Gold Partners
Gold Partners
Silver Partners
Base London Silver Partners
Supporters
Supporters
Charity Partner
Media Partners
Base London Media Partners
Partners and supporters
Cities are the growth engines of the global economy but also account for 75% of global energy demand and produce 80% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Siemens provides pioneering solutions for the sustainable development of urban infrastructure with low-carbon, energy-efficient products, solutions and financing.
Our solutions help ensure mobility, security and efficient supplies of life’s basic needs from energy, heating, lighting and water to waste disposal while reducing the environmental impact. We help make cities competitive and environmentally sustainable, improving the quality of city life.
Gold Partners
Carillion Energy Services
Carillion Energy Services, previously known as Eaga, is one of the UK’s largest independent suppliers of heating and renewable energy and is at the forefront of the carbon economy.
Our business can draw on more than 30 years’ experience in delivering sustainable energy efficiency solutions to promote social inclusion and tackle fuel poverty.
From concept to on-going delivery, we provide high quality, cost effective and sustainable solutions, tailored to the needs of our customers. We have pioneered a market-leading private finance initiative of £300million to fund renewable energy programmes – making low-carbon living accessible and affordable.
Fiat
For over 100 years, since being founded in Turin in 1899, Fiat has been producing cars that are fun to drive, beautiful to look at and relentlessly innovative. Through the years it has achieved many engineering breakthroughs and since 2007 has set the standard for car efficiency, leading the field as Europe’s lowest emissions fleet. In May 2011 its revolutionary “TwinAir engine” won the prestigious Engine of the Year and Best Green Engine awards and every day its eco:Drive technology helps Fiat drivers reduce emissions and drive smart.
WSP Group
WSP is a leading international design, engineering, sustainability and management consultancy. We have engineers, leading-edge green buildings specialists, thought leaders, sector specialists, project managers, renewable energy experts, policy and regulatory specialists and others.
We are rich in expertise, in background and in location. We bring different perspectives which create better solutions. And with 9,000 specialists working across 100 countries, we have the scale to deliver and scope to innovate.
IBM
Cities are complex, noisy, congested and bursting at the seams, yet people continue to chose to live and work in them. In the UK up to 80% of people live in urban areas. Cities are a microcosm of the planet – places where people, businesses, services, culture and infrastructure all come together.
In cities, everything and everyone is in some way connected to everything and everyone else. IBM is partnering with cities in the UK and around the world to help uncover where and how these connections exist, to tackle serious urban issues and improve the quality of life for citizens. To find out more please visit: ibm.com/uk/cities.
Skanska
Skanska is one of the world’s leading project development and construction groups with expertise in construction, development of commercial and residential projects and public-private partnerships. Based on its global green experience, Skanska aims to be the clients’ first choice for Green solutions. The Group currently has 52,000 employees in selected home markets in Europe, in the US and Latin America. Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden and listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, Skanska’s sales in 2010 totalled around £11 billion.
UK Power Networks/Low Carbon London
UK Power Networks is the lead partner in the Low Carbon London bid, awarded £24.26million by Ofgem’s Low Carbon Networks Fund. Working with a range of industry partners, this will explore how new technology, and operating and commercial arrangements can help electricity networks to meet the new demands of a low carbon economy. The funding is designed to accelerate how London’s electricity network can get ready for a future where electric vehicles, smart meters, decentralised energy, big businesses and individuals play an increasing role in reducing carbon emissions.
Epoda/Eco-nomics
epoda offer flexible energy efficiency solutions via our innovative software and trained auditors. Through detailed audits of both commercial and domestic properties, epoda produce bespoke reports to suit our clients’ energy and budgetary needs with a focus on implementation, reliable data and accurate costing projections.
Marsh
Marsh, the world's leading insurance broker and risk adviser, provides thought leadership and innovation for clients and the insurance industry — introducing and promoting the concept and practice of client representation through brokerage, the discipline of risk management, the globalization of insurance and risk management services and many other innovative tools and service platforms.
Silver Partner
The RE:NEW homes energy efficiency programme has already undertake work in 9,000 homes and there is about to be a London-wide rollout to make 55,000 London homes warmer and cut fuel bills by May 2012.
In addition, hundreds of London’s workplaces are benefiting from the multi-award-winning RE:FIT, Green500 and the Better Buildings Partnership programmes which are focused on reducing energy from commercial and public sector buildings to drive significant CO2 savings and helping organisations save money.
European funding is helping to significantly upscale activity in these areas through investment via the £100m London Green Fund, technical assistance funding to deliver decentralised energy and to support organisations interested in RE:FIT.
All of this activity is supporting London’s quest to become a world-leading low-carbon economy, creating green jobs and attracting investment into the capital.
