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Globally, buildings have a major impact upon the environment through their carbon dioxide emissions, and use of energy, water and resources. Plus we’re all now spending 90% of our time indoors, on average, due to work, travel and home life.

The case for creating people and planet-friendly buildings has never been clearer.

However, building owners, managers and landlords aren’t sustainability experts and, given the range of issues that need to be addressed, it’s understandable they may think ‘Where do I start?’.

At SHIFT, we understand this feeling which is why we’ve channelled 15-years of experience into creating unique audit and accreditation systems. This provides our clients with an easy-to-understand, practical roadmap outlining how to turn their existing building stock into a sustainable resource which saves money, improves efficiency and meets regulations. This enables clients to effectively plan work and financial budgets, all the way to 2050 if required.

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We take pride in the fact that our experience and independence means we offer unbiased and reliable advice. You can have confidence knowing our roadmap is in the best interest of your company, your clients and the planet when you present it to management and boards of directors.

The SHIFT approach is offered as the following services:

SHIFT Sustainability Standard

Specifically for social landlords, we’ve created bespoke tools and calculators for our SHIFT sustainability standard. This enables our expert team to assess the full environmental impact of your activities and deliver a bespoke action plan for embedding sustainability.

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SECR Reporting

We convert your raw data into energy and carbon dioxide emissions – scope 1, 2 and 3 – and produce a statement report in the correct format to meet your building stock’s Streamlined Energy & Carbon Reporting (SECR) legal requirements.

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ESG Reporting

The SHIFT approach aligns with the ‘environmental’ part of the current iteration of the Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) reporting, showing how the building stock adheres to ESG expectations.

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Post-Occupancy Evaluation

For both new-build and refurbishments, SHIFT can monitor energy, water use plus a range of other environmental features, analysing how practical operation meets design intent.

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Net Zero Carbon Roadmaps

We put your operational carbon dioxide emissions under the microscope and produce a detailed road map outlining the measures necessary to achieve 2050 Net Zero compliance.

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“The SHIFT assessment is helping us further our sustainability credentials and is supporting the development of our strategy. Our assessor Steve was very knowledgeable and supportive throughout the process. We look forward to working with SHIFT again in the future.”

Sustainability Manager, A2Dominion. February 2024

“A huge thank you, and to Asher for an excellent report and presentation at our Board Strategy event. We found your analysis and insights hugely informative. Following on from your presentation our Board will be taking this forward in reviewing our new build development standards.”

Orla Gallagher - Chief Executive, Housing Solutions. February 2024

“Thank you to our Environmental Assessor Tom for his support throughout the process of producing our report. The site visit and close engagement helped identify relevant data and was a good opportunity to discuss strategic planning with Tom and Richard. We look forward to working through SHIFT’s recommendations and to future years’ sustainability audits.”

Richard Lloyd - Director of Operations, FCHA. February 2024

“This is our 4th SHIFT assessment, the assessments are a valuable tool for understanding our environmental performance, the data we record, and most importantly the areas in which we can improve our sustainability as an organisation. Our thanks to Asher for his guidance, expertise and support through the process, and for getting the report issued so quickly to meet our internal deadlines. We look forward to working with SHIFT again in 2024.”

Gavin Roberts - Head of Environmental, Sustainability and Decarbonisation, Halton Housing. February 2024

“We are pleased to have maintained SHIFT Silver for two years running. Moving forward the SHIFT assessment will help us improve the way we record and collect data in readiness for emerging environmental initiatives at Coastline.”

Mark England - Head of Innovation, Sustainability, and Procurement, Coastline Housing. January 2024

‘’SHIFT are ready and able to add value and to collaborate according to your preferred way of working, which is invaluable to us. They apply innovative approaches to grey areas and back these up with clear assumptions. Their specialist consultants can think outside the box when problem solving and go out of their way to hit tight deadlines.’’

Willem Postema - Project Manager (New Homes), Bromford. June 2024

‘‘SHIFT have worked with us to increase engagement and awareness of sustainability data collection within our teams. This, combined with the science-based targets provided in the SHIFT report, means we will be able to monitor our sustainability performance effectively moving forward.’’

Chris Roberts - Sustainability Manager, Plus Dane Housing. June 2024

“Thank you so much for your ESOS work. You have ensured that this process has been very simple and easy for us and the reports are really interesting; we will be following the plan!”

Penny Harris - Director, On Track Education Services Ltd. June 2024

“Our Scope 1, 2, and 3 report was great and a big hit with our executive team who are really impressed with all of the information and recommendations included, so we’d like to thank Asher so much for all his hard work. The information also allows us to build on our environmental reporting and provides us with a valuable quantitative benchmark for our carbon reduction roadmap.”

Amy Jones - Governance Manager, Curo Group. June 2024

‘‘SHIFT carried out ESOS site visits and reports that ensured compliance but also included clear guidance on how to achieve energy savings. We have all been very impressed with Annie’s professionalism and attention to detail throughout the project.’’

Russell Deane - Director, SRD Technical. May 2024

“SHIFT helped us to establish the embodied carbon of our new tasting barn. Annie guided us through the process ensuring we collected all the necessary information. This project allows us to offset the carbon impact in line with our goal to produce wine as sustainably as possible.”

Sir Graham Wrigley - Chilworth Manor Vineyard. March 2024

“This was our first SHIFT assessment as Southern Housing. Steve really helped us gather the relevant data and made the SHIFT process straight forward. Our SHIFT report has informed us of where we are as a new organisation and forms an important part of our sustainability strategy.”

Bethany Austin - Sustainability Reporting Manager, Southern Housing. February 2024

“Just wanted to say what a brilliant presentation you did on Monday evening. It was very inspiring and practical. I am halfway through your book! and discussing with my family. Great work!”

Bill Crooks - MD, Billy Crooks Creative. February 2024