SOUTH Derbyshire MP Mark Todd visited the Derby offices of a firm of business advisers to present awards to companies that have been successful in lessening their impact on the environment.

Mr Todd presented the awards to members of the Resource Navigator Club at the Pride Park offices of Cooper Parry. The firm has been supporting the club, set up in 2006 to assist firms with waste reduction, energy efficiency and water minimisation, by providing its Derby offices as a venue for its meetings.

Mr Todd presented awards to organisations which had taken steps towards resource efficiency and waste reduction between 2007 and 2008.

Bonar Floors, in Ripley, and Advanced Flooring and Roofing, in Ilkeston, were co-winners of the award for best quantitative environmental performance management.

Alert Electrical Wholesalers, in Ilkeston, won the award for the greatest reduction in waste generation, with a 62% reduction.

DG Controls, in Swadlincote, won the award for the greatest reduction in energy use.

Greenbank, in Woodville, won the greatest reduction in CO2 emissions award.