The Planet Mark™ News

The future of emissions reporting in the private sector

In amongst the hype of the Clean Growth Strategy and the Draft Domestic Tariff Cap Bill, you would be forgiven for missing the fact that BEIS also put out five consultations that same day. These include a Call for Evidence on reforming the Green Deal Framework, a consultation to stimulate waste heat recovery in the industrial sector,

Office Coffee retains The Planet Mark™ as it slashes its carbon footprint by 33% per employee

The company has been awarded The Planet Mark™ sustainability certification for a fourth year, after slashing its carbon footprint by 32.7% per employee in the year 2016 compared to the previous year. Office Coffee’s absolute carbon footprint also fell by 2.7% in the same period. The carbon emissions reductions have been achieved

Whole life carbon emissions in built environment contribute to 22% of UK carbon footprint

‘The State of the Sustainability in the UK Built Environment’, a specially commissioned project launched yesterday evening to mark the UK-GBC’s 10th anniversary, highlights that operational and embodied carbon, which make up the whole life carbon emissions of a building, account for 22% of the UK’s total carbon footprint. The UK-GBC

Manchester legal sector gets behind business case for sustainability workshop

The Business Case for Sustainability Workshop – Manchester is being organised by the Legal Sustainability Alliance (LSA) in partnership with The Planet Mark™, in collaboration with the 3,000 member-strong Manchester Law Society. It will be hosted at the Manchester offices of global legal firm Eversheds Sutherland. The participatory

The Planet Mark™ event to shine spotlight on business and 'Global Goals'

The Planet Mark™ is planning to hold an event for 150 guests focusing on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), what they mean for business and how they are helping change the world for the better. The UK Government is a signatory of the Global Goals and it is estimated the SDGs could create a $12 trillion economic opportunity

DP World London Gateway port retains The Planet Mark™ as its slashes carbon footprint by 28%

DP World London Gateway Port, reduced its carbon emissions by 28% per TEU (twenty foot equivalent unit/container) in 2016. This substantial reduction in emissions per container means that DP World London Gateway Port has achieved continued certification to the internationally recognised sustainability certification programme. The

Higgins Construction cuts carbon footprint by 12.5%

The award is in recognition of Higgins Construction achieving a 12.5% reduction in its carbon footprint both as total measure and on per employee basis. The cut was against a target of a 5% reduction in emissions per employee. Higgins’ total carbon footprint amounted to 557.1 tonnes of CO2 equivalent (tCO2e) in 2016 compared to

The Planet Mark™ to exhibit at UK Construction Week

UK Construction Week is the annual exhibition designed to drive forward and promote the construction industry and describes itself as “the largest gathering of the UK’s built environment community”. It is being held at Birmingham’s National Convention Centre (NEC) from October 10th to 12th. The show is expected to attract more than

Building a sustainable SME: construction firm Decorean

Q. Can you describe Decorean and what sustainability means to you? A. Decorean is an Orthodox Jewish-owned construction business which has been trading since 2010. We’re based in Tottenham, London, and we number around 14-15 employees. Up until now, we have worked predominantly in the Jewish community and we’ve been expanding year-on-year.

Exterion Media achieves 11% cut in its total carbon footprint

Exterion Media’s total carbon footprint at the end of 2016 stood at 942 tonnes of CO2 equivalent (tCO2e), a decrease of 10.9% from 2015 on a normalised basis. Its relative carbon footprint in 2016 was 2.52 tCO2e per employee, compared to 2.81 tCO2e in 2015 – a 10.4% reduction. The cut follows a major push by the company to reduce