Philip Parnell

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Is The World Ready For Your Innovation?
Our current retail system is set up to sell new products, which are used and then disposed of – very much a linear (and inefficient) process. The Closed Loop system implies that once products are used they can be reconditioned and brought back into the sales loop
Europe`s future depends on cities resilient to climate change
Around three quarters of Europeans live in cities. Most of Europe's wealth is generated in cities, and urban areas are particularly at risk due to climate change.
Microsoft Taxes Itself - Will it be enough to drive change?
This week, Microsoft is announcing an unusual initiative that it hopes will change how the company operates. Microsoft is charging every division and data center for the carbon emissions they generate. Will it be enough to drive change?
Life Cycle Approaches Key to Canada's Competitivenes
The National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy today released a new report that identifies the need for Life Cycle Approaches in environmental and economic decision-making by companies and government.
Clean mining association launched
A new industry association has been launched aimed at supporting and advocating technological advancements to make the mining industry cleaner and more environmentally responsible.

Philip Parnell

Partner, Head of Real Estate Management & Valuation, Drivers Jonas Deloitte, UK

Following graduation from Kingston University in 1995 Philip joined Drivers Jonas. Specialising in Valuation since 1997 and undertaking a wide variety of assignments ranging from the valuation of single assets for loan security purposes to large portfolios for accounts and unit pricing, he now heads the Firm's Valuation and Management Teams.

In addition to mainstream valuation work, Philip has developed a keen interest in the area of Sustainability - and particularly its potential implications for both property values and valuation methodology. Most recently Philip has chaired the RICS' response to the Vancouver Valuation Accord - an international agreement aimed at embedding the principles of Sustainability into Valuation standards and methods.

Philip was a member of the RICS Presidential Commission on Sustainability and is the pervious Chair of the RICS Valuation Sustainability Working Group - part of whose current remit has been to deliver Valuation Information Papers on 'Sustainability and Commercial Property Valuation' as well as a similar document for residential premises in the UK.