adi Group

This multidisciplinary engineering company put its vehicles into action at Christmas to deliver festive lunches to local families.

Staff at adi Group also helped to prepare the meals as part of the company's commitment to the National Business Response Network, which was established during the pandemic to link up firms with local organisations in need of help.

The group's other contributions to the pandemic relief effort included providing PPE for charities and donating cash to community groups, such as hospices and shelters for homeless people, to help them through the Christmas period.

Birmingham-based adi Group is led by Alan Lusty, who founded the business in 1990. It operates across the UK and Ireland, offering a one-stop shop in the food and beverage, automotive, aerospace, pharmaceutical and defence industries.

The senior leadership encourage the 600-plus staff and associates to think green wherever possible, considering the environmental impact of their actions within the business and at home.

In 2016, adi Group became the first business in the UK to offset its fleet's carbon emissions through the BP Plus fuel card. The partnership with BP Target Neutral means that each time one of the vehicles fills up, the emissions associated with that purchase are calculated and offset. This has given adi an overall carbon reduction rate of 83.9%.