Silver Partner
Temple Group
www.templegroup.co.uk
Temple Group is a leading environmental and planning consultancy providing integrated multi-disciplinary services backed by strong project management credentials. We secure successful outcomes by combining a wide range of technical skills and experience, together with a commitment to the highest professional standards. We have extensive knowledge of policy and Statutory Agency requirements with a good understanding of our client organisations and adopt an approach centred around innovation, best practice and sustainability principles. It is important to us that we ensure that risks and opportunities are fully captured, managed and communicated effectively from the outset.
www.templegroup.co.uk
Temple Group is a leading environmental and planning consultancy providing integrated multi-disciplinary services backed by strong project management credentials. We secure successful outcomes by combining a wide range of technical skills and experience, together with a commitment to the highest professional standards. We have extensive knowledge of policy and Statutory Agency requirements with a good understanding of our client organisations and adopt an approach centred around innovation, best practice and sustainability principles. It is important to us that we ensure that risks and opportunities are fully captured, managed and communicated effectively from the outset.
Supporters
The Mayor of London and the Greater London Authority (GLA) Group
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has a target to cut the capital’s CO2 emissions by 60 per cent by 2025. This has led to the development of an ambitious portfolio of sustainable energy and building retrofit programmes.
The RE:NEW homes energy efficiency programme has already undertake work in 9,000 homes and there is about to be a London-wide rollout to make 55,000 London homes warmer and cut fuel bills by May 2012.
In addition, hundreds of London’s workplaces are benefiting from the multi-award-winning RE:FIT, Green500 and the Better Buildings Partnership programmes which are focused on reducing energy from commercial and public sector buildings to drive significant CO2 savings and helping organisations save money.
European funding is helping to significantly upscale activity in these areas through investment via the £100m London Green Fund, technical assistance funding to deliver decentralised energy and to support organisations interested in RE:FIT.
All of this activity is supporting London’s quest to become a world-leading low-carbon economy, creating green jobs and attracting investment into the capital.
City of London
The City of London provides local government and policing services for the financial and commercial heart of Britain, the 'Square Mile'. It is committed to supporting and promoting 'The City' as the world leader in international finance and business services
Olympic Park Legacy Company
The Olympic Park Legacy Company is responsible for the long-term planning, development and management of London’s Olympic Park after the 2012 Games.
The Park, to be named the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park from 2013, will become a thriving new metropolitan district in London. It will be a place unlike any other in London, offering new family neighbourhoods, world class venues and parks. The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will embrace a holistic approach to sustainability, promoting a healthy and sustainable lifestyle as a model for urban living, encouraging walking, cycling and a mix of uses to
London Chamber of Commerce
London Chamber of Commerce (LCCI) offers professional, independent, affordable services that focus on supporting businesses in London. Membership is corporate and members have access to over 200 networking events a year, marketing and business opportunities, tenders, free business, legal and HR advice, a range of discounted business services and a members’ lounge that offers free meeting space in the heart of the City.
London First
London First is a business membership organisation with a mission to make London the best city in the world in which to do business. London First does this by mobilising the experience, expertise and enthusiasm of the private sector to develop practical solutions to the challenges facing London. London First also seeks to persuade central and London government to make the investments that London needs in its infrastructure.
London & Partners
London & Partners is a not-for-profit public private partnership, funded by the Mayor of London and a network of commercial partners. It works in partnership with organisations in London and across the world to drive leisure and business visitors as well as bidding to secure major events in London. It also aims to unlock the city for new businesses that want to set up or expand in London and to promote the capital's world class universities to international students.
London Councils
A think-tank and lobbying organisation that promotes the interests of London's 33 local authorities. London Councils supports the efforts of the capital’s boroughs to reduce carbon emissions and to prepare for the expected effects of climate change.
Centre for Cities
An independent, non-partisan research and policy institute committed to improving the economic performance of UK cities.
UK Green Business Council
UK GBC’s mission is to dramatically improve the sustainability of the built environment, by radically transforming the way it is planned, designed, constructed, maintained and operated. We believe that green building can help provide a higher quality of life and better value for business. Sustainability can be compatible with profitability and a low-carbon, sustainable built environment can be a driver for prosperity.
Energy Saving Trust
Our mission is to find the best ways to change people’s behaviour and to introduce energy-saving measures into homes. We do this by providing expert insight and knowledge about energy saving, supporting people to take action, working with business, government, local authorities and others to drive improvements in the energy-saving market, and by providing quality assurance for goods, services and installers.
Institute for Sustainability
Our mission is to significantly accelerate the delivery of economically, environmentally and socially sustainable cities and communities. We do this by driving innovative demonstration projects and developing programmes to actively capture and share learning and best practice.