifting and assurance, personnel provision and environmental services.
It combines this with
specialist technical and advisory services across marine, materials, inventory
and lifting operations and world-class technology via its proprietary
integrated Logistics Management System to meet the needs of global energy
operators.
ASCO has more than half a
century of logistics and materials management experience and its expertise and
capability help customers by transforming operational efficiency and improving
processes.
It has recently implemented a
range of major changes to create a more sustainable business and to become a
net zero greenhouse gas emissions business by 2040.
These changes include the
transition of its light vehicle fleet to electric in both the UK and Norway.
ASCO’s “Zero Waste to
Landfill” initiative was designed in response to Scottish regulatory
requirements which will ban the disposal of general waste to landfill by 2025.
The initiative diverts industrial waste, currently bound for landfill sites, to
sustainable facilities in North-east Scotland where “waste-to-energy”
technology is used to produce electricity and hot water. So far, the company has
achieved a reduction of 57% waste sent to landfill in the UK.
The finalists
The other finalists in the category were:
- ASCO
- Burnobennie Distillery
- Carbon-Zero
- KR Group
- Tidy Green Clean
Click here to view a video of all the finalists.
About the sponsor
bp is an an integrated energy business with operations in Europe, North and South America, Australasia, Asia and Africa
The company has been based in the UK for over 100 years and continues to invest in its businesses to provide the energy the country needs.
It directly employs 15,780 people and spends £7.1billion with UK companies, supporting over 90,100 jobs in total – that’s one in every 364 jobs in the UK.
In total, bp contributes £9.7billion to UK GDP, around 0.5% of UK GDP.