Verco

Verco is an award winning sustainability and climate change consultancy.

We have a 23-year track record in energy and carbon with a focus on low carbon growth, energy efficiency and clean energy development. We believe that our combination of high-level policy / strategy work, deep technical analysis and consistently commercial outlook delivers real value to our clients. We offer a wide range of sustainability services tailored to the needs of a wide range of business sectors.

Our expertise includes:

• providing cost-efficient, cutting edge sustainability solutions to clients ranging from blue chip corporations to large, complex public sector bodies;
• an internationally-recognised pioneering approach to investment in low carbon technologies;
• delivering best-in-sector research, strategy and policy development for governments and commercial market leaders;
• online resource management and reporting software, Carbon DesktopTM helps clients around the world reduce energy costs, manage carbon liabilities and assets, and improve GHG reporting.

Our clients include private sector businesses, multinationals, global agencies, central governments and policy influencers, local businesses, councils and community based organisations. We currently work with clients across five continents, delivering projects in the UK, Europe, US, South Africa, South America, China, South East Asia and Africa.

In 2011, our team was positioned alongside McKinsey as market leaders in the Verdantix report on UK sustainability consulting services.

How are climate change and sustainability issues affecting your organisation?

Climate science indicates that we need to stop average temperatures from rising by more than two degrees. We can do this by limiting greenhouse gas concentrations to a peak of 350-400ppm (parts per million). We need to use all natural resources more efficiently, particularly water.

The world is responding in two ways. Politicians are negotiating a global agreement and regulating emissions through market mechanisms and command and control policies. The private sector is reacting too. There is real value to be found in short term efficiency savings, and this work is always supportive of a broader corporate responsibility agenda.

Your organisation's investment in climate change and sustainability is likely to be driven by customers demanding 'greener' products, energy costs hitting untenable highs or your need for more efficient production processes and supply chains. We understand these issues, and how your business can respond to the challenge.