‘CEO of the Year’ 2022 Awards Success for Chief Executive Rick Woods

We’re honoured to announce the latest awards success for Green Eco Technologies as our Chief Executive Rick Woods is awarded CEO of the Year 2022 for Melbourne, Australia by CEO Monthly! Finding a sustainable and environmentally friendly way to manage and repurpose food waste has been at the heart of our work with WasteMaster, so it's fantastic to receive this award in recognition of Rick's leadership on this continuing journey for our company.

From CEO Monthly:

Food waste is one of the major challenges faced by many businesses, and finding ways of processing that waste in an environmentally friendly way is often difficult. The team behind Green Eco Technologies, under the stalwart leadership of Rick Woods, have gone a long way to providing much-needed solutions. Recognised in CEO Monthly as CEO of the Year, 2022 - Melbourne, Australia, we caught up with Rick to uncover more of the secrets of his success.

The need to make a dent in our combined carbon footprint has been the driving force behind many industries over the last few years. Often, however, these companies have not been able to achieve the results they’ve wanted without increase costs or changing back of house processes considerably. That’s where Green Eco Technologies comes in, offering patented technology for the onsite processing of food waste.

The team’s services have been invaluable to businesses in the hospitality, medical, education, and shopping centre sectors, reducing a customer’s carbon footprint by up to 84%, and their food waste disposal costs by up to 30%. No two businesses are the same, so the team take the time to really understand the various processes involved and where food waste comes from. The solutions offered comes in two parts, firstly focusing on how to reduce food waste generally, then on how to save money dealing with what is left.

At the heart of this innovative business is Rick Woods, an Engineer by profession who has a background in big firms such as Shell Oil, Amcor and Energy Australia. Acting as CEO of Green Eco Technologies has allowed him to stretch his abilities in new areas. “Over the years I have been privileged to have worked for a variety of leaders,” he tells us. “While all have had different levels of alignment with my own moral compass, I have learnt a lot from all of them. The most important thing I have learnt is that people respond to balanced feedback. Congratulate their successes, but don’t avoid discussing the failings either.”

The full CEO Monthly publication from October 2022 is available online to view here

To find out more about our WasteMaster technology and  how you can divert food waste from landfill, contact us online or call us on 1800 6614 272.