ITM GOES LIVE WITH ICARUS AWARDS 3RD YEAR RUNNING
Recognizing Sustainable Travel Innovations More Important Than Ever
The Institute of Travel & Meetings (ITM) UK & Ireland has announced the running of its environmental supplier awards programme for the 3rd consecutive year despite a continued focus on cost cutting by the travel & meetings community. The ICARUS Environmental Awards are designed to recognise leadership and innovation by the travel and meeting supplier community as part of the association's work through Project ICARUS, the global business travel and meetings industry's most renowned corporate responsibility project.
For the 2009/10 Awards, the association has added a new category, the "Best Project" Award, which is a revision of the "Corporate Team" and "Consultancy" categories.
Previous years' winners have included CWT, BA, Eurostar, easyJet, HRG and PwC. Entries are once again to be judged by a panel of academics and industry experts specialising in environmental reduction in the travel and meetings sector. The panel will be chaired by Dr Keith Mason of Cranfield University's Business Travel Research Centre, a member of the group which leads and directs ICARUS.
Paul Tilstone, Chief Executive of ITM, said about the awards, "At a time like this it is incredibly important to recognise those companies who have continued to invest in products which will reduce emissions from companies undertaking travel and meetings. These products can save money as well as emissions but when the economy returns you can be sure that those who have put CSR to one side will find it back on the agenda fast. Anyone continuing to drive down emissions in the present climate deserves to be recognised especially".
The award programme can be found at www.icarus.itm.org.uk, with the deadline for notification of entry by 14th August
