The Guardian Sustainable Business awards ceremony 2011

The audience gathers for the first Guardian Sustainable Business Awards ceremony.
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Jo Confino, executive editor and chair of Guardian Sustainable Business introduces the awards. Photograph: Sam Friedrich/guardian.co.uk

The ceremony’s host, TV presenter Angela Lamont gets things underway. Photograph: Sam Friedrich/guardian.co.uk

British Land pick up their first award of the evening, for biodiversity, from Dave Hillyard of Earthwatch. Photograph: Sam Friedrich/guardian.co.uk

Paul Simpson, chief operating officer of the Carbon Disclosure Project hands out the carbon award to Tesco. Photograph: Sam Friedrich/guardian.co.uk

The team from Chest of Drawers collect the supply chain award from Solitaire Townsend of Futerra. Photograph: Sam Friedrich/guardian.co.uk

Warren Lewis of LG IT Solutions presents Whitney Kakos of Cafédirect the social impact award, sponsored by LG. Photograph: Sam Friedrich/guardian.co.uk

Ramon Arratia of InterfaceFLOR collects the waste and recycling award from Liz Goodwin, CEO of WRAP. Photograph: Sam Friedrich/guardian.co.uk

Dax Lovegrove of WWF presents the water award to Tim Larcome from Levi Strauss for their Water Photograph: Sam Friedrich/guardian.co.uk

David Beer, CEO of IndustryRE Sustainability with the team from Sainsbury’s Supermarkets collecting their energy award, sponsored by IndustryRE. Photograph: Sam Friedrich/guardian.co.uk

Adrian Penfold of British Land receives their second award of the evening – this time for built environment from Paul King, CEO of the UK Green Building Council. Photograph: Sam Friedrich/guardian.co.uk

Stephen Howard, CEO of Business in the Community presents the communicating sustainability award to Claire Jones of Sony Photograph: Sam Friedrich/guardian.co.uk

David MacLeod, Chairman of the government sponsored task force on Employee Engagement hands over the award for employee engagement to Marks & Spencer.
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Jo Confino and the Guardian Sustainable Business Innovator of the Year 2011, Mike Barry of Marks & Spencer. Photograph: Sam Friedrich/guardian.co.uk