Building Better
BUILDING BETTER is about helping shape what’s important to business, people and society.
We are excited about working with a diverse range of clients who are creating new ideas or learning for a better future.
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Building Better Magazine
Our magazine is designed to inspire positive change by highlighting the issues that matter – whether it’s climate change, ethical business, ground-breaking technology or the latest market trends – we hope you find each issue thought-provoking.
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Building Better Responsible Business Overview
Our responsible business overview is designed to give an overview of our commitment to People, Environment and Clients. We are just at the start of our journey with plenty more initiatives in store and have audited our Carbon emissions and created a plan to become net zero.
Building Better case studies
Below are some case studies of how we help our clients to build better solutions
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H Beauty Disruptive store
Harrods has opened its very first standalone beauty concept, H Beauty, as premium beauty is seen as a key growth area by retailers. The new format will help it stand apart from shopping online with a unique experience.
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NOVACYT First Covid Test
Revenues at Novacyt increased by more than 20 times after the COVID-19 tests that they manufacture were one of the world's first to be approved. The AIM-listed diagnostics company is listed in London and Paris and has a head office in Camberley, Surrey.
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Clean Air First
Air pollution is one of the biggest threats to public health in the UK. The government has already committed more than £3.5 billion to tackle poor air quality through cleaner road transport and is working closely with local authorities and Local Economic Partnerships to make progress.
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Endurance22
In February 2022, a major international scientific expedition will explore one of the coldest, harshest and most remote locations in the world, in a quest to find the Endurance. Using underwater robots, helicopters and other state-of-the-art technology, the Endurance22 expedition aims to be the first to locate and survey Sir Ernest Shackleton’s lost ship which sank in the Weddell Sea in Antarctica in 1915.
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Bridgwater tidal barrier
The Environment Agency’s proposals for a new £100million tidal barrier in Somerset have recently been approved by Environment Secretary George Eunice. This represents a hugely significant milestone for the Bridgwater Tidal Barrier scheme, which will deliver long term sustainable flood protection to more than 13,000 homes and businesses in Bridgwater and the surrounding area.
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Able UK
The place with the greatest potential for offshore wind for the UK is the North Sea, and the Crown Estate has been leasing areas of seabed for this purpose in several rounds over the years, the most recent being in February 2021. At the same time, offshore wind turbines are getting larger and larger - turbines are now routinely taller than the Gherkin in London.
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The Babyn Yar Memorial Center and The HALO Trust
The actions of Russia in March 2022 shook the world. As Ukraine fought to defend itself, BDB Pitman’s relationship with longstanding clients, The Babyn Yar Memorial Center and The HALO Trust, came in to renewed focus.
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Humber Low Carbon Pipelines project
The Humber Low Carbon Pipelines project (HLCP) aims to deliver a new onshore network of pipelines to transport captured carbon and hydrogen emissions from the region’s industrial emitters for safe storage in the North Sea. It will play a crucial part in helping the UK reach its net zero ambitions by 2050.
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EV Chargers Ltd
Dedicated to providing a sustainable future for generations to come through the use of renewable energy, EVC provide and install free electric vehicle charging points to residential, commercial and professional clients on a global scale.
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Cheesecake Energy Limited
With a wind and solar boom expected to cause an energy surplus by 2030, Cheesecake Energy are developing a new type of sustainable energy storage technology that is fast establishing itself as the missing link in the renewables sector.
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County Broadband
Unlike many other broadband service providers, County Broadband has a mission to ensure rural communities in the East of England can access, and benefit from, full-fibre broadband. By using private investment to build full-fibre broadband networks, homes and businesses in villages across the UK now have access to hyperfast broadband.
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Simply Jet
Although private flights may seem like an odd choice for the socially conscious traveller, private jet brokers like Simply Jet benefit both local economies and the environment. Simply Jet goes one step further, offering clients a chance to offset 100% of the carbon emissions from their flights.
