The Guardian Sustainable Business Awards, the annual event celebrating the most sustainable companies, announced winners at a ceremony in central London on 29 May. 

Photo: the Guardian Sustainable Business Awards logo, from www.guardian.co.uk 

PUMA that has just announced its ten new Creative Catalyst Award winners was named the overall winner of this year’s Awards and also won the award in the category ‘Biodiversity’ for its Environmental Profit and Loss Account. PUMA was selected to become overall winner form 35 other companies from the shortlist.

PUMA’s Environmental Profit and Loss Account (E P&L) due to which the company received both awards was first published in the Sportlifestyle magazine. The Account analyzed environmental factors such as water consumption and greenhouse gas emissions throughout its core business and supply chain operations. The analysis is the part of PUMA’s long-term sustainability plan and the brand made it to realize and solve the problem of its products impact along the entire supply chain.

The Guardian Sustainable Business Awards judged the businesses in 12 categories. The winner of first category Built Environment is Igloo Regeneration, and Marks & Spencer with its Ecclesall Road store in Prologis UK is the runner-up. SABMiller won in two categories—the Collaboration category due to its partnership with Water Futures and in the Water category for its Making More Beer Using Less Water program. The runner-up in the Water category is Coca-Cola for establishing a water sustainable operation. Just like the last year, Sainsbury’s Supermarkets took the first place in the Energy category as the world’s first smart grid ready supermarket and in the Carbon category for its Footprint initiative. Danone shares the runner up award for its -30% carbon mobilization with Coca-Cola for its low-carbon business. The full information can be viewed here.

Other categories included Engaging Employees, Innovation, Social Impact, Waste and Recycling, Communicating Sustainability, and Supply Chain. The additional awards received Ray Anderson, founder of Interface for his outstanding achievement and Ian Cheshire, Kingfisher’s CEO, as the Sustainable Business Leader of the Year.