Utility Partner of the Year
There was no shortage of candidates vying for the honour of utility partner of the year, demonstrating the deeply collaborative nature of the industry – a trend that is only set to increase. The judges particularly welcomed the addition of some newer names to the line-up, bringing fresh ideas and perspectives to common challenges.
As well as tackling the problems arising on a project basis, judges were keen to see evidence of wider learnings that could benefit the whole sector.
The best candidates were able to demonstrate the results of continuing relationships developed over many years and a proven record of problem solving, but at the same time bringing something new to this year’s judging
The finalists
Adler and Allan - Environmental compliance today, creating a sustainable tomorrow.
Clancy: A trusted partner, now and for the future
Energy & Utility Skills - The Green Jobs Delivery Group
Severn Trent Water and Waterfit - Green Recovery Programme
Stantec - Futureproofing the Industry Through Collaboration and Innovation
Utility Partner of the Year
There was no shortage of candidates vying for the honour of utility partner of the year, demonstrating the deeply collaborative nature of the industry – a trend that is only set to increase. The judges particularly welcomed the addition of some newer names to the line-up, bringing fresh ideas and perspectives to common challenges.
As well as tackling the problems arising on a project basis, judges were keen to see evidence of wider learnings that could benefit the whole sector.
The best candidates were able to demonstrate the results of continuing relationships developed over many years and a proven record of problem solving, but at the same time bringing something new to this year’s judging
The finalists
Adler and Allan - Environmental compliance today, creating a sustainable tomorrow.
Clancy: A trusted partner, now and for the future
Energy & Utility Skills - The Green Jobs Delivery Group
Severn Trent Water and Waterfit - Green Recovery Programme
Stantec - Futureproofing the Industry Through Collaboration and Innovation
Adler and Allan - Environmental compliance today, creating a sustainable tomorrow.
Adler and Allan is dedicated to enabling a pollution free future for everyone. It has built on its history of preventing pollutions in the hydrocarbon sector by investing in capabilities designed to tackle the biggest environmental challenges in the UK water sector today.
Under Mike Williamson MBE Adler and Allan has created a one stop shop for the water sector that includes asset consultation, monitors and sensors, data monitoring and modelling, diagnostics, asset maintenance, remediation, and response, ecology and water quality monitoring and advice.
This makes Adler and Allan the turnkey partner for the water sector.
Clancy: A trusted partner, now and for the future
Clancy’s family-run, independent model sets us apart as a trusted partner for a changing utilities industry. Focused on long-term growth, we are reinvesting profits in people, skills, plant and innovative working. This ensures we give clients what they need as they adapt to climate change, begin the energy transition, and manage market pressures from inflation and labour shortages. Our values are to be ambitious, innovative and easy to do business with; keeping our promises, and caring for people and the planet. This delivered success for us and our clients this year, while also paving the way for the future.
EA Technology
We aim to be at the heart of the drive to achieve net zero in the UK, helping organisations to create safer, stronger, smarter networks. We listen, engage, and develop specific solutions for our partners, accelerating the transition to energy decarbonisation. By developing long-term relationships across the utilities, energy, infrastructure, and associated sectors, we can safeguard power networks - this is key for us. Collaboratively, we work through challenges, we advise on strategy and implementation solutions, provide on-going maintenance and monitoring via our highly trained specialist teams. While our advanced software packages help customers to effectively manage assets and reduce costs.
Eliq AB
Eliq, based in Gothenburg with key staff in London, is a SaaS platform assisting utilities in Europe to launch apps for customer energy management.
Since 2018, we've partnered with 12 UK utilities, addressing the energy crisis by enhancing customer understanding of energy use.
We provide two solutions: our Energy Insights API for advanced app features and a ready-to-use White-Label mobile application, both aiming to strengthen customer relationships through engaging digital energy products.
Energy & Utility Skills - The Green Jobs Delivery Group
Recognising the critical importance of a skilled workforce to deliver ambitious net zero and environmental targets, government and industry has formed the Green Jobs Delivery Group (GJDG).
Energy & Utility Skills (EUS) led the way, co-chairing the ministerial-level group, developing an action plan for power and networks that has been adopted across other industries, initiating a group to champion the water industry and driving forward social impact initiatives.
This ground-breaking work, requiring collaboration across power generation and networks and new partnerships across the utilities industry, has resulted in an unprecedented analysis of skills needs and the means to deliver them.
Severn Trent Water and Waterfit - Green Recovery Programme
A Severn Trent Water (STW) collaboration with their supply partner (Waterfit) has developed and delivered a new and agile process for innovation in support of the STW Green Recovery Programme.
This new process has significantly reduced the time from solution requirement to market delivery, minimising any customer impact, environmental impact and H & S issues on site whilst providing and future proofing existing iron mains.
This new collaborative process has been so successful in delivering against its Key Performance Measures it is now being seen as the benchmark for future collaborative projects between STW and their supply chain.
Stantec - Futureproofing the Industry Through Collaboration and Innovation
Stantec is at the cutting edge of innovative delivery within water, energy and environment sectors. We collaborate with utilities, scientists, and delivery partners to create community-focused, sustainable, economic, and smart initiatives. We innovate and create solutions like the UK's first Integrated Constructed Wetland to treat all-flows and industry-leading smart water networks for long-term resilience using our global experience. Our experts collaborate with regulators and governments to create sector-specific guidelines. Stantec prioritises sustainability in all operations. Stantec achieved BSI PAS2080 accreditation in 2023 and operational carbon neutrality in 2022, a major milestone in the progressive route to science-based operational net zero.