Ecolibrium

Ecolibrium was founded in 1995, at a time when environmental law was still thin on the ground, there was no Scottish Environment Protection Agency, and wider public concerns about the environment were only just stirring. Perhaps not the ideal climate to start offering environmental solutions to businesses! Or, perhaps, just ahead of the game with i... nsight into now well-recognised problems and a vision of the future! In fact, the most forward thinking companies were already realising that their future prosperity depended on their environmental performance. Ecolibrium's pioneering beginnings were consolidated and rewarded with pollution risk reduction projects for multinational oil and power companies; one involving contingency planning for the Aberdeen to Grangemouth oil pipeline. In 1996, Ecolibrium made its big breakthrough into the manufacturing sector, this time driven by its water and effluent management skills. The healthcare product multinational not only achieved full legal compliance, the project remit, but was delivered significant ongoing cost savings from a systematic Resource Efficiency approach. Today, in response to Climate Change and other threats, the approach taken still continues to be promoted as best practice. 1998 saw Ecolibrium's first multinational site receive certification to ISO 14001, as the most progressive companies took advantage of this way of demonstrating improved environmental performance; realised as key to their future success. Ecolibrium's progress resulted in the move to our existing central Edinburgh Office in 2000, with the opening of our North Scotland base in 2001 to service our increasing oil, whisky and food sector clients locally. Derek Panton BSc MSc MCIWEM CEnv MIEMA CSci (LinkedIn Profile/CV), one of the company founders and a Registered Auditor since 1994, continues to take overall responsibility for all aspects of Ecolibrium projects. Having provided solutions for over 270 organisations and acted for a number of government initiatives, Derek remains a leader in ...Read More