Partners
Building a Low Carbon World is proud of its association with the following partners:
Quintain Estates and Development PLC
Quintain Estates and Development PLC are one of the UK’s leading property development and management organizations. They have identified that the future of their business relies on implementing strategies for sustainability within the property sector.
Quintain Estates and Development PLC actively demonstrate their commitment to reducing carbon emissions within the built environment in their work. Please click on the links below to view details about recent Quintain initiatives and projects. Please click here to visit Quintain Estates and Development PLC's website.
Bio-Regional Quintain
BioRegional Quintain Limited is leading in the creation of sustainable communities throughout the UK by combining the comprehensive application of sustainability principles to a dynamic and innovative approach to property development. The company is owned 50:50 by Quintain Estates and Development PLC and BioRegional Properties Ltd Please click here to visit Bio Regional Quintain's website
WORLDWIDE FUND FOR NATURE (WWF) INTERNATIONAL
Founded by Sir Peter Scott, WWF and its work need no introduction. Its mission to create a future where people live in harmony with nature continues.
“ We at WWF are delighted to give our full support to the work of Building a Low Carbon World in helping to reduce carbon emissions in the urban environment.”
Jean-Paul Jeanrenaud, Head of Business Industry WWF International
Please click here to visit WWF's website.
I.UC.N.
I.U.C.N. is The World Conservation Union, the world’s largest and most important conservation network. The Union brings together 83 States, 110 government agencies, more than 800 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and some 10,000 scientists and experts from 181 countries in a unique worldwide partnership.
The Union’s mission is to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable.
The World Conservation Union is a multicultural, multilingual organization with 1100 staff located in 40 countries. Its headquarters are in Gland, Switzerland
Building a Low Carbon World has been invited to send a representative to the 2008 World Conservation Conference to be held in Barcelona. To visit I.U.C.N.'s website please click here.
THE CLIMATE GROUP
The mission of the Climate Group is to catalyse business and government leadership on climate change in order to put the world on track for a low carbon economy.
The Climate Group is an advocate of the work of Building a Low Carbon World. To visit the Climate Group's website please click here.
SAVE OUR SELVES (S.O.S.)
The organisers of the recent Live Earth concert series have pledged their support to Building a Low Carbon World
Live Earth, a project of the Save Our Selves (SOS) campaign, is a global initiative which has been developed by the team who produced Live 8. Reaching people in every corner of the planet through television, film, books, radio, the Internet and Live Earth, the SOS campaign is de¬signed to trigger a global movement to combat our climate crisis. The proceeds from Live Earth will form the foundation for a new, multi-year global effort to combat the climate crisis led by The Alliance for Climate Protection and its Chair, Vice President Al Gore. SOS was founded by Kevin Wall, who won an Emmy as Worldwide Executive Producer of Live 8. To visit the Climate Group's website please click here.
Imperial College London
We are pleased to announce our strategic partnership with Imperial College London and the Grantham Institute for Climate Change. Low Carbon World will be supporting internships within the remit of sustainability within the built environment and Msc project within the field of environmental technology. To visit the Grantham Institutes's website please click here.
ACCA - The Association of Chartered Cetified Accountants
ACCA are wholeheartedly supporting this initiative and are working closely with Low Carbon World to help develop and establish the financial and fiscal measurements and metrics which can be used thorughout industry to effectively calculate the cost and returns of truly sustainable development practices. To visit ACCA's website please click here. |