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Deloitte strengthens carbon advisory arm with acquisition of dcarbon8
4th March 2010
Deloitte, the business advisory firm, has acquired dcarbon8, a leading carbon and sustainability consultancy, as it expands and evolves its environmental and sustainability consulting practice.The dea......
Read more >dcarbon8 presents with Sainsbury's at London Business Conferences on Scope 3 emissions
11th August 2009
On July 20th 2009, dcarbon8 carbon consultant Charles-Eric Pigeot and Sainsbury’s Head of Sustainability and Innovation David Penfold (Store Development Group), presented Sainsbury’s sustainability ac......
Read more >dcarbon8 presentation, ‘Adding Value in a Difficult Economic Climate’
17th July 2009
On Monday July 13th, dcarbon8 invited businesses to a presentation for directors of companies that want to better understand the carbon impacts of their businesses and products as well as the increasi......
Read more >Latest SCN Member, Carbon Voyage, takes journey’s Planet Positive
17th July 2009
Carbon Voyage is the newest addition to the Supply Chain Network. Carbon Voyage was created to cut the cost of transport in terms of money, time and carbon. It provides an online platform whereby peop......
Read more >dcarbon8 Business & Product Directory
8th July 2009
dcarbon8 is currently developing a Business & Product Directory for use by clients and specifiers to identify low carbon products and services. It is a unique database of building materials, renewable......
Read more >Victoria Harbour Docklands selected for The Clinton Climate Initiative
7th July 2009
Victoria Harbour Docklands development selected for The Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) to create “climate positive” urban communities. dcarbon8 are the carbon managers for the Victoria Harbour Dockl......
Read more >Consumers demand Carbon Labelling
6th July 2009
Approximately 63% of consumers are more likely to buy a product if they know action is being taken to reduce its carbon footprint and 58% of consumers say they value companies that are taking action t......
Read more >The Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC)
5th July 2009
The Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) is a new mandatory emissions trading scheme for large organizations for both the private and public sector that aims to improve energy efficiency and reduce the a......
Read more >Guy Battle, dcarbon8 founder, calls for big shift in design and construction
3rd July 2009
On a recent trip to the Seattle, Guy Battle, dcarbon8 founder, spoke on sustainability within the built environment for the Transformational Lecture Series, sponsored by the Cascadia Chapter of the U.......
Read more >Fact Box – Building Environmental Assessment Methods
3rd July 2009
With climate change and environmental issues on the agenda, recent years have witnessed demand and pressure on developers and construction companies to erect buildings that meet certain design specifi......
Read more >Carbon: The New Gold
22nd June 2009
Free presentation on Monday 13th July 2009 from 5.30pm – 8pm at The Gallery, Alan Baxter & Associates, 70-74 Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6EL The journey to a low carbon economy has increased pace wit......
Read more >Guy Battle, founder of dcarbon8, speaks at the New York Academy of Sciences
28th May 2009
Guy Battle, founder of dcarbon8, recently participated in a conference in New York titled ‘Zero Net Energy Buildings: Fiction or Reality’ (April 2009). His talk focused on the work he’s been involved ......
Read more >The Growing Importance of Embodied Carbon
21st May 2009
As buildings become more energy efficient the embodied carbon within the supply chain assumes more importanceThe mitigation of Greenhouse Gas (or carbon) emissions has become a principle objective in ......
Read more >Two Kingdom Street
13th May 2009
Completed in April 2008, One Kingdom Street, located in Paddington, London, was hailed as an exemplar of sustainable design. dcarbon8 was assigned to calculate the embodied carbon (the carbon associat......
Read more >Construction Emissions Community of Practice on Track to Release Methodology
11th May 2009
dcarbon8, a founding member of the Construction Emissions Community of Practice (CECoP), is pleased to announce that the groundbreaking embodied carbon methodology for buildings currently being develo......
Read more >Carbon Labelling
8th May 2009
A carbon label shows the amount of CO2 emitted during the production, processing and transportation of a product; it may also include its use and disposal. In the latter scenario, it is a Life Cycle A......
Read more >What is an LCA?
29th April 2009
Many of you may have heard the term ‘LCA’ bandied around in recent months, and been slightly mystified as to the meaning of yet another acronym to enter the environmental management vocabulary. Life C......
