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Intense demand for carbon accounting has led to the emergence of a large number of practitioners over the past five years. In such a crowded market place, experience counts – and we have been working as specialist environmental accountants since 1997. In that time we have completed over 300 footprint projects ranging in scale from a single apple from South Africa, to the entire NHS. A small number of our recent projects are presented below. Even if your sector isn’t listed below, the chances are we will have done a related or relevant project in the past – contact us to find out more.
CLIENT NAME
Welsh Assembly Government
YEAR
2009
In November 2008 the Welsh Assembly Government began a consultation on their new Sustainable Development Scheme One Wales: One Planet. As part of the consultation exercise three events were held to present the scheme and allow consultees to feed back their thoughts and opinions. As Wales' ecological footprint is one of the WAG's headline indicators of sustainable development , the Welsh Assembly commissioned BFF to footprint the consultation events using Event Footprinter. The lessons learned at each consultation influenced subsequent events and will influence decision-making by the Welsh Assembly when hosting future events.
CLIENT NAME
UK Public Health Association
YEAR
2008
The 16th Annual Public Health Forum was held over two days at the Arena & Convention Centre Liverpool in April 2008. The UK Public Health Association (UKPHA), who organised the conference, commissioned BFF to assess the carbon and ecological footprint of delegates’ travel, accommodation and food consumption as well as waste management, energy and material use at the venue. The results are being used by UKPHA and ACC Liverpool staff to develop their sustainability policies.
CLIENT NAME
Forestry Commission
YEAR
2008
The Forestry Commission is hosting increasing numbers of music events on its land, and is acutely aware of the potential impacts of these activities. BFF was selected to examine the events management process and develop a tool to enable footprint assessments of future events.
CLIENT NAME
Radiohead
YEAR
2007
In the music world there has been debate over the environmental footprint of music bands jetting around the world. Radiohead was concerned about its impact, and commissioned BFF to footprint its tours in the US. The study drew wide boundaries – including fans' travel, merchandising, waste and energy – and demonstrated that the overriding impact is from the travel of thousands of fans. Radiohead is now taking steps to help their fans minimse their travel emissions, as well as reducing the band's direct footprint.
