Developing a Net Zero Strategy for Southway Housing Trust

The Situation A listed infrastructure investment company looking for opportunities in the renewable energy, energy transition and sustainable infrastructure. The company decided to build a portfolio of AD plants processing (regenerative) agricultural crops, generating biomethane for injection into the natural gas grid and capturing the carbon dioxide for geological sequestration. However, it required technical diligence…

The Situation A leading fund manager focused on renewable energy, energy transition and sustainable infrastructure saw an opportunity arose for the combined acquisition of six anaerobic digestion (AD) plants and six composting facilities located in the East of England and Isle of Wight. Solutions Impact Leveraging on more than a decade of experience in AD…

The Situation CNG Foresight was looking to validate the proposed station design and technical aspects of a £100m+ framework to build a portfolio of bio CNG (biomethane) fuelling stations across the UK. These stations would have the capacity to fuel up to 450 vehicles per day via eight vehicle dispensers and one trailer loading dispenser….

The Situation Anthesis was instructed by AMRO Partners to conduct an Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) with a limited Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) review of several land plots for the development of a variety of real estate development projects. Solutions Impact AMRO Partners secured financing for the development and implementation of several real estate projects….

The Situation RS Group is a global provider of product and service solutions for designers, builders and maintainers of industrial equipment and operations. The organisation required support with the second phase of work of its ‘Better World’ programme – a framework to highlight to customers products that are more sustainable. For this phase, RS Group…

The Situation The climate crisis has prompted numerous local authorities across the UK to make declarations and commitments around climate action and sustainability. As these authorities continue to seek effective strategies to reduce carbon emissions, a challenge has arisen around understanding, measuring, and reporting area-wide greenhouse gas emissions accurately. With many cities pledging significant carbon…

The Situation Wokingham Borough Council needed a partner to assist with understanding and assessing the various routes to compliance with The Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015, also known as the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES). MEES is a set of legal requirements that aim to improve the energy efficiency of…

The Situation Unite Students are the leading provider of student accommodation in the UK, providing a home for over 46,000 students. Its large building portfolio, consisting of 138 purpose built properties, was included in the scope for ESOS assessments. As Unite was already rolling out a series of heating and lighting upgrades, it needed to identify…

The Situation With more than 130 buildings in 28 cities, Unite Students is one of the UK’s leading providers of student accommodation. The business places great importance on carbon management and this resulted in the firm embarking on an ambitious programme to achieve 80% carbon reduction from its buildings by 2050, against a 2014 baseline….

The Situation US-based energy transition and decarbonisation infrastructure investor ECP, formerly Energy Capital Partners, sought a detailed understanding of the current and future UK plastic waste market. The objective was to support ECP’s due diligence for a proposed acquisition of Biffa plc, one of the UK’s leading integrated waste and recycling companies with a leading…