Daren Howarth

Experience

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  KPMG Advisory

  Jan 1989 - Jan 1992

  Management Consultant

  Key consultancy role in newly formed environment unit, based on proactive approach to the firm offering to develop environmental services to their substantial client base. Worked across the consultancy, acquiring key consulting skills.

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  Deloitte Consulting

  Jan 1992 - Jan 1993

  Senior Management Consultant

  Taken on to help drive the development of the firms sustainability consulting services at the European level.

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  Living Earth

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1996

  Senior Consultant

  Invaluable direct experience with a key NGO, working closely with inspiring team to develop new relationships with business partners to fund community education programmes. Living Earth was established from Earthlife, a pioneering organisation that bridged business and conservation and in many ways incubated other organisations like Green Alliance and John Elkingtons Sustainability.

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  Carbon Neutral Company

  Jun 1998 - Jan 2000

  Head of Sales

  Joined the company after the founders secured vc funding to develop the idea of carbon neutral business. I was responsible for securing key new accounts to the business and helped shape strategy and thinking during its early stages of growth.

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  C-Level

  Jan 2000 - now

  Chief Executive Officer

  C-Level has always been about innovation and holistic ways to compensate for carbon. Our clients are responsible organisations, Carbon Balanced businesses taking action on their carbon, protecting ecosystems and supporting forest communities. I continue to orchestrate C-Level's main projects and client engagements, working with a network of associates and creatives. We offer businesses the tools, projects and certification to become Balanced Businesses and also support individuals with our carbon calculators. C-Level communication services are about getting to the essence of new narratives. Show less

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  LOW CARBON TRUST

  Jan 2001 - Dec 2003

  Founder Director & Project Manager

  Developed the idea of Low Carbon Building, and led a team to secure substantial funding for an award winning and challenging low carbon community centre, based on working closely with pioneering architect Michael Reynolds of Earthship Biotecture. Lead on construction & communications for the project. Went on to win proposals for full scale residential development and set up Groundhouse to take the work further afield.

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  Groundhouse

  Dec 2008 - now

  Founder

  Groundhouse started off as an ambitious and challenging build project, supported by a great many individuals and business organisations. I funded and orchestrated the build, and Kevin McCloud ensured that plenty of people found out about it and followed it around the world. It is based on many years of my development work in Biotecture, and is moving forward with new projects in the UK, including designs based on the original Brittany Groundhouse, and a new project looking at portable off grid shelters. Show less

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  British Gas New Energy

  Jan 2011 - Dec 2011

  Change Consulting

  Retained by the New Energy division of British Gas to help identify opportunities to develop new services in energy efficiency, renewable energy and community energy. A focus on innovation and working with people across business divisions.

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  101Visions

  Jan 2013 - now

  CO

  101Visions was set up to support partners I work with who need to communicate through short films. We are now also working with new partners to create short films that get to the essence of their visions for change. Feedback on this work is exceptionally good as we have focussed on delivering new value from existing visual assets and creating strong super clear narratives.