GoSmarter Wins the BSSA 2026 Sustainability Award
GoSmarter has won the British Stainless Steel Association (BSSA) 2026 Sustainability Award. The BSSA announced the result on LinkedIn. We are proud, grateful, and more committed than ever to the work behind it.
This is our second major green-tech recognition in a row. Last year, Nightingale HQ won Best GreenTech at the Wales Technology Awards 2025. Two awards, two judging panels, one consistent message. Practical AI cuts waste in the metals sector.
GoSmarter is built by Nightingale HQ. The product is built for one job. It removes the manual drudgery that slows stainless steel firms down and quietly burns through material, energy, and time.
What the award recognises
The award recognises measurable impact, not promises. Sustainability in stainless steel is not a poster on the wall. It is fewer offcuts, fewer reworks, and fewer tonnes of carbon for every order you ship.
GoSmarter delivers that in four concrete ways:
- Less material waste and scrap. Smarter cutting plans squeeze more parts from every bar and plate, so fewer offcuts hit the skip.
- Lower carbon emissions. Every kilo of stainless you do not waste is carbon you do not pay for, in production and in transport.
- Faster production planning. You plan a batch in minutes, not a morning, so machines sit idle less often.
- Less manual paperwork. The Mill Certificate Reader reads clumsy PDF certs in seconds, so engineers stop retyping and start building.
These are the same outcomes we target in live projects. Our work with Midland Steel shows what happens when planning gets faster and waste gets cut at the same time.
Why this matters for stainless steel firms
Stainless steel carries a real cost. It is energy-hungry to make, expensive to buy, and unforgiving when an order goes wrong. Waste a bar and you waste the carbon baked into it.
That is where GoSmarter’s operations tools earn their keep. They sit on top of your existing process and take the boring, error-prone tasks off your team. You keep your machines and your people. You lose the paperwork and the scrap.
“Sustainability and profit are not enemies,” said Ruth Kearney, CEO of Nightingale HQ. “Cut the waste, cut the carbon, and protect your margins at the same time. The BSSA recognising that work means a great deal to our whole team.”
The point is simple. Greener operations and healthier margins come from the same fix. Stop wasting material, stop wasting time, and the carbon savings follow.
What comes next
We are not slowing down. The BSSA award sharpens our focus on the firms that make stainless steel every day, often with tight teams and tighter deadlines.
If you cut, plan, or ship stainless steel, book a demo and we will show you where the waste hides in your process. Bring a stack of mill certs and a recent cutting job. We will work through real numbers, not slideware.
Our thanks go to the British Stainless Steel Association and the wider community.
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