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Advanté wins Partnership of the Year at the National Sustainability Awards

By Advanté Limited in Article

Advanté, Modulaire Group and Willmott Dixon have been named Partnership of the Year at the 2026 National Sustainability Awards.

The award was presented at the sixth annual National Sustainability Awards in London on 8 October 2026. The awards recognise organisations turning sustainability ambition into measurable action, and this one recognises a partnership, backed by two years of performance data, that is changing how welfare facilities are powered on construction sites.

Willmott Dixon deployed Advanté’s Oasis EcoLogic Solar welfare units across 146 UK projects. The units give site teams canteens, offices, toilets and drying rooms powered by solar generation and battery storage, with lower-carbon LPG backup.

Replacing diesel-powered cabins with solar welfare units meant the fleet ran on renewable energy for almost 90% of its running time. Together, this saved over 1,000 tonnes of carbon and £450,000 for Willmott Dixon.

A long-standing partnership

Advanté has supplied welfare facilities to Willmott Dixon sites for many years. The award reflects the close, day-to-day working between the two teams, from planning and delivery to ongoing servicing and support.

Inder Poonaji, ESG & Sustainability Director at Modulaire Group, said:

“Partnership is what turns good ideas into real change on site. Working closely with Willmott Dixon, our Advanté team has applied a proven solar welfare solution consistently across projects, helping to cut diesel use without compromising the facilities people rely on every day.”
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Darren Palmer, Managing Director at Advanté, said:

“The best results come when we’re working towards the same goal, and that’s exactly what has happened here. Willmott Dixon have pushed us to keep improving, and our team has delivered solar welfare that works reliably across a huge number of sites. We’re very pleased to see that recognised, and we’re looking forward to building on it.”

The project shows that solar welfare is no longer a trial or a niche option, and that cutting fuel use, cost and carbon doesn’t have to come at the expense of good facilities for site teams. The award is also a credit to the people on both sides who made it work, from Willmott Dixon’s site and supply chain teams to the Advanté colleagues who plan, deliver and maintain the units.

​Read Modulaire Group’s announcement.

Up next

Advanté is also shortlisted for the SSI SCHAEFER Sustainable Supply Chain Award with Modulaire Group and Willmott Dixon at the Supply Chain Excellence Awards, which take place on 5 November. Read about our shortlisting.