A Decade On: The Net-Zero Blueprint and Lessons from a Trailblazing UK School Project

Ten years ago, Henry Waite, the founder of Blue Marble Environmental Partnerships, pioneered a groundbreaking renewable energy project in the UK.

Blue Marble are pleased to share that they have been selected, as part of a consortium, to deliver the Department for Education's Net Zero Accelerator Pathway Programme.

SECR is a statutory reporting requirement for organisations listed on the stock exchange or categorised as a “Large” company within the UK. It is designed to provide greater transparency of organisations’ energy usage and associated emissions generation.

Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) aren’t just a way for your company to understand the climate impact of its products, there are compelling business benefits of EPDs too.

Find out why the company takes its carbon footprint seriously and how it is repairing the world’s damaged marine ecosystems.

Click to find out in plain speech your net zero obligations as a current or potential NHS supplier.

Costs can mount up if you require EPDs for a whole range of individual products, but there are strategies to streamline the EPD process to make it less expensive.

In an innovative step towards sustainability in education, Blue Marble, in collaboration with TPXimpact and United Learning, is supporting the Department for Education (DfE) through the creation of a Digital Support Hub.

Blue Marble is thrilled to launch the second issue of Net Zero to coincide with COP28, the annual United Nations climate summit taking place this week.

The journey to net zero is a priority for many organisations but educational academy trusts have a more crucial role to play than most, says Blue Marble’s education consultant John Edwards.

Removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is key to fighting climate change, whether it is to offset recent and future unavoidable emissions, or to make inroads into mankind’s post-Industrial Revolution legacy.

Exponential global population growth has been the catalyst for innovation in agriculture practices. The need to feed a rapidly expanding society has led to the modernisation of the farming industry.

Blue carbon refers to the carbon captured by marine and coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, seagrass meadows and salt marshes. These ecosystems essentially work as giant carbon sinks, sequestering vast amounts of carbon from our atmosphere and oceans that would otherwise contribute to global warming.

Phytoplankton (or algae) doesn’t always get the recognition it deserves but it is in fact responsible for producing 50% of the world’s oxygen. Just like land plants, these microscopic, ocean-dwelling plants use photosynthesis to grow and in turn play a vital role in the ‘nutrient cycle’ of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus.