Best Foot Forward

Will Schreiber has joined the Best Foot Forward team as a Senior Consultant.  Will has a range of strategy development, compliance and supply-chain management experience from his previous employment with Foresite Systems.  Will has worked with Fortune 500 corporations on assessing their product impact and compliance portfolios and provided environmental intelligence to senior corporate figures in operations, finance and quality divisions. In addition to a strong international project management background he has Masters degrees in Environmental and Business Management, International Law, and is an Associate of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA).

Since Best Foot Forward launched Footprinter in November 2009 it has been used by hundreds of businesses looking for a user-friendly carbon measurement solution.  One such user is Capital Cooling - a commercial refrigeration company. The company's environmental manager Lowellyne James has written an article in this month’s Environmentalist magazine about his company’s experiences of measuring and reducing carbon emissions. 

Demand for BFF services continues to be strong, and we are now undertaking another round of recruitment. We are looking for a Sustainability Consultant and will consider applicants with varying levels of experience, find out more here. We are also looking for a part time Marketing and Communications Manager to expand the influence of the company, and prepare a strategy to develop our brand and external profile – find out more here. We are keen to appoint these staff soon, so the deadline for applications is 23rd April 2010. BFF is also introducing a rolling recruitment for internships, to provide experience to talented individuals embarking on a career in sustainability.  We look forward to hearing from you!

The partnership between Best Foot Forward and ETS Aviation has taken a step forward with the launch of an updated version of Aviation Footprinter - a tool designed to help aviation operators meet their reporting requirements under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). New in this version of Aviation Footprinter is an ‘efficiency view’ which allows operators to better understand their emissions profile and thereby assist in targeting reduction efforts. For example, aircraft emissions can be benchmarked against best practice and route-by-route emissions can be compared within and between years. For a video demo of Aviation Footprinter please click here.

Yesterday, BFF Director Craig Simmons was literally bathing in the warm glow of the sun whilst outside temperature plummeted to below zero. How? The solar hot water (SHW) system on his house was producing water at a steady 34 degrees centigrade warmed only by the winter sun. These wintry conditions have also led to some discussion within the office today on the carbon balance of the heavy snowfall; our hunch is there’ll be reductions from less travel, less economic activity, and more outdoor fun displacing TV/computer use. On the downside, more people staying home requiring energy, more gas for home heating, higher coal use in power stations…and perhaps a reference point for climate change sceptics? 

Well, on a very wintery, cold, dark afternoon we want to wish all our readers a very happy festive period and New Year. 2009 has been a good year for BFF despite the economic challenges, although the Copenhagen Accord has been somewhat deflating for the wider movement. However, we can but try, and the commitments to financing adaptation measures, a commitment (of sorts) to the 2 degree limit and a strong showing by Ed Miliband offer some hope. From BFF’s perspective, embarking on a number of large new projects, expanding our staff team and launching Footprinter will help us to maximise our own influence on emissions reductions through 2010 and beyond.

Over the autumn BFF undertook a recruiting campaign to add new skills and resource to the team. We had a tremendous response to our advertisements, and have recruited three excellent new staff. In keeping with the international flavour of the company, our new recruits hail from China, Scotland and Australia. Luhui has joined our software team to support the growing demand for our Footprinter™ product, while consultants Rachel and Jacob will ensure BFF’s metrics and technical analyses continue to be combined with strategic insight. Staff profiles for Luhui, Rachel and Jacob have been added to our website today.

Best Foot Forward are supporting the UK’s 10:10 campaign to get businesses, government and individuals to reduce their carbon emissions by at least 10% in 2010. As well as offering technical assistance to the 10:10 team, BFF are pleased to make available a FREE version of their popular Footprinter software which has been specially set-up to meet the campaign’s reporting requirements for businesses. Register for your free 10:10 version here. Learn more about footprinter.

Apologies, it has been a prolonged absence from our ‘regular’ blog so we thought Friday 13th was a perfect date to start posting again. The period of silence (approaching two months now!) has been caused by a furious flurry of activity within the company. We have recruited two new consultants to add skills and capacity, particularly for our more strategic work, and have been kicking off a host of exciting new projects. In the coming weeks, we will be launching our latest Footprinter™ enterprise carbon accounting software, and will be updating our site with staff profiles, recent case studies, new content...and of course regular blog entries.  

We are looking to expand our team, and specifically are interested in employing a sustainability consultant who can assist with business development, project management and project delivery. The post is for someone to join our close-knit team and bring their own expertise and ideas to strengthen the work produced by BFF. For more information please download the job specification here, and we hope to hear from you.