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The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has published a guide to low-carbon retrofits for the UK’s poorly performing commercial buildings.
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UKGBC launches guide to low-carbon retrofits for commercial buildings

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has published a guide to support industry to retrofit the UK’s poorly performing commercial buildings. Delivering Net Zero: Key considerations for Commercial Retrofit, aims to provide industry with a common approach to commercial retrofit through the lens of carbon reduction. It is aimed at industry professionals and stakeholders including […]

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Utility bill management is not a new concept, but if you’ve dismissed the idea before, it’s a timely opportunity to reconsider. Find out why.
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Six ways utility bill management could benefit your business

The pandemic has driven many organisations to take a fresh look at their premises and the associated costs. Over a third of companies are planning to downsize office space according to a recent survey, and 63% of employers are maintaining the use of hybrid working, with employees splitting time between work and home. Whatever the […]

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Concept Energy Director, Richard Pennington is preparing to raise funds for four charities by taking part in a gruelling cycling challenge.
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Concept Energy Director set for gruelling charity cycling challenge

A senior director from Concept Energy is preparing to raise funds for four charities by taking part in a gruelling cycling challenge. Richard Pennington, Technical Director at one of the UK’s leading independent carbon and water management consultancies, will undertake three endurance cycling events as he marks his 50th birthday in his ‘3 4 50’ […]

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In Concept Energy's latest blog we look at the forces driving business action on climate change, such as policy pressures.
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The forces driving business action on climate change

The investment arm of the Church of England has become the latest organisation to sign up to the UN’s Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance. In doing so it’s joined ‘the most ambitious institutional investor initiative to date’- an 18-strong group of world-leading pension funds and insurers committed to decarbonising their portfolios to net-zero emissions by 2050. […]

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Spending Round 2019: £30 million for Net Zero, and other green economy pledges

The chancellor delivered his Spending Round yesterday, announcing ‘the fastest planned increase in day-to-day departmental spending for 15 years’. Amid ongoing political uncertainty over Brexit, and the possibility of a general election, the plans announced apply for a single year, rather than the three which would be expected of traditional review. Environmental and climate change […]

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A cross-party committee has warned of the ‘lack of government policies in place’ to deliver the UK’s legally binding target of net-zero emissions by 2050.
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Net-zero: The ten key policy initiatives to get us there

A cross-party committee has warned of the ‘lack of government policies in place’ to deliver the UK’s legally binding target of net-zero emissions by 2050. The Science and Technology Committee’s new report says that ‘urgent action is needed’ and lays out ten key policy recommendations across different sectors to prepare the UK for net-zero. Rt […]

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The world’s leading companies have already saved over 520 million MTCO2, generating substancial business benefits, thorugh smarter energy use.
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Smarter energy use saves companies £45 million a year

The world’s leading companies have already saved over 520 million MTCO2e, the carbon equivalent of running 134 US coal-fired power plants for a year – generating substantial business benefits, a new report reveals. ‘Smarter Energy Use: Businesses Doing More With Less’ is the first Progress and Insights Report for EP100, a global corporate leadership initiative of international […]

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As public demand for action on the climate crisis continues to escalate, corporate real estate companies must wake up to the reality of their carbon impact.
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New guidance to help commercial real estate measure its carbon impact

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has launched a new guidance document aimed at helping commercial real estate (CRE) companies get a handle on understanding emissions from their value chain. Titled ‘Scope 3 Reporting in Commercial Real Estate’, the guidance focusses on how CRE companies can assess, measure, prioritise and reduce emissions that are beyond […]

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