14 DAY TRIAL // A few days ago, leading researchers and scientists from Greenpeace, Oxfam, the Climate Change Committee and Business in the Community got together and decided to unwind by looking into what famous companies had been doing lately and offering awards to those that had come up with the most environmentally-friendly projects.
This meeting of the green minds is known to the general public as the Guardian Sustainable Business Awards.
Being highly esteemed professionals, they made up a list of all the features they were looking for in these companies' latest programs, and several different categories were established.
Some of these were: impact on the environment, energy usage, social impact and level of innovation.
According to environmentalleader.com, carpet manufacturer Desso was the company that most impressed the panel of judges, due to its 2008 decision to change its businesses model and only design 100% biodegradable products.
As well as this, the company set in motion a program to recycle old carpets that don't contain PVC.
The French retailer Marks & Spencer also stood out in the crowd, due to its commitment to working together with conservationists so as to help preserve marine eco-systems, provide Kenya with sustainable water and set up green factories in the UK, Turkey and China.
Due to the fact that it encourages the use of materials like organic cotton and wild Amazonian rubber, Veja, one of France's leading footwear company, was also praised for its pro-environment campaigns.
However, as a result of its environmental profit and loss account, Puma, the famous German sportswear manufacturer, was agreed to be the overall winner of the competition, with its business plans taking the lead for all the features under scrutiny.
Given the fact that most of the news we usually hear with respect to the environment tend to bring down our moral, seeing how experts seem to go on and on about pollution, climate change and the like, we find it refreshing to also come across such information about more relaxed and uplifting events.