Case Studies

Examples of responsible business practice in the North West.

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  • Liverpool Football Club - Healthy Living and Positive Lifestyle Change

    Liverpool Football Club is working in collaboration with Liverpool City Council and other partner agencies to create a range of programmes to emphasise healthy living and achieve long-term lifestyle change in one of the poorest areas of the UK. The programme was given a significant boost with £380k from European funding.

  • Halliwells LLP - Corporate Challenge

    Halliwells have generated £375,710 for Claire House Children’s Hospice and the Prince’s Trust through innovative collaboration with over 200 companies in the North West.

  • The Co-operative Financial Services - Project Formation

    The Co-operative Financial Services developed Project Formation as a co-ordinated education and training programme in 2000 to address growing levels of unemployment and skills shortages in Skelmersdale.

  • Berrybridge Housing Schools’ Support Programme

    Berrybridge Housing aims to offer its tenants more than just ‘bricks and mortar’ by working closely with schools at the heart of their neighbourhood.

  • United Utilities - efficiently leading in the environment

    To ensure the delivery of its carbon reduction targets, UU has invested significantly in combined heat and power (CHP) projects to increase production by 80%, and is also working with its suppliers to measure and manage their carbon emissions.

  • United Utilities - Enzymic Hydrolysis

    United Utilities has developed a revolutionary new technique for the treatment of sludge, creating a sustainable approach to the management of waste.

  • The Lakes Free Range Egg Co

    The Lakes Free Range Egg Co has improved the standard of life for both their egg-producing birds and local farmers through engagement with Cumbrian livestock farmers and their advisors at all levels. They are proud to provide eggs produced under the highest possible ethical, welfare and environmental standards.

  • Manchester City Football Club

    Formed as a community football project in 1894, the Club now has one of the strongest and most wide-ranging community programmes in Europe, working across key social themes and with some 370,000 people a year directly. At the same time the Club and its commercial sponsors have benefited from enhanced brand value.

  • Corporate Culture

    Corporate Culture is an integrated communications company combining marketing and CR expertise to help its clients deliver business and social benefits. Their strong focus on social change has attracted major new clients resulting in a growth in revenue of 66% and pre tax profit of 356% over the last two years.

  • The Co - operative Financial Services - part of the ethos

    The Co-operative Financial Services (CFS) has long been seen as a leader in the area of responsible business. Their Sustainable Development Policy sets out a commitment to deliver value to their partners in a socially responsible and ecologically sustainable manner.