Lord Evans the ICW Chairman presented Network Rail with one of the BSI/ICW Collaborative Pathfinder Awards 2022 at the Celebration of Achievements and Pioneers in Collaboration reception he hosted on the House of Lords Terrace on Thursday 21st July 2022.

This award recognises the sustained industry leadership and advocacy for collaborative working that's been a corner stone of Network Rail's engagement with its Capital Works supply chain from 2010 onwards. Network Rail was the first UK infrastructure client to secure BS11000 in 2011 and one of the first 6 organisations globally to secure the international standard ISO44001 in 2017. Their leadership of the sector in professionalising collaborative working and delivering major programmes through Alliances and progressive forms of contract was key to creating the collaborative working capability that many tier one suppliers in rail have today.

Lord Evans was especially pleased to be able to present the award to Stephen Blakey, Commercial Projects Director on behalf of Network Rail. Over the years, Stephen has done so much in support of Network Rail's collaborative capability as well as supporting the ICW.

In recognition of that support Lord Evans was also pleased to award Stephen Fellowship of the ICW.

Many tier-one suppliers to rail, including Babcock, Bam, Balfour Beatty, Amey, Skanska, Morgan Sindall and VolkerWessells are now Corporate Members and Ambassadors for ICW. Alongside Network Rail, they ensure that the rail sector has a strong and well-earned reputation for successful collaborative working.

Rail companies and projects regularly feature in the ICW annual awards, showcasing successful programmes that have been delivered collaboratively. And it is notable that over the last 7 years the ICW annual award for Individual Collaborative Leadership has been awarded 3 times to leaders from the rail sector, with the most recent Collaborative Leader Award going to Toufic Machnouk, Network Rail's Delivery Director on the East Coast Digital Programme.

It's clear that the rail sector is leading the way in collaborative working and ICW looks forward to continued liaison with Network Rail and its Head of Collaborative Working, Kevin Tozer and seeing further examples of rail's success at future awards.

Lord Evans, ICW's Chairman, will host a gathering organised by BSI and ICW to Celebrate the Achievements and Pioneers in Collaboration at the House of Lords on Thursday 21st July 2022.

This will give the opportunity to recognise the ICW Award winners of 2021 in person as Covid meant the event had to be held online.

Also, in recognition in this special Platinum Jubilee Year, ICW and BSI will be awarding The Platinum Awards to recognise outstanding achievements in furthering collaboration over a period of time.

Speakers will include:

Pietro Foschi and Matt Page from BSI, and Lord Evans and Tim Mowat from ICW.

ICW is pleased to annouce that General (retired) Lamont Kirkland will be a key speaker at its Members Day and AGM on 5th July 2022 on 'Making A Difference'.

General (retired) Kirkland from Team Army will talk on 'Collaboration in the Third Sector'.

Advisory Council Election Results May 2022

The Following ICW members have been elected to the Advisory Council for a period of 2 years:

The following corporate member companies have been elected to the Advisory Council for a period of 4 years:

Who join with the Sitting 4 corporate member companies, who will be up for re-election in 2024:

ICW presents its First Certificate of Competence under ISO44003 to NATS and Thinking Space Systems Ltd. and confirms that their Collaborative Business Relationship meets the intent of the MSME scheme.

John Osborn presents the ICW certificate of Competence to Paul Roberts of Thinking Space Systems Ltd watched by Darren Rowlands of NATS.

Tim Mowat hosted a strategy workshop for the team of ICW at Warwick university on the 1st of March.

Tim commented on the uniqueness of ICW that it can drawer on over 500 years of combined Collaborative experience in the one team.

ICW welcomes 4 new members who successfully completed the ISO 44001 Leaders Course held at Warwick university from 7-10 March 2022.

Thomas Maliet, Isabelle Bielawski, Mathew Squire and Rachel Lindy are pictured with ICW's Leigh Lawry and Warwick University's Paul Connor after successfully completing the course.

ICW welcomed Thomas Maliet and Isabelle Bielawski as the First Members of the Institute based in France.

Thomas and Isabelle of Transdev - the France-based Public Transport company - both successfully completed the ISO 44001 Leaders Course held at Warwick university in March.

Leigh Lawry (Tutor) and Paul Connor (Adjudicator) pose with the 3 successful candidates who attended the ISO 44001 Leaders Course run by ICW at Warwick University this week.

Congratulations to David Mason, Andy Cooper, and Peter Hayes all who passed the course and are now eligible to apply for membership of the Institute and become MICWs.

ESS Defence, part of Compass Group UK & Ireland, and the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) have won the Institute for Collaborative Working Service Sector Award.

The award recognises teams that excel in improving service delivery through a collaborative approach. It marks the successful relationship between ESS and DIO in the delivery of three large Defence Soft FM contracts in the East, South West and Wales & West Midlands. The contracts, awarded under the MOD's Hestia programme, cover 240 military establishments and 100+ services, ranging from catering, retail and leisure through to waste, cleaning and laundry. The objective for both organisations is to enhance the lived experience for service personnel in the sites where they live and work.

The Hestia programme brings together multiple ESS, DIO and military stakeholders. A structured approach to collaboration at the highest level has enabled ESS and DIO to develop and instil shared objectives, ways of working and behaviours that filter through the contracts.

Both organisations have achieved ISO 44001 certification for the relationship which is managed by a joint ESS and DIO partnering board. The systems and processes required by the standard facilitate a consistent approach which is key to successful collaboration.

Benefits delivered through the relationship include:

• Ensuring colleague and customer safety through the joint development of safe operating procedures during COVID-19
• Enhancing the lived experience through investment in food service and retail facilities, including the first fully self-service convenience store on the UK Defence estate
• Embracing digitalisation to improve access to services through implementation of the ESS App designed specifically for Defence and Government customers
• Focusing on sustainability across all service streams, including increasing plant-forward meal options, introducing chemical free cleaning, eliminating the top ten single use plastic products, delivering zero waste to landfill from contract start and consistently improving recycling rates
• Supporting personal wellbeing through a detailed wellness programme designed for ESS, DIO and military colleagues.

Mark Webster, Managing Director – ESS Defence, Energy and Government Services, commented:

"We are delighted that our relationship with DIO has been recognised by the Institute for Collaborative Working. Both organisations are committed to working closely together for the benefit of service personnel and we have put structures in place to drive effective collaboration at all levels, from our senior leadership teams to our frontline colleagues. The partnership has delivered great things during the first four years of the Hestia programme and there is much more to come."

Richard McKinney, Regional Delivery Director - DIO, commented:

"Recognition by the Institute for Collaborative Working is a great achievement. We are committed to working together and collaborating; which means that we solve problems quicker, we learn from each other, and ultimately our customers get better outcomes."

For further information please contact Compass Group UK & Ireland Communications Team on 01895 554 999 or email uk.communications@compass-group.co.uk