Read more >The World’s First Planet Positive Ski Boot, ATOMIC Renu, scoops Eco Award
29th April 2009
dcarbon8 client, ATOMIC, a world leader in developing and manufacturing ski and snowboard equipment, scooped the Eco Responsibility Award at ISPO, the world’s largest international ski exposition in M......
Read more >PAS 2050 Enables Consistent Life Cycle Assessment for Products and Services
29th April 2009
dcarbon8 welcomes the release of a pivotal standard in Life Cycle Assessment, the Publically Available Standard 2050 (PAS 2050). Launched in October 2008 after wide stakeholder consultation, PAS 2050 ......
Read more >Water Footprinting – Managing the World’s Most Precious Resource
29th April 2009
As the planet heats up and the human population continues to grow, the sustainable use of water is becoming one of the most important challenges of our time. All over the world water management is inc......
Read more >Planet Positive Protocol, Version 2.0
29th April 2009
dcarbon8 is pleased to announce the release of the Planet Positive Protocol, Version 2.0, this month. The best practice protocol in carbon management has seen several significant changes, although the......
Read more >Committee on Advertising Practice pushes for Life Cycle Analysis on products
22nd April 2009
Greenwash or ‘spin marketing’ is being taken seriously by both the British government and the Committee on Advertising Practice (CAP). According to the Guardian, Commons’ MPs are calling for the enfor......
Read more >2030 Challenge
14th April 2009
With the current credit crunch and excessive fossil fuel consumption within the built environment, dcarbon8 welcomes the newly issued 2030 Challenge. The campaign was proposed by Architecture 2030, an......
Read more >Low Carbon Industrial Strategy
2nd April 2009
dcarbon8 welcomes the collaborative initiative of BERR and DECC to launch the ‘Low Carbon Industrial Strategy: a Vision’, which was introduced at the Low Carbon Industrial Strategy Summit held on the ......
Read more >Green supply chain management (GSCM) – what is it and why is it important?
4th March 2009
Green supply chain management (GSCM) is defined as incorporating environmental thinking into supply chain management. GSCM is a recent concept that covers the entire life cycle of the product from the......
Read more >The Supply Chain Network
3rd March 2009
The Supply Chain Network (SCN) at dcarbon8 is a complete carbon solution that promotes responsible environmental practices throughout the supply chain. Its purpose is to help companies transition tow......
Read more >The Carbon Exchange
2nd March 2009
The Carbon Exchange is a distinct feature of the dcarbon8 Supply Chain Network. It offers SCN members and their supply chain the ability to select carbon projects with which to offset their business ......
Read more >How to ‘green’ your marketing within the Supply Chain Network
1st March 2009
If you are looking for an environmentally friendly direction for your marketing needs, then take a look at the SCN members below whose services are delivered with as little cost to the environment as ......
Read more >Government seeks to define ‘carbon neutrality’
27th February 2009
On February 26th, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) proposed a definition of “carbon neutrality” in attempts to standardize the term. In response to the government announcement of th......
Read more >Planet Positive Buildings Beat Merton Rule
23rd February 2009
A report just out by dcarbon8 shows that Planet Positive Buildings will deliver better carbon savings than The Merton Rule. The 10% Merton Rule has been adopted by many councils as the principle means......
Read more >Planet Positive Protocol, Version 2.0
16th February 2009
The Planet Positive Protocol, version 2.0, is released this month. Version 2.0 has seen several significant changes, although the four step process to becoming Planet Positive certified remains the sa......
Read more >Cutting CO2 in Oz
16th February 2009
dcarbon8 has been selected as carbon manager to work on a series of key developments in the Victoria Harbour area of Melbourne, Australia. Lend Lease is developing this prime area of Melbourne’s Do......
Read more >ATOMIC Renu ski boot scoops Eco Award
13th February 2009
dcarbon8 client, ATOMIC, a world leader in developing and manufacturing ski and snowboard equipment, scooped the Eco Responsibility Award at ISPO, the world’s largest international ski exposition in M......
Read more >The US President Must Act Now!
12th February 2009
'The US president has just four years to save the planet’ says Prof James McCarthy. McCarthy said Obama had a window of opportunity to draw up green policies'Obama 'must act now' on climate. The plane......
