GMMC Excellence Awards 2022

SE Recycling are delighted to announce that we are nominated for both the Sustainable Strategy Award and Community Champion Award at the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce’s Excellence Awards 2022.

Sponsored by Biffa, the Excellence Awards showcase and celebrate business achievements and resilience, helping highlight businesses their leaders and teams that have demonstrated success within their industry and Greater Manchester community.

SE Recycling are nominated for two awards:

Green & Sustainable Strategy sponsored by Michael Page Finance – This award recognises tried and tested environmentally focused practices that are not only saving the planet but improving output and profitability.

Community Champion Award sponsored by Suez – The community Champion Award recognises and celebrates the community heroes and how the organisation or individual facilitates, participates and enables community engagement, the impact that this engagement has had on the community.

Winners of the GMMC’s Excellence Awards will be announced on 29^th September at Victoria Warehouse, Manchester. In addition, all award entries will be submitted to The British Chamber of Commerce Awards, providing organisations with the opportunity to be recognised at a national level.

Andes Mountains Hydro Power - Chile

Located in the Tinguiririca River upper valley, this Hydroelectric project is around 120km south of Santiago, Chile. Known as La Confluencia, the 163 MW run of river hydro power plant utilizes the hydrological resources of the Tinguiririca, Portillo and Azufre Rivers, in a run of river scheme to generate and supply zero emission energy to the Chilean central electricity grid (SIC). The power plant generates certified emission reductions (CERs) by displacing electricity generation from grid connected fossil fuel-fired power plants that would otherwise be generating electricity.

Environmental Sustainability

The primary objective of the proposed project is to help meet Chile’s rising demand for energy due to its economic growth and to improve the supply of electricity, while contributing to the environmental, social (job creation in the construction phase, and infrastructure enhancements in surrounding municipalities) and economic sustainability by increasing renewable energy’s share on the Chilean electricity consumption. The Project activity improves the supply of electricity with clean, renewable hydroelectric power while contributing to the regional/local economic development.

Social Development

Through the “Tinguiririca Participa” grant program, the project directly finances proposals presented by community organisation, in areas such as healthcare, education, and social change. In the first year of the program, the joint venture financed 11 projects, while today the number of projects surpasses 200. All of these initiatives are aimed at meeting community needs.

Flora and Fauna

In addition to social projects, reforestation of around 120 hectares around the site has been implemented, helping protect and improve the local flora and fauna, with a specific impact on local Tricahue Parrot, Torrent Duck, Freshwater Catfish, Torrent Duck and Freshwater Catfish species.

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