Partners
To help us deliver best practice, dcarbon8 works with and is supported by:
Caleb Management Services Ltd
Caleb Management Services Ltd. is an international sustainable development consultancy with expertise in environmental management, particularly with SMEs and the supply chain. They specialise in energy efficiency of buildings, chemical risk assessment, fluorocarbon management and carbon market solutions. The company works with government and the private sector in the USA, EU 25 and South East Asia.
Paul Ashford, Managing Director of Caleb Management Services, sits on the Planet Positive Technical Committee. A chemist by training, Paul’s interests lie in the Montreal Protocol and the control of ozone-depleting substances, as well as in sustainability and its impact on business planning.
Centre for the study of Environmental Change
The Centre for the study of Environmental Change and Sustainability (CECS) is a dynamic research group at the School of Geo Science, University of Edinburgh, that is committed to the sustainable management and use of the World's natural resources. The group brings together a wide range of expertise and technologies to address the causes and impacts of local and global environmental change. Their objective is to link the application of science to policy formulation and implementation through knowledge transfer, partnerships and joint ventures for a sustainable future.
Dr. Katherine Begg, a senior research fellow at CECS whose expertise lies in carbon projects, sits on the Planet Positive Technical Committee, advising on Best Practice approaches to procuring carbon credits within the compliance and voluntary market.
Environmental Resources Management
Environmental Resources Management (ERM) is one of the world’s leading providers of environmental consulting services and health and safety, with over 135 offices in more than 40 countries and over 3,000 staff.
Jacob Madsen, Senior Consultant at ERM, has assisted with the development of the Product Carbon Footprint Methodology within the Planet Positive Protocol. He also contributes his expertise in carbon footprinting and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to the Technical Committee.
KPMG
KPMG in the UK is a leading provider of professional services such as audit, tax, financial and risk advisory. KPMG, acting as third party assurance providers, ensures that dcarbon8 conducts business in accordance to the independent Planet Positive Protocol.
University of Bath
The Sustainable Energy Research Team (SERT), based at the University of Bath, was set up to as a research unit that aims to promote sustainability through high quality research and publications. Leading the team is Professor Geoff Hammond, head of the Aerothermodynamics group and director of the International Centre for the Environment (ICE), a multi-disciplinary centre that aims to promote leadership in environmental research and education.
The team is actively involved in broad and highly topical research areas, including Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), microgeneration, embodied energy and carbon, energy demand reduction in industry, thermodynamic analysis, bioenergy production, environmental footprinting, and environmental economics.
dcarbon8 works with Professor Hammond and Craig Jones, who have developed the Inventory of Carbon and Energy, one of the largest database of emissions factors related to the building industry in the world.