Reiss Salustro-Pilson, founder of Enviromate, explains why the business should win the Startup of the Year category of the Guardian Small Business Showcase competition:
We are a start-up venture, risen from two entrepreneurs with a passion for sustainable and environmental-focused construction and to provide a solution for the entire construction industry to enable reuse of surplus/leftover materials.
Today we are becoming the fastest growing construction reuse site in the UK, have been featured in The Guardian, The Huffington Post and various national awards for innovation and entrepreneurship.
To do this, we have created a hub for the whole industry to promote and engage re-use: Enviromate Marketplace is for local tradesmen, DIY enthusiasts & SME’s. It’s a marketplace area to list, trade and search leftover, reusable materials.
Enviromate Donate is for larger developers & SME’s, where they can donate larger amounts from projects to charities or community projects listed on our site. Those developers can also leverage that donation for marketing and it also has a beneficial impact on their corporate social responsibility programmes.
All entries which meet the competition criteria are published and our judging panel select a shortlist of the top three for each category. Winners are announced at an awards ceremony in summer 2016.
