Launched in April 2019, the Electricity System Operator (ESO) is a legally separate business within the National Grid Group responsible for the safe and secure operation of Great Britain’s National Electricity Transmission System.

As a central actor within the UK’s energy sector we have played a critical role in the decarbonisation of the energy networks and are heavily involved in the planning for a decarbonised future for both transport and heating.

As such we’ve set ourselves the task of ensuring that by 2025 we can operate the Electricity Transmission System with zero-carbon. This means a fundamental change to how our system was designed to operate; integrating newer technologies right across the system and increasing demand-side participation, using new smart digital systems to manage and control the system in real-time.

To help further foster this transition we are also looking to reinvigorate the levels of competition in our service markets, to ensure that by 2023 all participants over 1MW, be they power generators or demand side solutions, will be able to compete equally to provide the balancing services we need. This added level of competition and the increased access to our markets will help to reduce costs for consumers whilst helping to bring about a revolution in how electricity is used in Great Britain.

Valpak was the first scheme established to help businesses comply with the Packaging Waste Regulations in 1997. We have grown to become the UK’s leading packaging compliance scheme, with a 50% share of the market. We now also offer compliance to producers under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations and the Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations.

Valpak has been offering services to customers in the UK and beyond to support them on producer responsibility legislation for 20 years. The requirement for business to report on EPR and compliance issues has grown over the years and now covers issues such as packaging, waste electrical and electronics, batteries but also includes modern slavery, chemicals, energy and waste.

Most of this work requires expert support and advice on legislation, data collection and reporting, scoping problems and delivering auditable results. Valpak is an expert in this field and we work with our customers to enable them to do what they do best, by doing what we do best.

We have invested in organisational capability to add value through delivering flexible solutions. At Valpak we believe that we provide clear solutions to complex sustainability problems. Many of our customers agree by scoring us consistently over 95% in satisfaction surveys.

Helistrat offer intelligent waste solutions taking a strategic rather than operational approach. We offer tailor made solutions that deliver cost savings, revenue generation, improved service and full legal and environmental compliance. We are one of the UK’s leading waste management partners and operate a zero to landfill approach, proactively working towards delivering 100% recycling.

RE-search.energy is an online platform that connects corporates with renewable energy projects globally through PPA’s, green energy contracts & renewable energy certificates.  Companies can access information on the latest renewable energy projects & trends in the market and connect with project developers & suppliers. Generators can showcase their projects and gain access to market trends.

We use technology to facilitate access to clean energy. Name it A.I, advance search algorithms or bespoke market tools, RE-search provides a simplified approach to renewable energy. Our solutions are data centric and technology driven, we achieve this by analysing hundreds of data points to source the projects and solutions that meet specific search criteria of corporates. Some include:

• Data Insights & Trends: We provide a comprehensive worldwide data report on trends and prices of PPAs, certificates and green contracts.
• Project Search: Access information on hundreds of projects including available Corporate PPA’s, Merchant PPA’s & REC’s in a global marketplace.
• Smart RFI: By simplifying the RFI process, we focus on the key information needed to provide better results and avoid time wasting for both corporates and generators.
• Build a Business Case: The business case tool compares the price of the PPA against energy forward curves provided by our data partners Cornwall Insight, Aurora and UK BEIS

Phoenix BioPower is developing the future of biomass-fired power generation systems, the BTC.

The Biomass-fired TopCycle, BTC, is a high-pressure and integrated plant to convert biomass to power. By gasifying the biomass in combination with a high-pressure gas turbine process and massive steam injection, unprecendented conversion efficiencies are achieved. Together with its plannable production capacity and best-in-class total efficiencies, the BTC plant will change how renewable power is produced in the future.

CleanTechnica is the #1 cleantech-focused website in the US and the world.

Our work has been referenced by the New York Times, Washington Post, Slate, MSNBC, Think Progress, Reuters, Scientific American, and plenty of other media outlets. Some of the cleantech industry’s top CEOs, directors, founders, and board members read us regularly. And plenty of “common citizens” are also addicted to our site.

CleanTechnica strives to be the most indispensable website on the planet for cleantech news and commentary. We have been covering the cleantech industry obsessively since 2008 — before it was popular for mainstream media to dedicate blogs or subdomains to the topic.

FORESIGHT Climate & Energy is the essential read from Denmark on the global transition to a decarbonised energy economy — objective reporting on what really matters by expert journalists and writers from around the world.

Climate Home is a news and analysis website that follows developments in global climate change politics and policy. The core editorial team is based in London, working with reporters based in Delhi, Islamabad, Moscow and Rio de Janeiro.