Read more >What is an LCA?
12th February 2009
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) analyzes the complete life span of a product, starting with the extraction of raw materials, and tracing all operations from manufacturing and transportation to product use......
Read more >Climate Change Committee's Carbon Budget Recommendations Released
11th December 2008
On Tuesday November 26th 2008, The UK House of Commons announced its final approval of the Climate Change Bill, which requires the UK to cut its greenhouse emissions by 80% (from 1990 levels) by 2050.......
Read more >Land Securities commission dcarbon8 for Ebbsfleet Valley Carbon Assessment, Thames Gateway
6th November 2008
Land Securities has commissioned dcarbon8 to assess the carbon impacts of Ebbsfleet Valley, in Kent. The 1,000 acre, 10,000 home development is expected to generate 20,000 jobs and is part of the Th......
Read more >dcarbon8 wins Best Micro-Organisation at UK Green Business Awards
5th November 2008
dcarbon8 received the honour of winning ‘Best Micro-Organization’, one of the three “grand prix” awards, for this year’s UK Green Business Award, as well as a special commendation in the Best Busines......
Read more >dcarbon8 clients lead the 2008 Sustainability Awards
4th November 2008
We are proud to announce that three dcarbon8 clients, ProLogis, Fitzpatrick and Roger Bullivant, won key awards at the 2008 Sustainability Awards on the 18th November at the London Hilton Hotel. The e......
Read more >Spotlight on low-carbon Technologies: Four Corners Responsible Print®
3rd November 2008
dcarbon8 is proud to showcase Four Corners Print, the first Planet Positive environmentally friendly print supplier. Working alongside dcarbon8, this independent print management company has successfu......
Read more >Carbon Trust: companies can increase value by 80% with a pro-active approach to climate change
2nd November 2008
The Carbon Trust report,” Climate Change: a business revolution?”, highlights the significant impact that tackling climate change can have on company value in six sectors worth $7 trillion. Based on a......
Read more >Fact Corner – Melting ice-shelves
1st November 2008
In March 2008, a vast chunk of ice broke off from the West Antarctic, threatening the collapse of a much larger ice shelf behind it – shocking climate scientists worldwide. The Wilkins shelf, an area......
Read more >Andy Marris, CEO, to speak at Thames Gateway Forum
1st November 2008
Andrew Marris, CEO of dcarbon8, will be speaking at the Thames Gateway Forum panel debate, ‘Opportunities in a low carbon Thames Gateway’, on the region’s potential to lead the shift in the UK to a lo......
Read more >dcarbon8 shortlisted for Environmental and Sustainable Company of the Year
23rd September 2008
dcarbon8 has been selected for the Environmental and Sustainable Company of the Year award shortlist as one of four exemplary companies to be considered at this year’s Builder and Engineer Awards. Ch......
Read more >dcarbon8 Wins Masdar Zero Carbon Contract
11th September 2008
dcarbon8 wins the contract to monitor the zero carbon objectives for Masdar City, the world’s first zero carbon, zero waste, powered by renewable energy city in Abu Dhabidcarbon8 has won the commissi......
Read more >Acclaimed Sainsbury’s Eco Store benefits from dcarbon8 measurement
11th September 2008
Sainsbury’s newest eco store in Dartmouth was officially unveiled this week to critical acclaim in the national and specialist media. The store, featuring a host of energy and carbon saving attributes......
Read more >Why is embodied carbon so important over a building's lifetime?
11th September 2008
Fact CornerWhy is embodied carbon so important compared to operational carbon over a building’s lifetime?Because the global carbon footprint from buildings makes up 40% of total global emissions, this......
Read more >Spotlight on low-carbon technologies: Freemote from Powerdesk
11th September 2008
dcarbon8 is pleased to announce that we have been engaged to complete a Life-Cycle Analysis of the carbon emitted in the manufacture, use and disposal of Freemote, a revolutionary new technology that ......
Read more >Excellent Development Triathlon Goes Planet Positive
12th August 2008
Excellent Development, a Planet Positive charity that works with self-help community groups in rural semi-arid Africa to improve water supply, food production, health and income, is hosting a Triathlo......
