Thames Water Wins Innovation Award

We are delighted to announce that our client, Thames Water, has scooped the Award for Innovation and was highly commended in the Best Procurement Team category at the Procurement Leaders Awards ceremony hosted in London on 23rd May.

Project "Envision" was short listed for a record breaking five categories overall and received 2 accolades:
• Best Cross-Functional Project
• Best Procurement Team
• Innovation
• Procurement Excellence
• Partnership (Thames Water/Efficio jointly)

The Innovation award recognises a procurement or sourcing project, action or initiative that has demonstrated true innovation and can demonstrate a distinct new method or approach to a challenging issue.

The judges particularly praised the scale of the project and the results achieved.

The full list of winners is below:

Best use of Technology
Winner: Delphi

Best Procurement Team
Winner: Reed Elsevier
Highly Commended: Thames Water Utilities

Best-Cross-Function Project
Winner: Premier Foods
Highly Commended: Accor

People Development
Winner: Anglo American
Highly Commended: Holcim

CSR
Winner: Tata Steel
Highly Commended: Coca-Cola Enterprises

Procurement Leader Award
Winner: Detlef Schultz, Vodafone
Highly Commended: Remko Van Hoek, Cofely - GDF Suez

Innovation
Winner: Thames Water Utilities
Highly Commended: Premier Foods

Procurement Excellence
Winner: Unilever
Highly Commended: Anglo American

Transformation
Winner: Delphi
Highly Commended: Unilever

The Partnership Awards
Winner: H J Heinz
Highly Commended: CSM

To learn more about the awards please visit the Procurement Leaders Awards website.