Beryl receives King’s Award for Enterprise

Beryl has been honoured with a King’s Award for Enterprise, making it the first shared sustainable transport operator to win one of the most prestigious business awards in the country.

Announced today, Tuesday, May 7, the award recognises the company’s commitment to sustainable development by providing fun, sustainable, simple-to-use, convenient and cost effective forms of shared transport that are powered by people and electricity.

Since launching its first shared transport scheme in 2019, the company now runs schemes in partnership with more than 20 different local and regional transport authorities, generating millions of sustainable journeys and getting people to swap four wheels for two.

This has contributed towards reducing traffic congestion, cutting carbon emissions and getting people more active, making towns and cities even better places to live, work and visit.

Phil Ellis, Beryl CEO and co-founder, said: “For companies like us, who’s entire ethos and long-term strategy is underpinned by sustainability and carbon reduction, it’s important to practise what you preach.

“This prestigious award recognises our commitment, not just as a green transport provider but also as a functioning business, to helping the UK government meet its ambitious aims to reach net zero by 2050.

“More than that though, it also shows how we value people and places and really believe in the power of sustainable transport to improve lives. We will continue to build on our success and have an even greater impact on the towns and cities we work with, encouraging people to adopt cleaner, greener transport habits.”

The King’s Awards for Enterprise, previously known as The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise, were renamed last year to reflect His Majesty The King’s desire to continue the legacy of HM Queen Elizabeth II’s by recognising outstanding UK businesses.

The Award programme, now in its 58th year, is the most prestigious business award in the country, with successful businesses able to use the esteemed King’s Award emblem for the next five years.

In October 2023, Beryl released its inaugural Beryl Impact Report, outlining both the measures taken by the company to ensure sustainability remains central to everything it does and the key successes of its environmental and social work.

In June 2023, Beryl achieved the ISO 14001 environmental management standard, an internationally agreed and recognised standard for Environmental Management Systems (EMS), used by organisations to help identify, manage, monitor and control environmental processes.

In October 2022, the company’s near term sustainability targets were validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi); the recognised global network for ambitious corporate climate action and leading the transition to a net-zero economy.

In 2022, Beryl were also recertified as a B Corp registered company for another three years, recognising how the company continues to meet exceptional standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency.

The company is working to improve environmental and social standards with the aim of increasing the score even further next year.