Climate Change TV offers an online channel hosting interviews and footage from international climate change and development summits. It was the first online video broadcaster devoted entirely to climate change issues. Climate Home and Climate Change TV are both funded by Responding to Climate Change Limited (RTCC) which was founded in 2002.

Global energy networks are changing. Cleaner, decentralised power is becoming the norm as legacy systems are deemed too dirty and too inflexible for modern demands. But to accommodate this transition, the networks that carry our power must evolve too. Current± is the leading source of news, insight and opinion as the energy transition accelerates, featuring expert coverage on networks, power supply, e-mobility, regulation and technology trends.

Packaging Europe is the leading intelligence resource for European packaging professionals. It connects early adopters, technologists and buyers across the packaging value chain with the latest developments in technology, materials and manufacturing processes, making sense of innovation in the context of the core sustainability and market challenges packaging is required to meet.

The Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) is the leading international Royal Chartered professional body dedicated to the water and environment sector. We represent and support a community of thousands of members and organisations in 89 countries. All our members are dedicated to improving water and environmental management as well as associated social and cultural issues, for the benefit of the public.

CIWEM provides an extensive range of services leading the industry in developing technical excellence, which include: Training courses; events featuring top level speakers, debate and networking; round table meetings driving thought leadership and policy development; publications; and independent policy position papers, guidance and codes of practice, all founded on impartiality and the use of scientific evidence.

UK100 is a network of highly ambitious local government leaders, who have pledged to secure the future for their communities by shifting to 100% clean energy by 2050. This is not just good for the planet but for the people and communities they serve, be they in villages, towns or cities. Local leaders are working together to create flourishing communities, seizing the opportunities of technology to create jobs and establishing a nationwide project of renewal, focused on local needs and ambitions.

UK100 is the only network for UK local authorities, urban, suburban and rural, focused climate and clean energy policy. We connect local leaders to each other, to business and to national government, enabling them to showcase their achievements, learn from each other and speak collectively to accelerate the transition to clean energy.

IEMA is the professional body for everyone working in environment and sustainability. We provide resources and tools, research and knowledge sharing along with high-quality formal training and qualifications to meet the real world needs of our members. We believe that together we’re positively changing attitudes to sustainability as a progressive force for good. Together we’re transforming the world to sustainability.

CLG members are leaders from a range of industries including retail and consumer goods, transport and infrastructure, finance, and power generation. Together, we have headquarters across the EU and a footprint extending far beyond Europe.

With a wealth of experience, and millions of customers, employees and suppliers between us, CLG members’ collective perspective is informed by our continued commercial success, and our ability to innovate, adapt and thrive in a changing economic climate.

The CLG is convened by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) under its Royal Founding Patron, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales. CISL is not a member of the CLG but provides the secretariat. Decisions of the CLG do not represent the policies or positions of CISL or of the wider University of Cambridge.

London Waste and Recycling Board is a statutory Board established by the GLA Act 2007 to provide a strategic approach to waste management in London. The Board is chaired by the Mayor of London (or his representative). As well as the Chair, the membership comprises four councillors and two independents nominated by London Councils and one independent appointed by the Mayor of London.

The World Green Building Council is a global network of Green Building Councils which is transforming the places we live, work, play, heal and learn.

We believe green buildings can and must be at the centre of our lives. Our changing climate means we must reshape the way we grow and build, enabling people to thrive both today and tomorrow.

We take action – championing local and global leadership, and empowering our community to drive change. Together, we are greater than the sum of our parts, and commit to green buildings for everyone, everywhere.

Cenex is an independent, not-for-profit, impartial advice service– helping businesses and government find innovative methods to reduce emission through transport and the associated energy infrastructure. Established in 2005, we have the expertise and trustworthy service, supported by evidence-based tools developed to give insights for decision making in both the public and private sector.
We develop solutions to facilitate the transition to suitable and socially responsible mobility, offering services such as; strategic management support, knowledge sharing and wide industry dissemination through our Transport and Energy Systems & Infrastructure teams.
Cenex organises the UK’s largest Low Carbon Vehicle event, providing a platform to showcase and engage with informers to discuss emerging technologies, industry issues and what the future holds.

The LowCVP which was established in 2003, is a public-private partnership working to accelerate a sustainable shift to lower carbon vehicles and fuels and create opportunities for UK business. Around 200 organisations are engaged from diverse backgrounds including automotive and fuel supply chains, vehicle users, academics, environment groups and others.

Business in the Community is the oldest and largest business-led membership organisation dedicated to responsible business. We were created nearly 40 years ago by HRH The Prince of Wales to champion responsible business.

RECHARGE is the world’s leading provider of business intelligence for the renewable-energy industries, combining award-winning international coverage of breaking news, in-depth features and analysis, 24/7,that delivers depth and dimension on the stories that matter most to the wind and solar sectors.