24 Jun 2011
Steve Elliott, Chief Executive of the Chemical Industries Association, paid tribute the members of the chemical industry and its key partners, "This year's quality of entries reflects the outstanding contribution made by the chemical industry to a better quality of life for us all and a flourishing, growing industry.
n“The CIA awards are about recognising that excellence. This offers tremendous encouragement and visibility to an industry which is largely unsung, all of the entrants should be proud of their success."
Gold Standard Skills Award sponsored by Cogent and the National Skills Academy Process Industries
This Award recognises the employer who has done the most to contribute to the acquisition of skills by the company’s workforce through working towards the Cogent Gold Standard.
Winner: Bayer CropScience, Norwich
Bayer CropScience is the UK’s leading provider of innovative crop protection solutions from seed to harvest and beyond. They are committed to helping UK farmers provide safe, high quality, affordable food, produced in a sustainable way using less water and energy, whilst promoting biodiversity.
The site won the award because a key method of driving continuous improvement is the company’s ‘towards excellence’ programme is the up-skilling and training of staff - ‘MOVE beyond excellence’.
The company demonstrates that a holistic approach to personal development moving towards the Gold Standard is an essential part of a company’s sustainable development. The programme covers many areas but developing transferable skills is a theme throughout topics such as business improvement techniques, cross skilling in engineering competence and skills for life.
Cogent CEO Joanna Woolf said: “Cogent and the National Skills Academy Process Industries are absolutely delighted to sponsor the Gold Standard Skills Award and we offer our congratulations to Bayer CropScience for their clear leadership on skills and commitment to employee development through the Gold Standard competency framework.
The Award is much deserved, demonstrating that skills development underpinned by the Gold Standard leads to excellence across a wide range of disciplines and a continuous learning approach to developing employees.”
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