Latest News from P2zero

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16th August 2024

Defra today announced P2zero as one of the latest members of the Government Digital Sustainability Alliance.  " I am sure that the additional support will enable us to be brilliant and meet our refreshed goals...supporting the Secretary of State deliver his five key priorities, including a circular economy, decarbonisation and nature recovery, which I know our GDSA working groups are all committed to."  Chris Howes, Defra Chief Digital and Information, Senior Responsible Owner for Government Digital Sustainability 

9th August 2024

Last month saw P2zero process a record number of assessments.  In July we reported on the scope 2 and 3 emissions of over 400,000 devices, including laptops, desktops, monitors, servers, networking devices, smartphones and printers.

The projects were undertaken across the private and public sector as well as in Higher Education, reflecting the increased focus on baselines, carbon reduction plans and sustainable procurement.

8th August 2024

Our latest case study features Imperial College 

"We now have the data to put a carbon footprint figure against the devices we provide to our staff and students, as well as getting a better understanding of the impact of our refresh cycles. We’ve been able to use the data provided to enhance our understanding of the estate and its sustainability impact."

Read the full study here. 

8th July 2024

Very pleased to receive feedback from Academia following the delivery of their updated assessment & carbon reduction plan: "As a business who actively strives to align with the sustainability goals of our customers, being able to call on Ewen & P2zero's expertise has been incredibly beneficial as we continue to grow and diversify our service portfolio". 

12th June 2024

As sustainability becomes ever more important in financial and professional services we completed sustainability analysis projects for two of the world's "big four" accountancy firms.  P2zero were engaged to look at their options around procurement of new devices including laptops, servers, printers and displays.

10th May 2024

This month we delivered our sustainability analysis, company report and SECR (Streamlined Energy & Carbon Reporting) assessment for ACER UK including an updated Carbon Reduction plan and analysis against three previous years figures as a baseline.

2nd May 2024

Very pleased to be given the opportunity to meet the enterprise team at AWS HQ and update them on the importance of sustainability reporting and benchmarking for their customers.  P2zero®  are listed on AWS IQ marketplace making it easy for customers to purchase our services without complex procurement processes.

12th April 2024

We are delighted with feedback from NatWest following recent project work: "With the increased focus on sustainability and carbon reduction, the knowledge and information that P2zero has provided us has taken our understanding to a new level - the team are industry leaders in their field and a pleasure to work with.” 

4th April 2024

Continuing our collaboration with Imperial, P2zero and partners Carbon3IT  ran a data centre workshop for the Imperial College data centre team.  We covered a wide range of topics from compliance, legislation and best practice to bench marking and reporting, including lessons learned from other Higher Education customers.

21st March 2024

P2zero lead consultant Tony Sudworth has been selected as the Green Party candidate for Gosport with 83% of the vote.

Tony is an active campaigner for the Green Party and Greenpeace and we wish him every success in representing the citizens of Gosport in the upcoming general election.

21st March 2024

We were delighted to hold a sustainability workshop for IT staff at UCB in Belgium following the kick-off of our project for the leading multi-national pharmaceuticals company.  UCB  employs around 9,000 people from its headquarters in Belgium and across nearly 40 countries worldwide.  

20th March 2024

P2zero were very pleased to be invited to the Science Museum in London to participate in the inaugural Government Digital Sustainability Alliance summit.

The event brought together a very diverse set of government suppliers and advisors from large-scale SIs to specialist consultancies.  

 15th February 2024

Our new look P2zero logo (designed by Suzanne Taylor), identity and website were launched this week, reflecting our focus on helping organisations deliver against their sustainability and Net Zero commitments.  

We also received confirmation that we have sole rights to use P2zero having registered the name as our trade mark. 

 15th February 2024

Following on from our recent benchmarking project P2zero were invited to present a sustainability "lunch and learn" session for the ICT team at Imperial College London.  As well as P2zero's CEO Ewen Anderson the session featured Imperial's Harriet Wallace (Director of Sustainability Strategy) and Tim Green (Academic Lead for Sustainability and Professor of Electrical Power Engineering). 

 15th February 2024

Our ongoing engagement with specialist IT solution provider Academia was reviewed in a session with the senior management team.  

P2zero presented the results of our supply chain sustainability analysis and commuting survey, together with an update on the overall carbon footprint analysis and carbon reduction plan. 

16th February 2024

Our "cost and carbon" pathways project for Travis Perkins came to a conclusion with a presentation of the findings to a workshop of the senior IT leadership team.  The project examined a number of strategic options for the organisation's workplace strategy from both a business case and a sustainability perspective.

15th February 2024

We are delighted to announce that P2zero has been invited to apply to join DEFRA's Government Digital Sustainability Alliance.  Participation in this programme will help to establish and share best practice and promote sustainability across the public sector.

 15th February 2024

We are very pleased to have been engaged by ACER UK to assess their scope 1, 2 and 3 carbon emissions for last year and to help them update their carbon reduction plan for 2024.  The project will include analysis of the emissions from ICT, business travel, commuting, premises and waste. 

1st February 2024

Recognising the close ties with Warwick University we were excited to attend the alumni event for entrepreneurs who have been supported by the University of Warwick Science Park's "Ignite" programme.  The events encourage businesses who have had their start-up at the university to share knowledge and experiences.

8th December 2023

We were very pleased to support Computacenter in delivering the sustainability section of an end user computing strategy session for the London Borough of Brent.  As well as showcasing different devices the workshop examined some of the sustainability challenges facing local government in the transition to Net Zero.

28th November 2023

P2zero's Ewen Anderson and Tony Sudworth ran a series of sustainability workshops for systems integrator Telefonica Tech in London.  These included an "all hands" overview on sustainability and specific workshops on customer issues and data centres.

27th November 2023

Imperial College, ranked 7th place in the world university ranking and 3rd place in the UK has engaged P2zero to provide a carbon footprint assessment of their workplace devices and printing.  The project, which will conclude in 2024 will include evaluation of scope 2 and 3 emissions  plus assessment of options for future carbon reduction as part of their Net Zero strategy.

22nd November 2023

We were delighted to have the opportunity to present an update on IT sustainability to the Sales Campaigns and Frameworks team at Computacenter.  The team helps many UK organisations with their technology selection so this was a great opportunity to refresh the importance of making sustainability part of the criteria.

13th November 2023

Many organisations are planning their move to Windows 11, so it was great to be invited by Computacenter to provide the sustainability context as part of their series of on-line customer events on Windows 11 hosted by Computacenter Workplace CTO Ashley Richardson.