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Amazon Filters shortlisted for three Surrey Business Awards
17th September 2024
Process filter maker Amazon Filters has been shortlisted for three coveted awards that celebrate business growth and success.
As a triple finalist at the Surrey Business Awards 2024, the Camberley-based supplier of filters and housings for critical industrial processes worldwide is up for the title of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) Champion of the Year and categories recognising Innovation and International Business.
In all three, the firm must see off the challenge of fellow entrants from a range of sectors.
To become ESG Champion, finalists must show how they have evolved their overall strategy to support the green economy and tackle environmental and climate risks.
Amazon Filters’ entry emphasises a number of key initiatives around energy efficiency and environmental management, coupled with its focus on community support and staff volunteering through CMPP, the Community Matters Partnership Project.
In its entry for the Innovation award, the firm explained the introduction this year of sustainable polypropylene in the manufacture its meltblown range of filters, SupaSpun II and SupaGard.
And for the International Business title, Amazon Filters highlighted the combination of a distribution model and direct supply from the UK to worldwide markets.
The strategy has seen exports grow by more than 70% in the last five years, taking the level of international sales to 73% of revenues overall.
Neil Pizzey, Amazon Filters Managing Director, said: “Being shortlisted in three categories is a massive vote of confidence in us as a manufacturer, an exporter and a community partner that seeks to be sustainable and environmentally friendly.”
The Surrey Business Awards are run by Platinum Media Group and are designed ‘to recognise the remarkable achievements and contributions of businesses and individuals across the region’.
Winners will be announced at a gala dinner at G Live in Guildford on 7 November 2024. Host for the evening is the comedian, writer, actor and presenter Suzi Ruffell.
