Kent Livery Yard wins Highest Environmental Achievement.

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Stone Circle Livery in Woodchurch, near Ashford, has been named the county’s premier environmental achiever in 2007.

The UK’s first and only fully organic horse livery yard, Stone Circle was awarded the title ‘Kent Environment Business of the Year’, the top accolade in the Environment Awards for Kent Business 2007, presented by Keith Ferrin, Kent County Council Cabinet Member for Environment, Highways and Waste.

This small, family-owned business encourages clients and wider equine businesses to embrace the environmental benefits of going organic and received high praise from the independent judging panel for its careful waste management and its work creating new habitat and woodland, restoring ponds and recreating wild flower meadows not widely seen in the UK since Medieval times.

Presenting the Award to Stone Circle Livery Keith Ferrin said: “Against stiff competition from many other successful businesses Stone Circle has emerged to claim the well-deserved title ‘Kent Environment Business of the Year’ in recognition of its dedication to reducing consumption, re-using materials and recycling – the very cornerstones of sustainability. The company has worked hard to limit the mark it leaves on the local environment and, in common with the many other organisations that took part in this year’s Awards, is showing how it can be done and encouraging others to follow suit. We need to work together to ensure that Kent businesses of all sizes and sectors take their example on board.”

Susi Anderson, Livery Manager, Stone Circle Livery, added: "We are delighted to have done so well in these awards because our success recognises the importance we place on environmental issues at the core of our business philosophy. The awards give companies a benchmark to work towards in terms of high environmental standards and we are very proud that our environmental policies and efforts have been outlined as some of the best in Kent.”

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The Awards presentation ceremony, hosted by Kent Sustainable Business Partnership, welcomed representatives of more than 200 of the county’s leading businesses, and included a keynote presentation by Peter Crone, Director of Dong Energy, a sponsor of the London Array offshore wind farm project.