Make the SHIFT towards a better environment for all

What we do

We transform your business data into excellent environmental reports providing you with peace of mind.
Your organisation will find these reports ideal for:

SHIFT’s unique sustainability audit system

Effective environmental strategy development

As well as knowing your current environmental performance, you need to know where you are heading

Compliance

Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR), Energy Savings Opportunities Scheme (ESOS) and domestic EPCs

ESG reports for investors

The international banking community is looking for environmental credentials from the organisations they invest in

Increased profits

As well as direct savings on an organisations’ energy costs, making environmental improvements can lead to lots of other opportunities to increase profits. These can range from improved staff retention to selling more products and services. Take a look at our profit calculator to see what it could mean for your organisation.

Post-construction evaluation

This allows clients to check that any environmental interventions they’ve required for their buildings actually achieves design intent.

Our reports cover

Energy and CO2 emissions, water efficiency, waste management, responsible materials, flood risk, overheating risk, biodiversity and sustainable transport

To find out more about how SHIFT can help you create buildings fit for business and the planet, contact us.

Who we work with

As well as specialising in UK social housing, we also do full environmental reporting for:

Care homes

Charities

Architects

Developers

GP surgeries

Rail carriage leasing companies

Councils

Supermarkets

Hi-net worth individuals

Why work with SHIFT Environment?

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Headed by Chartered Environmentalist Richard Lupo, FIEMA, CEnv

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Professionally qualified team – see about us

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Doing environmental reporting since 2008

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Independent of any suppliers

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Corporate members of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA)

“Thank you so much for sharing your expert opinions at our 'Water Efficiency and Energy Saving Innovations in New Build Housing' Round Table.”

Amy Madigan - Events Coordinator & Data Analyst, netMAGmedia Ltd - December 2024

''Rachael provided a professional and friendly service from my initial enquiry to receiving the EPC. Thank you so much for completing the assessment and for the speedy return of the certificate, it's much appreciated.’’

Oliver Williams, Stroud - September 2024

“This year we commissioned SHIFT Environment to produce both our SECR and a bespoke SHIFT assessment. In our first year working with them, it has already helped us to gain insight into both our data accessibility and environmental performance. We look forward to using it as a tool to drive our sustainability as an organisation forward and to working with SHIFT in future. We thank our assessor Asher for his expertise.”

Tina Iball - Sustainability Manager, Accent Group - September 2024

‘‘Richard has delivered understandable, relevant training and always worked to scope well. For anyone looking to learn about anything environmental, and real practical solutions then I would highly recommend SHIFT Environment.’’

Alice Pearce - Governance Consultant and Director, Board Development Agency - September 2024

‘‘As a result of the SHIFT findings, we are implementing a programme to eliminate gaps in our data collection across departments. Our assessor, Annie, provided invaluable support during and after the completion of the SHIFT report and presented key results to staff from across the organisation. Our partnership with SHIFT has helped us drive our commitment to environmental sustainability and the achievement of our goal of achieving net zero by 2050.’’

Ronnie Clawson - Group Director of ICT and Transformation, Torus - September 2024

''As we work towards developing a robust net-zero strategy, the insights and recommendations from the SHIFT assessment have proven essential. Their expertise is playing a crucial role in informing our approach, and we are confident that their support will be instrumental in achieving our sustainability goals.’’

Tom Henderson - Assets and Environmental Manager, Weaver Vale Housing Trust - August 2024

‘‘SHIFT were able to model carbon emissions based on our intended upgrades to homes over the next few years. We appreciate SHIFT’s promptness when answering questions around our emissions, especially as it becomes increasingly important to demonstrate the sustainability of our planned works to investors.’’

Nick Wooldridge - Head of Home Investment, Bromford - August 2024

“In our third year of doing SHIFT we would like to thank them again for their expertise and assistance through the process. It continues to help us highlight both where we are performing well environmentally and where we can make improvements to our performance. Thank you to our assessor who worked with us and our energy broker to meet our internal deadlines.”

Diana Lock - Energy and Sustainability Manager, Hyde Housing - August 2024

‘‘Carrying out our SECR reporting with SHIFT has allowed us to better understand our carbon emissions. Thanks to Rob for issuing the report quickly, in order for us to meet our deadlines.’’

Steven Williams - Head of Asset Management and Development, HFT - August 2024

‘‘Hexagon have worked with SHIFT over 12 years which has allowed us to monitor our environmental performance and identify areas for improvement. The sustainability metrics provide clear targets for everyone to work towards.''

Rumana Khair - Stock Improvement Manager, Hexagon Housing - August 2024

“Working with SHIFT to produce our SECR this year was once again a seamless experience. The clear explanation of the data requirements and their support in interpreting the data we presented made the entire process really easy.’’

David George - Sustainability & Asset Data Manager, CHP - August 2024

‘‘The data collection process was made so much easier as we used the ‘SHIFT Assist’ service. Our assessor Steve was always available and very flexible to meet our short turnaround times for our carbon compliance reporting.”

Ben Earl, Head of Partnerships and Sustainability Research, Abri - July 2024

‘‘Our new build Post-Occupancy Evaluation provides the guidance and insight that will help us deliver the energy efficiency standards we expect for our residents.’’

Paul Walsh - Group Development Director, Selwood Housing - July 2024

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