Read more >dcarbon8 Commended in Latest Business Research
24th July 2008
Independent research firm positions dcarbon8 among top climate change consultanciesdcarbon8, the London based carbon and sustainability consultancy, has received very favourable reviews in an independ......
Read more >Inaugural dcarbon8 Supply Chain Network Meeting a Success
1st July 2008
dcarbon8 Supply Chain NetworkMany thanks to all those who attended June 23's inaugural meeting of the dcarbon8 Supply Chain Network. It was wonderful to see so many of you in the same room. We hope ......
Read more >Minworth Project Wins Clean Up Award
12th June 2008
The Minworth Project recently came runner-up in the Sustainabilitylive! Consultancy awards in the Sustainable Clean Up Category. Sustainabilitylive! took place at the NEC, Birmingham from 20 - 22 May ......
Read more >dcarbon8 and Planet Positive at the Carbon Footprint Supply Chain Summit
2nd May 2008
dcarbon8 and Planet Positive are extremely pleased to announce that we will be official supporters of the 2nd Annual Carbon Footprint Supply Chain Summit. The Summit, which takes place the 29-30 of Ma......
Read more >dcarbon8 to speak at Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Boston
2nd May 2008
dcarbon8 has been selected as one of 90 successful applicants to present at Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Boston. With over 1,400 proposals submitted, this year’s selection process h......
Read more >Carbon Reduction Commitment makes energy reduction mandatory
1st May 2008
The Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) is a proposed mandatory cap and trade scheme targeted at non-energy intensive, large organizations in both the private and public sectors, which should come into ......
Read more >dcarbon8, Founding member of the Construction Emissions Community of Practice (CECoP)
6th March 2008
dcarbon8, a founding member of the Construction Emissions Community of Practice (CECoP), organised and attended the first Symposium this week. The group is working towards understanding and quantifyin......
Read more >Guy Battle wins Pecha Kucha at ShedS 08’
20th February 2008
Guy Battle, chairman and founder of dcarbon8, was selected by the audience at Shed Show 08’ to win the Pecha Kucha competition. Pecha Kucha, known as ‘the only known antidote to death by power point’......
Read more >Developers' Forum Announced at Shed Show '08
6th February 2008
Leading warehouse developers come together to establish sustainable development best practice The Developers’ Forum, a gathering of the leading developers within the distribution warehouse sector, wil......
Read more >Hörmann Group UK joins dcarbon8 Supply Chain Network
5th February 2008
The Hörmann Group UK has joined the dcarbon8 Supply Chain Network today, signifying their commitment to measure, reduce, and offset by 110% the carbon footprint of their UK business operations. The fo......
Read more >World’s First Planet Positive Toy Company
1st February 2008
re:creation goes Planet Positive for 2008re:creation games manufacturers, based in Berkshire, UK, is the world’s first toy company to certify their business Planet Positive. The company, which supplie......
Read more >Guy Battle, founder and chairman of dcarbon8, chairing two Sustainability Sessions at 2008 ShedS
28th January 2008
The 2008 Shed Show, the most important networking event for agents, developers, occupiers and investors in industrial and distribution property, will take place February 6-7, at the Celtic Manor Resor......
Read more >dcarbon8 commissioned to footprint embodied carbon of Lend Lease’s Somerset Development in Singapore
25th January 2008
dcarbon8 is delighted to announce that it has been commissioned by Lend Lease to carry out a full embodied carbon impact assessment of the construction of a premier retail site in Singapore. The Somer......
Read more >dcarbon8 and Maris Interiors release Office Green Guide
22nd January 2008
dcarbon8 and Maris Interiors have released ‘The Practical Guide to Creating a Green Office Environment,' available upon request. The booklet, written by dcarbon8, provides a no-nonsense guide to fitti......
Read more >dcarbon8 commissioned to footprint embodied carbon of Land Securities’ Park House development
16th January 2008
dcarbon8 is very pleased to announce that it has been commissioned by Land Securities to carry out a full embodied carbon footprint study of the redevelopment of Park House on Oxford Street, London W1......
Read more >Energy Performance Certificates for Buildings come into effect April 2008
10th December 2007
In a future of extreme weather events and unstable energy supply, buildings must prove their worth as innovative, low energy and secure assets. Buildings are currently responsible for almost 50 percen......
