UK • Environment
- Sector: Environment
- Headquarters Country: UK
- Founding Year: 1994
- Operating Regions: UK/Africa/France/Australia
- Founders: Pooran Desai and Sue Riddlestone
- Problem Identified: There are few organisations provide a range of sustainability consultancy services that make it easier for people to live sustainable lives within the planet's boundaries.
- Solution Offered: We provide advice, tools and training to use our One Planet Living® framework and showcase the leaders. Some 595,000 people now live in, work at, and visit places that have a deep commitment to One Planet Living./We help companies plan and implement innovative and visionary sustainability strategies, products and services, so people can consume sustainably./We help developers create homes and communities that make it easy to live a good life, embedding One Planet Living into design, construction and operation. Through our subsidiary Bioregional Homes we also build our own truly sustainable 'One Planet Communities'./Building on our practical experience, we nurture wider alliances and share powerful stories that inspire others and influence policy.
- Social Impact: Through Our One Planet Cities project, funded by the KR Foundation, we’ve helped four cities and city regions across the world create sustainability action plans for healthier, happier and greener futures.
- Awards: Global Good Awards 2019 Our CEO and Co-founder Sue Riddlestone OBE won gold in the 2019 Global Good Individual Leader of the Year category. edie Sustainability Leaders Awards 2019 finalist We've been shortlisted for Consultancy of the Year and Mission Possible: The Built Environment. Climate Week Inspirational Leaders 2012 Our co-founders Sue Riddlestone (also CEO) and Pooran Desai won the prestigious Climate Week Award in the Most Inspirational Leader category. Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneurs of the Year 2011 Sue Riddlestone and Pooran Desai were awarded the title of Social Entrepreneurs of the Year by the Schwab Foundation. Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2011 Sue Riddlestone was awarded an Ernst & Young regional Entrepreneur of the Year Award for her 19 year long track record in setting up sustainable companies and projects. Sustainable Housing Awards 2011 Bioregional and partners’ One Planet House retrofit project won ‘Sustainable smaller housing retrofit project of the year’ at the Sustainable Housing awards. Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship 2009 Sue Riddlestone and Pooran Desai were awarded a prestigious Skoll Foundation Award for Social Entrepreneurship. Top 50 people in green building 2012 Sue Riddlestone and Pooran Desai were included in Building Design magazine’s top 50 green leaders. Nicole Lazarus was listed in Building magazine’s Top 50 rising stars of sustainability.
- Website: https://www.bioregional.com/about-us
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/OnePlanetLiving/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bioregional
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bioregional-development-group/
