Feb 2012 - CD on TV: TelecomTV Interviews Zac Ahead of this Year's Sustainability-Themed Mobile World Congress

"There's a strong green/sustainability thread running through Mobile World Congress 2012 and one of the exhibitors is CarbonDiem whose application and service uses GPS and cell tower location information to permit smartphones to calculate a user's individual carbon footprint. Andreas tells Martyn Warwick that he expects eco-aware enterprises with their own sustainability targets will use CarbonDiem to measure the carbon footprints of their employees against national and international comparators. CarbonDiem is available across the whole of Europe and will soon expand to encompass North America."

Feb 2012 - How the CarbonDiem Story Feeds into the Case for Mandatory Carbon Reporting via BusinessGreen

In an opinion piece for leading business website BusinessGreen, Policy Exchange's Guy Newey argues that well thought out carbon reporting rules will help businesses innovate and cut costs. He leads with the CarbonDiem story and explains how it overcomes some of the key barriers to mandatory reporting.

Jan 2012 - S&P European MarketScope asks CarbonDiem's Zac for his trends and ideas

S&P European MarketScope interviewed CarbonDiem founder Zac for a recent feature on global carbon emissions policy. In the article, the leading newswire for financial professionals investigates the challenges facing the US and Europe as pressure mounts to measure and manage emissions. Zac shares his views on the trends and ideas that are surfacing in response to the pressure, and how CarbonDiem fits in.

S&P European MarketScope - Jan 23 2012

Jan 2012 - CarbonDiem Billed as Technology to Look Out for at MWC

The vital statistics of the Mobile World Congress 2012 are mind-boggling: 4 days, 40k visitors, 1,400 exhibitors. As usual, the mobile giants are geared up to make industry-shaping announcements at MWC. Even though we love to shout about CarbonDiem, it is hard to imagine that a start-up would be able to get its voice heard in media coverage ahead of the event.

So we're humbled to have been featured in blog.gsmarena as one of "the most promising projects coming to MWC from the UK this year", and to have been identified by Life of Android as one of the "best innovations to appear on the Android handsets of tomorrow".

Jan 2012 - CarbonDiem Shortlisted as one of the UK's Most Innovative Mobile Companies

In its search to find the country's top innovators, Smart UK Project has shortlisted CarbonDiem as one of the UK's Most Innovative Mobile Companies. The competition is being judged by mobile and business experts including Jon Bradford of Springboard, former AdMob executive Russell Buckley and Mike Short of Telefonica Europe so we are honoured to have been selected. And we are delighted to be listed alongside exciting companies such as blippar, P2i and QRpedia. The winner gets announced at this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on February 29, 2012. Good luck to everyone on the shortlist.

Nov 2011 - European Space Agency Investment Forum Best Presentation Winner

Held at ESA BIC Harwell in Oxford, we were delighted to pitch to a panel of investors and experts. Better still was making new contacts and feedback, and finding out we had been selected to progress on to the European Venture Summit in Duesseldorf at the end of November.

Oct 2011 - UKTI & ICT KTN Mobile World Congress Stand Competition Winner

From 12 finalists, we were 1 of 4 selected to join the UKTI in Barcelona. This is an awesome opportunity to show off our Movement Based Services at the mobile industry's BIGGEST event, the Mobile World Congress at the end of February.

Sep 2011 - Dutch Postcode Lottery Green Challenge Finalist

One of 6 finalists out of a record 717 entries from 81 countries in the 5th annual Dutch Postcode Lottery Green Challenge, the global contest seeks to identify the latest in innovative products for meeting the challenges of climate change. A wonderful recognition of our hard work and a great opportunity for us to make new friends and business contacts.

Here is an edited version of our presentation

2007-2011

• UK Government Technology Strategy Board £830k Project Leader
• Gartner Research Cool Vendor List
• Nokia Calling All Innovators Judge's Shortlist
• NAVTEQ LBW Challenge Runner-up
• Science Museum "People & Climate" Exhibitor
• St Andrews Environmental Award 2nd Round
• Deutsche Bank Pyramid Finalist
• Oxygen Awards Finalist
• European Space Agency (ESA) Gallileo Masters Satellite Navigation Regional Winner
• BSi Sustainabiltiy Awards Runner-up
• Saatchi & Saatchi World Changing Ideas Shortlist