CAMBRIDGE, England and CHICAGO, Illinois, July 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Prestigious Independent panel praises CRedit360 for leadership position in sustainability software

Recently CRedit360 received the award for Best Sustainability Software at the 3^rd Annual Ethical Corporation Awards in London.  The award was announced at a dinner for over 180 of the world's leading sustainability experts.

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In announcing their decision, the panel of judges praised "the versatility and widespread use of CRedit360's software, which is used by a number of leading brands on a variety of sustainability issues from reporting to supply chain management". In the judges' opinion, "CRedit360 demonstrated an early leadership position and continuing evolution in serving both customers and society and the environment and so is a deserved winner".

Over 100 companies including Barclays, Staples, Westpac, McDonald's, Mattel and Deutsche Telekom now use CRedit360 to manage and communicate their sustainability data - from environmental and social metrics to H&S incidents and compliance management.

"CRedit360 has been creating and implementing sustainability software for ten years. It's this heritage and working with ambitious and engaged companies that drives us forward, and we're genuinely delighted to have our efforts recognised through this award" noted Mark Shields, Managing Director, CRedit360.

CRedit360's work with leading companies includes providing the data management system used by Philips to continually improve the breadth and accuracy of their reporting on global impacts, and the system was key in Philips achieving a 'reasonable' assurance ranking for their latest annual sustainability report. Danske Bank use CRedit360's CDP accredited Energy & Carbon solution to automatically gather data from hundreds of electricity meters at 15-minute intervals.

From dealing with the day to day challenge of managing EHS data to finding innovative ways of delivering the sustainability agendas of some of the world's largest companies, the core of CRedit360's success is always its strong partnerships with clients.  The firm is known for its highly responsive, client-centric approach to development that enables CRedit360 to deliver software designed to directly solve real world problems.

The award is a singular honour in the often confusing marketplace for sustainability software. In recent years a number of large generalist software brands and heavily funded start-ups have attempted to enter the sustainability field, but this year's award evaluation demonstrates that CRedit360's heritage and specialisation continues to lead the pack.

The Responsible Business Awards are convened by Ethical Corporation, the leading industry magazine for corporate sustainability. An independent judging panel reviewed over 250 entries for 13 categories, making the awards programme a significant industry benchmark for responsible business. More information on the awards along with a list of all this year's winners can be found on http://events.ethicalcorp.com/awards/index.php

About CRedit360

CRedit360 is a specialist provider of sustainability software, serving over 100 global clients. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, CRedit360 has offices in the United States, Australia and China. Founded in 2002 by a group of sustainability professionals and an innovative UK IT company, CRedit360 has developed software from the ground up to handle the complexities of managing sustainability data. The company's founders work day to day in the business, and every aspect of product development and support is managed with in-house technical teams and sustainability experts and founded on strong client relationships.  

More information is available on http://www.credit360.com

For further information or to schedule an interview with Mark Shields, please contact Jeremy Fenderson on Jeremy.fenderson@credit360.com or +44-1223-237-200 or +1-312-884-9896.

SOURCE Credit360