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Case Study - James Graven

Bronze Award Winner of 2011 Community Partnership Awards: Environmental business

Littleport Forecourt

James Graven is a 150-year-old family-owned business with four garage forecourts and two supermarkets across East Anglia.

The company had a vision to build a 'green' forecourt at Littleport, incorporating the best environmental initiatives for its garage facilities and using locally sourced produce in its forecourt shop.

A car wash and toilets that use rainwater from the site, an energy efficient LED canopy and sliding chiller doors all contribute to the company's drive to be more energy effi cient. Staff have access to information on stock wastage to ensure more effi cient ordering and everything possible is recycled – even as far as giving out of date carrots to local horse owners.

James Graven is also a dedicated supporter of local producers and all produce is labelled with the distance travelled from supplier to forecourt. One of the senior managers has a chilled van as a company vehicle so that stock can be moved more effi ciently between sites and cut down on unnecessary journeys.

More Information

View all the winning Community Partnership Awards case studies (2011)