Clean City Awards Scheme

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What is the Clean City Awards Scheme?

The scheme was set up in 1994 to develop partnerships with all types of City businesses by raising the profile of responsible waste management. It recognised and rewarded good practice by encouraging businesses to 'Reduce, Reuse and Recycle'.

The Clean City Awards Scheme 2024

You can apply for awards in:

  • Air Quality and Climate Action

  • Communication and Engagement

  • Resource and Circular Economy

  • Plastic Free City

Only members can apply for awards.

Within these award categories you will gain a Bronze, Silver or Gold award. You may also apply to be the Category Winner by answering some additional questions. There is also a chance for you to be nominated to win a Chairman’s Cup Award which will be judged within your business size category.

We welcome Small businesses (up to 100 employees on site), Large businesses (more than 100 employees on site) and Facilities Management companies located within the City of London.

Aims

Aims of the scheme

  • Promote good sustainability practices across a variety of areas

  • Encourage work towards better air quality and towards climate action

  • Increase engagement and communications about sustainability

  • Promote how to manage resources better and transition towards circular economy practices

  • Reduce reliance on single use plastics via the Plastic Free City

  • Encourage, recognise and reward best practices in high profile areas of air quality, climate action, resource use and Plastic Free City

  • Encourage City businesses to take pride in their surroundings

  • Provide a forum for City businesses to engage with one another and exchange initiatives, both within the City and beyond

Why join?

There are many benefits to being a member of the CCAS:

  • Improved sustainability can save your company money and create a healthier, happier workforce

  • Support creating and implementing ideas

  • Fulfills your company's Corporate Social Responsibility agenda

  • Enhances your company's environmental credentials and improves your company's image

  • Networking opportunities with fellow CCAS members can grow business connections

  • Valued active association with the City of London

  • Be recognised and rewarded for your hard work!

What the CCAS membership offers you

  • A chance to apply for multiple awards to recognise your efforts and achievements

  • Access to resource packs to supply ideas, guidance and advice

  • Invites to Environmental Best Practice meetings and workshops on a variety of topics

  • Monthly e-newsletter

  • Access to CCAS team for ad-hoc advice and guidance

  • Certificates/trophies to recognise and reward achievements in the scheme

  • Attend the prestigious CCAS annual awards ceremony hosted by the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion House

  • Permission to use CCAS logo on your business’s website and corporate literature to promote your site’s commitments to the topic areas of the CCAS and partnership with the City

    already a member of the clean city award sCHEME?

    To ensure that the Clean City Awards remains relevant and useful for our CCAS members, we would like as many of our Members as possible to complete our survey. Your feedback is invaluable to help the CCAS Team shape the scheme as our Members would like it to be. Have any questions about the survey or have other feedback? Please contact the CCAS Team at ccas@cityoflondon.gov.uk