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COP24: The Planet Mark holders cut carbon by 12% per employee

As the COP24 Climate Conference gets underway in Katowice, Poland this week (Dec 3rd-14th), The Planet Mark sustainability certification reports that its holders cut their carbon footprint per employee by an average 12% in 2017, helping the programme keep a pledge it made at COP21 three years ago. Figures released by Planet First,

The Planet Mark Awards 2018 Video

Five years ago we took the bold step to launch a new sustainability brand – The Planet Mark. We wanted to do our bit to accelerate sustainability by making it easier for organisations to have more positive impacts on society and the environment. Our five year anniversary awards showcased the outstanding achievements in sustainability

RPS cuts total carbon footprint by 14.3% and retains The Planet Mark for fifth consecutive year

RPS is an international consultancy that define, design and manages projects in the property, energy, transport, water, defence and security and resources sector. This year, the company’s Newark office entered its fifth year of business carbon reporting; achieving an impressive reduction of 14.3% in their total carbon footprint. This

Commercial, achieves certification to The Planet Mark by showing good practice in sustainability

The Planet Mark certification augments an impressive sustainability agenda held by Commercial, underpinned by The Queen’s Award for Enterprise, recognising outstanding achievements in social and environmental sustainability. Commercial, headquartered in Cheltenham UK, is a leader in the procurement and distribution of office products,

What does the government’s SECR reporting framework mean for UK businesses?

SECR - What do we know? Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) is a new set of regulations that come into force in April 2019. The most salient points of which are set out below. Under SECR, large businesses across the UK will be required to publicly report energy use, carbon emissions and energy efficiency actions. The

Supplies House awarded The Planet Mark sustainability certification for committing to cut its carbon footprint

This is Supplies House’s first year of business carbon footprint reporting. It calculated the emissions associated with its business operations in the company’s two offices for the year ending December 2017 and set a target to reduce emissions by 5% annually

The Planet Mark's 5 top tips on cutting plastic waste and improving recycling in the workplace

Having been made aware of the huge cost to our oceans and natural world and the damage to our own health from plastic pollution, the demand from consumers to take action on plastic waste has reached record heights – and businesses are responding almost on a daily basis through pledges to cut plastic usage and through designing better

International day of climate action: The role of business

The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is on the implications of warming of just 1.5C and also on the methods by which that might be realised. The minutiae of report are worth understanding, but there’s one exigent takeaway that affects people, businesses and industry of all sizes: we need to reduce

Introducing Social Value to The Planet Mark

Speech by Sarah Gillett, for The Planet Mark Awards 2018 11th October 2018

The Planet Mark Awards 2018: Sustainability champions celebrated at glittering ceremony

Five years ago we took the bold step to launch a new sustainability brand – The Planet Mark. We wanted to do our bit to accelerate sustainability by making it easier for organisations to have more positive impacts on society and the environment.We wanted to empower individuals within organisations so that, if they were inspired to