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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 last week’s inaugural meeting of the dcarbon8 Supply Chain Network. It was wonderful to see so many of you in the same room. We hop......
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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