Ethical Yorkshire business’s delight at Green award win

Lloyd Atkin from Bio-D_web Yorkshire green cleaning products business Bio-D is celebrating after beating stiff competition to win the Green Business of the Year at the 2011 Chamber Bridlington and Wolds Business Awards.

The Hull based ethical business received the award from sponsors Muntons Malt at a glittering ceremony at Bridlington Spa on 14th October.

To reach the final, the Bio-D team had to submit a nomination that satisfied environmental criteria including evidence of a green ethos running through the business, evidence of greening core processes like purchasing and offsetting emissions and evidence of a recognised green accreditation.

Bio-D’s Managing Director Lloyd Atkin was delighted to receive the award on behalf of the company and said; “The environment is at the core of everything we do and we are very proud that our commitment to a sustainable future has earned us this prestigious award.”

The latest award comes just two months after the company won a Green Apple award for its ISO 14001 accreditation.

Independent company Bio-D manufactures environmentally responsible cleaning and laundry products that are UK made, effective, biodegradable and hypoallergenic. They are produced from sustainable, naturally derived raw materials and do not contain petrochemicals, chlorine or optical brighteners. All of the Bio-D range is suitable for use with septic tanks and are BUAV and Vegan Society approved.

Bio-D was founded in 1988 by naval entrepreneur Michael Barwell who was inspired to set up a business producing ecologically responsible cleaning products by a paper written about pollution from domestic effluent by Canadian A.M.Gower. It is now owned by Sara Holtby and Lloyd Atkin.

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