We are delighted to release Route to Net Zero Special Edition podcast where our chair Andrew Griffiths, Director of Policy and Partnerships at Planet Mark, talks to guest speakers Anthony Barron Senior Sustainability Manager from Thakeham Homes and Simon Matthews, Sustainability Lead from Stephen George + Partners.

Listen to our podcast where guests delve deeper into sharing their experiences of their Route to Net Zero.

 

We are delighted to release episode 6 were host Simon Matthews talks to SGP’s Managing Partner, James Nicholls, who shares our progress to date on our route to Net Zero.  

In this episode we hear from Simon Matthews as he hosts a series of Net Zero Workshops across our offices in London, Leeds and West Midlands. 

At each office we asked for ideas to reduce our carbon emissions, as individuals, as an office, and across the whole company at SGP. 

Our next step is to evaluate those ideas and and take the most promising to our Board meeting. We’ll give an indication of the likely carbon savings for each idea and the cost and time involved to implement each one.

Stay tune to see how we get on.

In a departure of previous discussions, we are taking the opportunity to learn about our recently revised Guide to Building Materials and the Environment. Targeted at those who work in the Built Environment the guide explores the environmental impact of a wide range of building materials and products. 

In this episode Simon Matthews talks to author Chris Halligan to learn more about the guide and how it came about.

The free guide is available to download: https://www.stephengeorge.co.uk/a-guide-to-building-materials-and-the-environment/

After a lot of hard work we’ve now completed an initial calculation of our full carbon footprint, and forwarded our data and evidence to our partners at Planet Mark for certification.

In this episode we talk to Laura Allenden, our Office Manager, and  Karen Coekin, our Financial Controller. We discuss all the work that goes on behind the scenes.

In the next episode, we look forward to sharing our results as we all work towards the all-important steps along our route to net zero.

It’s been a busy couple of months as we’ve been in the midst of completing our annual carbon emissions return – more on that next time.

In this episode we’re going to hear from our Managing Partner, James Nicholls, on his experiences of commuting using public transport. And we’ll take a dip into a fantastic net zero session at our Spring Workshop.

In the next episode, we'll talk to Chris Halligan regarding the new and completely revised third edition of the RIBA award-winning Guide to Building Materials and the Environment.  

This podcast follows on from a series aimed to help architectural students during their studies and for the first few years of their career.  In this episode you will hear from Joey Silva, Jay Silva, Ghazal Hajijafari, Sameerah Khalid and Ross Hennigan talking about choosing the right course and the benefits of collaborative learning. They also touch on costs and intakes at Universities.

It’s a couple of months now since we embarked on our Route to Net Zero, and, as you’ll hear in this episode, we’re fully immersed in the process of data collection.

In this episode we talk to Laura Allenden, a member of SGP’s Social Responsibility group, about progress to date in collecting the data we need to measure all of our carbon emissions.
 
 We also hear from Ian Yallop, Chairman at SGP, about an idea our Partners have suggested around our journey to Net Zero. Our Partners going to trial using use public transport for a week to establish what might be the challenges, advantages and disadvantages.
 
In the next episode our Partners will share their progress.

We are delighted to release the first of a series of Podcasts, our Route to Net Zero. Simon Matthews, Sustainability Lead at SGP, will take you through our journey to reduce emissions and create a more sustainable future.

Simon will talk to staff, clients and sustainability partners who are all helping us along our journey. We will not only talk about our successes, but also our lessons learnt and what could have worked better.

During this episode Simon talks to James Nicholls, Managing Partner at SGP, to discuss the practices’ thoughts and expectations on the road that lies ahead. We will also hear from Planet Mark, our sustainability partner, to get their reflections on the initial engagement and knowledge shared at the first Net Zero Masterclass with SGP's senior team.

In the next episode we aim to share the next stage of our journey with you. 

This podcast follows on from a series aimed to help architectural students during their studies and for the first few years of their career.  In this episode you will hear from Joey Silva, Jay Sayer, Ghazal Hajijafari, Sameerah Khalid and Ross Hennigan talking about choosing the right course and the variations across different universities.