Read more >dcarbon8 clients sweep World Business/ INSEAD Green Business Awards 2007
3rd December 2007
Two dcarbon8 clients, ProLogis and CA Group, won major awards at the 2007 World Business Green Business Awards on the 29th November at the Dorchester Hotel in London. The purpose of the awards was to ......
Read more >dcarbon8 Clients Succeed at 2007 Sustainability Awards
28th November 2007
The Sustainability Awards, the construction industry’s leading awards recognising outstanding environmental excellence, were announced last week in London. Among this year’s winners and runners-up wer......
Read more >NSIKA Architecture & Design wins dcarbon8-sponsored Regeneration and Sustainability award at MAPIC
26th November 2007
Now in its fourth year, the EG Retail and Future Project Awards 2007 were presented during MAPIC at the Gala Awards Dinner at the Carlton Hotel Cannes on Wednesday November 14th and celebrated excelle......
Read more >dcarbon8 convenes Carbon Emissions and Trading Session at Greenbuild 2007 Chicago.
5th November 2007
Guy Battle and Andrew Marris convene the carbon emissions and trading session in assocaition with ProLogis and the Chicago Climate Exchange at Greenbuild 2007, Chicago.Carbon is the New Gold, 90 minut......
Read more >ProLogis Wins Green Award for Sainsbury’s DC at the European Property Awards, Munich
15th October 2007
dcarbon Diamond member, ProLogis, received the "Green Award" for its sustainable development of ProLogis Park Pineham in the Midlands, UK. The award was presented to ProLogis by Germany's Immobilien ......
Read more >Barrett Steel Buildings wins Environmental Leadership Award
10th October 2007
BARRETT STEEL BUILDINGS WINS ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP AWARDdcarbon8 Supply Chain Network member, Barrett Steel Buildings, has won the award for Environmental Leadership at this year’s Contract Journal......
Read more >dcarbon8 is shortlisted for the Builder & Engineer Awards 2007
14th September 2007
dcarbon8 has been shortlisted from thousands of entries for the prestigious Builder and Engineer Awards 2007. The company has been shortlisted for the category of Environmental / Sustainable Company o......
Read more >The Carbon Footprint Construction Summit
10th September 2007
The Carbon Footprint Construction Summit, 17th-18th September 2007, Holiday Inn Bloomsbury, London.As a leader in the field of supply chain reduction strategies, dcarbon8 will be sponsoring two leadin......
Read more >The dcarbon8 Regeneration and Sustainability Award
5th September 2007
The dcarbon8 Regeneration and Sustainability AwardThis is a new category in the prestigious 2007 EG Retail Future & Projects Awards to be presented at the MAPIC event in Cannes this year.In a further ......
Read more >Development Securities and TWO, Kingdom Street.
3rd September 2007
dcarbon8 have recently completed a study benchmarking the embodied carbon footprint measurement of the Development Securities office development at One Kingdom Street in Paddington Central. This has e......
Read more >Winner of the prestigious HSBC Start-up Stars Award
22nd August 2007
dcarbon8 – winner of the prestigious HSBC Start-up Stars Award for small businesses.dcarbon8 has won the prestigious HSBC Start-up Stars Award for small businesses. dcarbon8 won the award on Wednesda......
Read more >Long Way Down
23rd July 2007
dcarbon8 has proudly made Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman’s latest bike adventure, “Long Way Down” a Planet Positive event. Starting in John O’Groats, Scotland and ending in Cape Town, South Africa,......
Read more >BT Giant Sleepover with Woolworths
18th June 2007
dcarbon8 and Planet Positive have also been involved in a World Record Event, ‘The BT Giant Sleepover’ for 6-11 year old children across the UK. The event took place on the 16th-17th June with over 30......
Read more >Sainsbury’s THINK 07 Expo
30th May 2007
Think Sustainability was the first UK conference to solely tackle sustainable development issues, at which dcarbon8 worked with national supermarket retailers Sainsbury’s Plc. dcarbon8 developed an in......
Read more >Justin King, CEO Sainsbury’s plc
1st May 2007
Justin King, CEO Sainsbury’s plc announces Planet Positive Northampton DCJustin King, CEO of Sainsbury’s made a key note address to delegates at Think 07 at ExCel London. The key note speech included ......
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