Morley Glass has been shortlisted for an award in ‘The Yorkshires’ Business Awards 2024, which is set to take place on Friday 6 December at The Queens Hotel in Leeds City Centre.
The company is a finalist in the ‘ESG Excellence’ category of the awards programme organised by Yorkshire Children’s Charity. A statement said that these awards are held every year to celebrate Yorkshire’s entrepreneurial spirit whilst at the same time raising money to support children and young people who are living at a disadvantage.
Morley Glass said its environmental and social governance (ESG) approach is demonstrated through its post-consumer insulating glass unit (IGU) recycling service. This scheme enables Morley Glass customers to arrange for the end-of-life IGUs that they remove during window and door replacement work to be collected and crushed into cullet for the remanufacture of new building glass.
This scheme generates revenue, the company noted, all of which goes into the Morley Glass GreenVision fund. This fund was set up to provide grants to charities, groups and individuals who are involved in social and environmental improvement projects in communities across Yorkshire, and so far more than 180 grants of £500 have been awarded.
In the Morley Glass’ latest development of its ESG strategy, it has partnered with a waste management specialist to divert the waste metal drums used by its sealant supplier away from recycling into re-use. According to the company, this means hundreds of metal drums every year will now be reconditioned and sold on for new industrial uses, raising further revenue for GreenVision in the process.
Ian Short, managing director of Morley Glass, said: “We’re thrilled to be shortlisted for the ESG Excellence Award at The Yorkshires and we are looking forward to what is set to be a superb awards ceremony. And the awards programme has significant extra value given that all the businesses entering are supporting the Yorkshire Children’s Charity – this is a fantastic organisation that does incredible work to help young people in more challenging circumstances.”
