Cherrydown Vets earn top environmental award

A popular vet practice in Essex has earned a national environmental award in recognition of its drive to cut waste and increase sustainability.  

Linnaeus-owned Cherrydown Vets, which has practices in Basildon, Stanford Le Hope and Wickford, has received a bronze award from national campaigners Investors in the Environment (iiE).  

Cherrydown’s expert team is delighted and already examining ways to further reduce the carbon footprint across the three practices in a bid to gain a silver award next, and ultimately the iiE’s most prestigious Green award.  

Cherrydown’s Green Champion Matilda Mackay said: “It’s terrific to earn this bronze award, which illustrates the commitment of the staff to increase our sustainability and reduce waste and emissions.  

“We see this as just the start, though, and are determined to keep working hard to drive down our carbon footprint in pursuit of further recognition from iiE.  

“The next level is a silver award so that will be our focus now and hopefully one day we’ll be celebrating the iiE’s ultimate Green award, too!”  

The official iiE report recognises Cherrydown’s potential to improve further and has even advised them on next steps.  

The report reads: “The Green Champion has demonstrated a strong commitment to understanding and improving Cherrydown Vets’ environmental performance.  

“The practice has undertaken several actions to manage resource consumption such as switching all lights to LEDs, switching to reusable products where possible, and implementing an effective switch-off procedure.  

“Cherrydown has also implemented an outstanding waste management system with several waste streams including mascara wands which are used in a wildlife hospital.  

“Improvements would include implementing a process to review resource consumption data on at least a six-monthly basis in order to track progress against reduction targets and develop action plans.  

“Creating a travel plan and a staff travel survey would help to understand the practice’s travel requirements and inform actions and encourage greater engagement with sustainability across the practice.”  

Cherrydown Vets is a high-quality and caring group of veterinary practices dedicated  to offering pets the very best veterinary care. For more information visit: https://www.cherrydownvets.co.uk 

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CAPTION: Cherrydown Vets, which has practices in Basildon, Stanford Le Hope and Wickford, has received a bronze award from national campaigners Investors in the Environment.  

NOTE TO EDITORS: Cherrydown Vets, which has three practices across Essex, is part of Linnaeus. 

Linnaeus is a community of more than 50 primary care and 17 referral veterinary practices based in the UK and Ireland. 

Part of the Mars family of businesses, the group comprises almost 6,000 employees and some of the country’s finest specialists, veterinary clinicians and nursing teams in the profession and together they are committed to excellence and delivering top quality care to their patients.   

The future of veterinary medicine is at the heart of everything they do and this is demonstrated through investment in their teams, facilities, equipment and continual professional development of its clinical and non-clinical staff.  This includes a two-year support programme for new graduates, mental health first aid training for all practices and comprehensive nursing training programmes.  

Through its flexible and supportive culture, their teams can focus on delivering top quality care and contributing towards making A Better World for Pets. For more information about Linnaeus, visit www.linnaeusgroup.co.uk.    

As part of the family-owned Mars Veterinary Health group, Linnaeus is committed to its purpose—A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS®—because pets make a better world for us.   

For more information, please contact Rob Beasley at R&Co Communications on 01926 888308 or by emailing [email protected]