As you might have heard, we bagged an award at the 2008 Online Green Awards (OLGA to her friends). The prestigious gong was presented to us at a ceremony at the end of July in recognition of our green approach to selling groceries.

Obviously, our recent announcement that shopping with Ocado is as green as walking to a conventional supermarket* helped, but really, it's just the latest in a long list of green achievements that includes green van slots, 'closed loop' grocery bag recycling and eco-friendly vans that each keep up to 40 cars off the road every day.

We were up against some of the biggest names in the business, but thanks to our customers, who voted in their thousands on MSN.com, we won by a huge margin. If you were one of them, please accept our thanks.

Being able to say that we're as green as walking to the supermarket is something we're very proud of. By changing the way we shop, we can really make a difference to our planet.

* Source: Greenstone Carbon Management, Ocado Carbon Footprint Audit, June 2008.