FM Conway scoop prestigious sustainability award
ENDS Resource Management Award recognizes company’s leading environmental performance
FM Conway, specialists in infrastructure services, have won the Resource Management Award at the 2013 ENDS Green Economy Awards, in recognition of their pioneering approach to sustainable construction.
The awards praised FM Conway’s company-wide commitment to recycling materials from the UK’s roads. The ENDS Green Economy Awards took place at a ceremony at One Moorgate Place on Thursday 21 November, and are run by the ENDS Report, a leading environmental journal.
The win capped a string of successes for the company, which also scooped a Special Award from the Mineral Products Association for its leading work on cycle safety. The company was one of the first in the UK to fit its fleet of vehicles with equipment such as cameras, alarms and side guards to help drivers to detect cyclists.
Michael Conway, FM Conway’s chief executive officer, commented: ‘Sustainability is at the heart of the service we provide for communities, local authorities and transport organizations in London and the South East. We think carefully about how we can reuse materials from our projects, and have invested in our business to ensure we can work sustainably.
‘It’s terrific to have been recognized for our work. Using materials responsibly is crucial for the environment – but it also helps to reduce costs for local authorities and residents by cutting the need for expensive raw materials. We’re delighted to have picked up a second award in such quick succession and are working hard to ensure an equally successful 2014.’
FM Conway have invested more than £25 million in their recycling facilities since 2005 and will open a second asphalt recycling plant in London in 2014 to support their highways work across London and the South East.
The company’s reuse of materials prevents more than 450,000 tonnes of construction waste from going to landfill each year, and its approach to construction allows it to recycle virtually every material that results from its work – from the surface of roads to water waste from roadside gullies.
