ACR Journal

December 2021 | January 2022 REFRIGERATION 24 Volume 8 No.1 • Accredited Revit MEP CAD software qualifications We are committed to providing our younger and more experienced colleagues full support in having the ability to execute their roles with distinction.” Ellie Clare: “As a business we are also passionate about marketing and PR. In joining WAVE as a trainee and totally buying into the culture and ethos here – our PR has helped us win local and national awards for our work and our publicity has also helped to attract blue-chip clients; enhanced our culture; and most importantly kept our team in well-paid and enjoyable jobs with a company which cares about our people, customers, and the environment in equal measure. A substantial amount of our PR is connected to our Corporate & Social Responsibility. This takes the form of a continuous programme of ethical, societal and environmental endeavours that are linked to the Sustainable Development Goals. Launched in 2019, we have achieved so much; from sponsoring the Keighley Cougars RLFC NHS playing shirt, where profits were donated to the NHS, to funding the construction of a water well for a family in India who previously had no access to fresh water, to participating in beach clean-ups, refurbishing a shelter in the park close to our office, and arranging for Alastair Campbell to visit Keighley and talk to the team at WAVE and other local businesses to understand how to manage and overcome mental health concerns, we are fiercely proud of our CSR achievements!” MW: “In December 2019, WAVE became accredited as Investors in People (IIP). We achieved a benchmark score of 834 out of 900, which saw us ranked an impressive seventh out of 140 IIP- accredited construction sector businesses. Accreditation provided James and Joanne Bailey, as the company shareholders, with the catalyst for the future of what WAVE should be – a company that shares its success with its people.’’ JB: “Three months from our initial IIP accreditation, I began to explore a transition for WAVE in the form of our ‘20/20 vision’. I delivered our 20/20 vision and successfully led WAVE in forming an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT). Our EOT has enhanced motivation, morale and the high-quality customer-focused services that WAVE provides. Since becoming employee- owned, we have been involved in a range of interesting projects – where all of our team have gone above and beyond. Examples include playing our part in assisting ASDA and their stakeholders deliver the UK’s first store in Bootle that operates fully on DX HFO solutions – reducing both energy and carbon emissions. This is something we are particularly proud of as we have also helped create a design standard for A2L refrigerants that will soon be shared with the wider industry. Of equal merit, we have supported carbon emission reductions further through the work we do for ALDI as they became the first retailer to commit to doors on chilled earlier this year. Both of these examples showcase different approaches to reducing carbon emissions – we are delighted to have a team that has such broad experience in new and emerging technologies.” AS : “As part of the transition into becoming at EOT, I joined the company to strengthen our position from an engineering and commercial perspective. Alongside a number of internal promotions, the business has continued to grow and thrive, and has ultimately allowed James to define an exit strategy. James leaves WAVE in December, and his lasting legacy has been defined by creating and growing WAVE from ground up into one of the very best companies to work for; both in terms of what we do and our culture, with the latter demonstrated by our 2020 annual IIP assessment.” MW: “Following the transition to employee ownership, we received our annual IIP assessment where we currently rank at Number 1 out of 155 accredited businesses operating in the construction sector. Alan, James and I could not be any prouder of our incredible team.” Ellie Clare Alan Saban Mark Williams