SunWorks are unbelievably proud to announce that last week, the company’s Co-Founder and Managing Director, Mark Brandon, won the ‘Sustainability – Director of the Year’ at the Institute of Directors Awards!
Mark said “I couldn’t have done this without my dad and business partner, Ian Brandon who helped start-up and run the business since 2013. A special thanks also to the SunWorks Team for all their hard work and belief in ‘enabling Jersey’s renewable energy future”.
Mark’s journey has seen him get the first solar installations in the island off the ground and brought in the expertise required to make himself an expert in a field that was deeply underserved. Over the years, Mark kept a close eye on quality, customer relations and environmental best practices. He built business relationships for SunWorks with Jersey Electricity (JE), Andium, JT and CI Co-Opertative to name a few. SunWorks’ installations span consists of a mix of 420 residential and commercial buildings island wide from small off-grid systems for a surf school hut to 1,550 x solar panel systems for JE on some of Jersey’ largest buildings.
SunWorks’ values of Positive Culture, Environment, Safety First and being the Employer and Provider of Choice demonstrate a commitment to sustainability that goes far beyond their core business activities such as;
- owing responsibility to communicate and educate local renewable energy generation to the Jersey public
- visits to local schools, authoring numerous articles in the local print media, TV and radio interviews
- being a part of Chamber of Commerce Environment sub-committee – engaging with government lead initiatives on policy improvements and making locally generated electricity a priority for the next decade
- training of all staff in-house and in 2022 in a specialised technology sector. In 2022 SunWorks funded a senior staff member through Cambridge University’s ‘Business Sustainability Management Certificate’ and another is enrolled for the ‘Jersey Non-Domestic Energy Assessor Course’ of which there is only six qualified people on Island
- full electric fleet with two cars and seven vans which are part powered by the solar on the roof of the premises
- responsible waste management and recycling as part of the installation teams training (in the office appropriate plastic, cardboard and paper)
- enrollment in the Durrell Re-Wilding carbon offset scheme
- sustainable employment by offering a robust employment package on a reduced 36 hour week with flexiblity for increased employee retention and work life balance
The vision Mark has articulated for SunWorks is that the Company will have installed electricity generating solar on over 1,000 local roofs by 2025. Bit by bit, driving the global climate agenda, SunWorks believe all of the above and the passion of the team are the key ingredients to providing a stable footing which enables the Company to deliver solar installations of the highest standards for many more years to come.