The awards highlight excellence and outstanding achievements by social enterprises – businesses that reinvest their profits for social and environmental good – which demonstrate they’re improving and building a better economy and fairer society.
A brand-new category this year, the prestigious ‘tech’ award recognises a social enterprise using technology to achieve its social impact, either through developing a new product or service, or enhancing its service delivery.
Scotland’s first social enterprise within the print and copier sector when it formed in 2019, Edinburgh-based SP&C helps businesses transition from paper-based technologies to more digital-focused alternatives with print fulfilment, digital scanning and document workflow thanks to key partnerships with the likes of Canon and Epson.
The company, whose expansion into Glasgow three months ago is set to create up to 30 jobs in the Castlemilk area, has also launched Envirobox, a solution that enables the ethical disposal of used print cartridges that can be reused or ethically destroyed into reusable plastic chips while providing CSR reporting on the sustainable values in the repurposing of the old units.
Additionally, the last 12 months have seen SP&C reinforce its status as a trusted training platform thanks to its ‘no barriers’ approach to work. more here