History

From our earliest work promoting sustainable energy to more recent award-winning carbon projects, our history is rich with innovation, industry firsts and breakthroughs in low carbon technologies and sustainable development.

Our pedigree is the result of the strong foundations laid by our founders, who today are some of the world’s leading figures in the fight against climate change. This foundation has been built upon with the passion and expertise of all our people globally, who share in our vision to create a sustainable, low carbon society.

2012

• Camco Advisory Services renamed Verco after joining the Baxi Partnership
• Verco develops Landlord’s Energy Rating for multi-let office buildings

2011

• Camco Advisory Services wins Sustainable Consultancy of the Year
• Camco Advisory Services wins contract from Shell to run its Springboard low carbon business ideas competition for the seventh year running
• Camco Advisory Services won 4 of the 5 carbon management programmes for the Carbon Trust

2010

• Camco Advisory Services runs local authority carbon management programme for seventh year
• Camco Advisory Services produces Low Carbon Workplace Standard
• Camco Advisory Services win the Carbon Trust’s Dairy and Brewery UK sector-wide Industrial Energy Efficiency Accelerator Projects to confirm our status as market leaders in these sectors

2009

• Camco ranked 7th in the Financial Times' UK Great Places to Work
• Camco Advisory Services manages pay-as-you-save taskgroup for UK Green Buildings Council

2008

• ESD renamed Camco Advisory Services Ltd
• EPLabel web based software approved by UK government to provide Display Energy Certificates (DECs) for buildings

2007

• Camco acquires ESD, ESD Ventures and Bradshaw's energy efficiency business
• ESD acquires Bradshaw Consulting, a specialist energy efficiency business

2006

• ESD named as one of the 50 best places to work in the UK by The Financial Times

2003

• Camco AG is established by ESD and Austrian partners stand-alone vehicle for carbon asset development

2001

• ESD designs first Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project in Africa with the World Bank’s Prototype Carbon Fund

1999

• ESD is one of 12 founding members of the UK’s Emission Trading Scheme

1994

• ESD is awarded TERES II contract by the European Commission

1989

• ESD Ltd is founded