UPDATE: This fund raiser completed on 30th June 2020. A total of £4,075 was raised from our video training courses. It was donated to the WHO covid-19 response fund. We donated it through the Google fund raiser, who top up the donations (up to their threshold). It could therefore have contributed over £12,000. A massive […]
Circular Ecology are delighted to announce a new tree planting partnership with Eden Reforestation Projects. Trees provide many benefits and not only for the environment. Eden Reforestation projects reduces extreme poverty and restores healthy forests by employing local villagers to plant millions of trees every year. Where are the trees planted? The trees are planted […]
Microsoft has committed to being carbon negative by 2030. Unilever has committed to being carbon positive by 2030. Ah! There we have a problem. Climate tug of war? Of course not…. Naturally both companies are aspiring to remove more carbon from the atmosphere than they cause. These are also very admirable and worthy commitments, even […]
Circular Ecology has now broken the 5,000 LinkedIn follower milestone and we couldn’t be more delighted! We would like to extend a big, BIG thank you to our growing network and all of our amazing followers. #ThankYou www.linkedin.com/company/circular-ecology
Defra and BEIS have recently released their GHG emissions factors for company reporting. In the world of carbon footprinting they are considered a seminal resource. The factors show that the UK continues to rapidly decarbonise the grid electricity supply. Download the latest factors from https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/greenhouse-gas-reporting-conversion-factors-2019
The new version of the ICE database was recently launched at an event hosted by the Alliance for Sustainable Building Products (ASBP) at the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in London. Over 125 professionals were in attendance with talks from Circular Ecology, Heathrow, Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB), Environment Agency and being chaired by Jane […]
The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has recently released a framework for net zero carbon buildings. This is a positive step forward for improving the environmental impacts of construction. The framework covers both embodied carbon and operational carbon. We have put together a summary article on net zero carbon buildings. What is net zero, how […]
The updated Inventory of Carbon & Energy (ICE) Database will be launched at an event in London hosted by the Alliance for Sustainable Building Products (ASBP) and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). The event will see up to 120 delegates attend an event on May 30th at the RICS in London. In addition […]
Circular Ecology will be delivering a webinar about the new version of the Inventory of Carbon & Energy (ICE) database. It is being hosted through IEMA, the membership network for environmental professionals. Non-members can also join the webinar. The webinar was held on Thursday 31st Jan, 12:30pm UK time (GMT). We are glad to report […]
We are glad to report that we are making positive progress to update the Inventory of Carbon & Energy (ICE) database to V3.0. We can now announce that, a launch date of Q1 2019 should be expected. Work to update the well-used embodied energy and carbon database for materials is producing some interesting analysis and […]