COA Solutions honoured with leading environmental award for green software applications

UK business management and information systems provider, COA Solutions, has won an International Green Hero Award from an independent environment group, The Green Organisation, in recognition of the positive environmental contribution of COA Solutions’ software applications. Its employee expense management system with carbon tracking tool was given special recognition by The Green Organisation. This is the third year running that COA Solutions has been presented with a Green Hero Award.

COA Solutions, an Advanced Computer Software Plc company, was presented with the award by actress Carol Royle during a ceremony held at the Tower of London on 14 June 2010. Document management subsidiary, Version One, was also presented with a Green Hero Award in recognition of the company’s successful Clean and Green environmental initiative. This initiative has introduced new environmental measures across the company to encourage Version One’s staff, customers, suppliers and partners to become as green as possible.

Now in their sixteenth year, The International Green Hero Awards are established as one of the biggest environmental award schemes worldwide. Run by The Green Organisation, these awards honour companies that demonstrate environmental best practice.

Mark Thompson, Managing Director of COA Solutions, says, “This award demonstrates our ongoing commitment to developing software systems that respond to organisations’ environmental as well as business needs. Our solutions not only help to track emissions but can be used to reduce company-wide emissions by replacing manually-intensive and wasteful practices with electronic, automated processes.”

COA Solutions’ employee expense management system with carbon tracking tool, which was given special recognition by The Green Organisation, enables the electronic processing of staff expenses and allows organisations to calculate the carbon emissions produced by each employee during travel. With carbon emissions information to hand, organisations can identify the employees with the largest carbon footprints and implement measures to bring about CO2 reductions.

COA Solutions’ portfolio of business software applications includes financial management, procurement, human resource, payroll, business intelligence and electronic document management.

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About COA Solutions www.coasolutions.com  
COA Solutions, an Advanced Computer Software Plc company, is the UK's leading supplier of integrated business management and information systems to public, private and not-for-profit organisations in the service sector. COA Solutions prides itself on getting close to its customers by understanding their businesses and responding to their business needs.
 
COA Solutions' award-winning Smart Business Suite combines core financial management, procurement, human resource and payroll systems, integrated with a range of collaborative, document management and business intelligence solutions. COA Solutions also provides managed and bureau service options. Its systems and services extend the value and effectiveness of the finance, HR and payroll departments across the organisation and enable managers in the business to monitor, analyse and continually improve corporate performance.
 
COA Solutions supports and services over 4,000 clients across the UK service sector including Companies House, Newcastle City Council, WHSmith, Royal Bank of Scotland, Aer Lingus, National Express Group, DFS, RSPB and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust.
 
About Advanced Computer Software Plc www.advancedcomputersoftware.com
Advanced Computer Software Plc (Advanced) is the leading supplier of software and IT services to the health, care and commercial sectors with a primary focus on delivering high quality products and services to enable first class delivery of care in the community. Advanced's portfolio for the health and care sector includes IT management and analytics systems for out-of-hospital applications covering urgent and unplanned care, district nursing, hospices, residential care homes, telehealth, end-of-life and long-term-condition management; as well as mobile information systems for community carers. 

Advanced additionally delivers back-office systems for NHS trusts, local authorities and care providers and is further strengthening its position in the health checks and pharmacy services markets. Working with partners in the NHS, local government and the private sector, Advanced delivers IT in support of safe and efficient care delivery and greater information for both the commissioner and care provider.  The company's unique proposition is the breadth of integrated health and care solutions from patient-facing IT systems through to back-end operational systems and services.

Advanced is also a leading supplier of software and IT services to the commercial sector, which represents 35% of the company's revenues. As the commercial sector typically delivers faster lead times than the health and care sector, this part of the business underpins growth whilst providing opportunities for cross-marketing of products and IT services.
 
Contacts:
Liz Ebbrell, COA Solutions
Liz.ebbrell@coasolutions.com 
+44(0)1625 856505 or 07917 634 705
 
Ben Carey, COA Solutions
Ben.carey@coasolutions.com 
+44 (0)1625 856505