5 April 2007
Press Release - ESD is expanding its services in the Chinese market.

2 April 2007
Creating a World Leader in Climate Change
The planned acquisition of ESD group by Camco International Ltd was announced this morning. This will create one of the world’s leading climate change businesses with 180 professionals operating in 14 offices across the UK, Europe, China and Africa.

Jeff Kenna, the co-founder and CEO of ESD and a non-executive director of Camco has been appointed CEO of Camco with immediate effect, succeeding Tristan Fisher who retires as CEO and also as an executive director.

Camco, which was originally set up by ESD in 2003, works with companies in the developing world to identify and develop greenhouse gas emission reduction projects, managing the entire process from project initiation to the delivery of carbon credits for sale in the international market. Camco is a market leader in China and Russia – two of the largest potential markets for Carbon Credits – as well as in Eastern Europe and Africa.

Camco has one of the largest carbon credit portfolios in the world, consisting of 67 projects under exclusive contract with the potential to deliver over 104 million carbon credits through to 2012. Camco was voted by carbon industry participants as the ‘Best Project Developer of the Year’ at the Carbon Market Insights Conference held in Copenhagen in March 2007.

Jeff Kenna said: “This deal makes a lot of strategic sense given the rapid developments in global carbon markets. The creation of the world’s leading integrated climate change business at a time of acute concern over global warming is very exciting. I am delighted to be appointed CEO of an organisation that will span all aspects of carbon management and incorporate strategic carbon development and ventures businesses, with a fast growing advisory service backed by leading technical experts and market professionals. There could be no better time to offer the most comprehensive suite of products and services in the carbon market to the world’s Governments and leading corporations as they try to respond to the myriad of challenges arising from climate change.”

13 January 2007
ESD’s Steffie Broer talks to the Bath Chronicle about her new research.
In a recent article “Firm helps Steffie plug into green research” Steffie talks about the doctorate in environmental engineering (EngD) which ESD are sponsoring her to at University College London. Explaining the reasons for her studies, Steffie said: "I wanted to do more to encourage action on climate change from a lifestyle perspective.”I was interested in looking at innovative new ways to reduce carbon emissions with a focus on issues such as food, transport and waste, and to understand how they could reduce the carbon impact of property development." Paul Ruyssevelt adds “Through the EngD programme Steffie can study and still play an important day-to-day role at ESD, producing research that is directly relevant and immediately useful to us."

10 October 2006
ESD & partners invite you to join us at the 12th UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP) in Nairobi
ESD and its partners are pleased to announce a series of events to be held alongside the upcoming 12th UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP) in Nairobi between the 6th and 17th November 2006. We would like to invite you to join us in our discussions on the theme of ‘Making CDM work for Africa’. See http://copnairobi.energyprojects.net for more information.

17 May 2006
ESD named as one of the top 50 Best Places to Work in the UK by the FT. Click here for press release

14 April 2006
ESD's response to the DTI’s energy review consultation
Our response to this review is informed by work with a wide variety of clients and stakeholders in many areas of sustainable energy production and use. Click here to view the full response.

21-23 November 2005
ESD leading Carbon Market Workshop at the 5th Annual Emissions Trading & the Carbon Markets Conference.
As market leaders in low-carbon project development and finance, ESD will be sharing it's expertise and knowledge in this field at a half-day Workshop on 23 November 2005 in London.

Click here for full Conference and Registration details.

10 May 2005
Camco International recruits additional carbon asset developer
ESD's joint venture with Austrian company KWI, Camco International, has recruited Arthur Houston to strengthen its resources to deliver new business and access new markets, including the former Soviet Union and Latin America.

Prior to joining Camco, Mr Houston developed environmental infrastructure projects in the FSU and Latin America for Pacific Capital. Earlier on, he was assistant portfolio manager for the Ukrainian Investment Fund Ltd in Kiev, developing UIFL's portfolio strategy and identifying target companies in the oil and gas, power generation, chemicals and steel manufacturing sectors.

A first mover in the rapidly emerging sector of greenhouse gas emissions trading, Camco is engaged with a growing portfolio of JI and CDM projects around the world. By 2012, the Camco project portfolio will deliver around 16 million tCO₂e of carbon credits from emissions reduction projects in Asia, Africa and Central and Eastern Europe.

27 April 2005
ESD Africa to begin two strategic solar PV projects in Southern Africa
ESDA will be providing consultant input for two UNDP GEF solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in southern Africa over the next six months. In Lesotho, ESDA will design a finance programme for rural solar PV systems. In the second project in Namibia, ESDA will provide advisory services on financing and deployment of solar PV systems.

26 April 2005
Sustainable charcoal production in Kenya
ESD has been funded by the UK’s Department for International Development to carry out a study into the sustainable production of charcoal in Kenya. The study will progress from research into policy options, to options analysis and recommendations, to the design and implementation of a local level pilot project. ESD will work with key stakeholders – local, regional and national government, major aid donors and charcoal producers and NGOs – and will complete the work over the next 12 months.

26 April 2005
Titanic Mill begins to take shape
Work is well under way at ESD's carbon neutral development, Titanic Mill in Huddersfield. Developers Lowry Renaissance have completely gutted the building, the solar PV system is installed and the apartments are taking shape. Also, ESD is working towards conclusion of the arrangements to establish the energy service company (ESCO) that will provide green heat and power to the new residents.

25 April 2005
New SPONGE action packed full day event on 11 May
Sponge is a network of young property and construction professionals who share an interest in sustainable development. Sponge has organised a visit to see not one, but TWO highly acclaimed examples of sustainable living: first to the Hockerton Housing Project to see the amazing self build sustainable community there, and then off to Millennium Green, which is also jam-packed with sustainability features- though rather more 'mainstream' by contrast, and particularly noted for its innovative rainwater recycling system as well as its impressive energy efficiency measures and solar hot water. (See Sponge website for more info).

20 April 2005
Biomass markets in Scotland
Together with Econergy, ESD has been appointed by Scottish Enterprise to help them define the commercial opportunities for biomass heating systems in the Scottish heat market. The work has three elements: evaluation of the current market, market data on Scottish players, and conclusions on the scale of the economic benefit to Scotland. An action plan will be prepared to help realise these commercial opportunities.

15 April 2005
Local Authority Carbon Management, Phase 3
Building on its successful management of Phase 2 of the Carbon Trust’s Local Authority Carbon Management programme, ESD – in partnership with management consultancy Impact Plus plc - has been awarded the next phase of the programme. With a launch date scheduled for May 12, ESD and Impact Plus will be working with a further 26 local authorities to develop carbon management strategies and action plans, with the project due to be completed by March 2006.

12 April 2005
Higher Education Carbon Management launch
The Carbon Trust launches today its pilot carbon management programme for the higher education sector. The HECM programme builds on the approach of the trust’s successful Local Authority Carbon Management Programme, which helped 23 English LAs to develop carbon management strategies and action plans. The HECM programme will draw on guidance materials and analysis tools contained in a software “toolkit” also developed by ESD.

29 March 2005
ESD Bulgaria to develop a sustainable energy planning tool
Funded by the British Embassy in Sofia, ESDB will be working with several regional and municipal authorities and project developers to identify investment opportunities in renewable energy and energy efficiency project. The work will be carried out over the next 12 months and will result in the development of a simple model for local government authorities to help prioritise sustainable energy projects.

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