If your business is large and complex, you should be able to generate cost benefits from ESOS recommendations which exceed the cost of the compliance process itself. A compliance only route may seem like the cheapest option, but can actually be more costly than generating the energy saving benefits that should come out of this process. Read more
It is International Women in Engineering Day this week and so we would like to take this opportunity to proudly place some of our female engineers in the limelight. We hope we will inspire the Female engineers of the future! Read more
We are proud to announce that we have now become a Certified B Corporation®! Joining a global community of more than 2,400 companies who share our view that businesses should believe in more than the bottom line and that we should use the power of business to solve social and environmental problems. Read more
Our Chorley Office have been enjoying the sunshine and taking time out of the office to volunteer, for the second year running, in Brockholes in Preston. Read more
The Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) was established in June 2015 to develop voluntary, consistent climate-related financial risk disclosures for companies, allowing them to provide investors, lenders, insurers, and other stakeholders with the right information to make financial decisions. Ultimately, it aims to drive the sustainability agenda from sustainability teams into boardrooms and finance teams. Read more
Verco’s attempt and how coffee nearly broke us!In light of World Environment Day and its particular focus on reducing single use plastic, we set ourselves the challenge to see how far we could go to cut out plastic completely. This is the account of Verco’s Wiltshire office. Read more
Up to 25% of energy wastage can be prevented with cultural change. For a multi-site manufacturing business, savings from our behaviour change work have equated to over £1m per year. Read more
Formally-approved Science Based Targets (SBTs) are a scheme of the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), a venture of the UN Global Compact, CDP, World Resources Institute and WWF. They have been gaining much attention and some traction amongst corporates and institutional investors; at the time of writing, 105 companies have in place targets formally approved by the SBTi. Read more
We are excited to announce the launch of our new website for Carbon Desktop! This website is designed to give an overview of Verco’s energy management software Carbon Desktop and what it can do. The site will also provide hints, tips and news, helping users to get the best from the system. Read more
Last night Verco attended another great ‘The Crowd’ event at the ICAEW in London, this time on the very relevant topic of AI for Sustainability. Read more
We are now in Phase 2 of ESOS, with a deadline of 5th December 2019. Experience shows that many companies will leave it to the last minute to think about it, turning what should be an opportunity to increase business productivity into a compliance burden. Read more
On 12th April, Verco's Robert Cohen presented at the CIBSE Technical Symposium in London: Read more
The Investor Confidence Project (ICP) Europe is a Horizon 2020 project funded by the EU. Verco is leading the technical development and is UK advocate for the project. We are now looking for pilot projects to certify as Investor Ready in three new sectors: industry, district energy and infrastructure. Benefits of taking part in the pilot projects include: Read more
This week, Verco attended the XEnergy event in London. There was a mind-blowing key note speech by Justin Hall-Tipping, on the application of artificial intelligence and big data, to achieve a step change in the development of new materials: creating a database of thousands of publications on material science. Artificial intelligence is used to draw on this and rapidly identify new molecular combinations. This can be used to produce new materials that address a broad range of technological challenges. Read more
The Design for Performance initiative led by Verco has featured in a couple of industry engagement events this month. First on 6th March at the annual EcoBuild show at the Excel in London Docklands, there was a seminar entitled Design for Performance - Securing Commercial Buildings. The session was chaired by Sarah Ratcliffe, Programme Director at the BBP, and the panellists were Robert Cohen, Technical Director, Verco, Abigail Dean, Head of Sustainability at TH Real Estate, Duncan Price, Director - Sustainability, Buro Happold and Andy Stanton, Infrastructure and Sustainability Manager, Transport for London. The seminar underlined the benefits of commercial office buildings which perform as intended: as well as meeting environmental objectives, these buildings can be more attractive to tenants who seek better working environments for their employees. Evidence from Australia shows that these buildings have lower voids, can charge rent premiums and secure higher financial returns for their developers and investors. Read more
Verco is a partner in the ALliance for Deep RENovation (ALDREN) a 30 month Horizon 2020 project which started in November 2017. The purpose of ALDREN is to establish the business case for deep renovation. It is thereby intended to encourage investment and accelerate the movement towards a nearly zero energy non-residential building stock across the EU, as targeted by 2050 to meet Paris Agreement commitments. The project is co-ordinated by the Centre Scientifique et Technique du Batiment (CSTB) in France, with seven expert partners from around Europe. Read more
Dave Worthington, Managing Director of Verco, talks to Engerati in this informative video interview. Read more
On 27th February, Verco’s Paul Stepan presented at the edie Smarter Sustainability Reporting Conference. Read on for the highlights of his forward looking view on the pivotal role investors have in driving sustainability change. Read more
Verco is a mission based organisation and carbon reduction is at the heart of our business. In 2012 we set ourselves the ambitious challenge of significantly enabling 1MtCO2 of annual emissions reductions by the end of 2015 for delivery by 2025. This is the equivalent of 1% of the UK’s required reductions to meet the fourth carbon budget! Read more