Thames Gateway Institute for Sustainability

The Institute is an independent, private sector led, charity created to significantly advance the UK's ability to deliver solutions for a sustainable future.

Through extensive networks spanning the private, public and academic sectors and our sister institute in Shanghai, the Institute establishes close-to-market, collaborative research and demonstration projects. As a registered charity, we use the learning from these to promote best practice and support regeneration.

Our aim is to develop practical and affordable technologies, systems and services that can be readily implemented. With strong financial backing and commitments of £12m revenue and £14m capital over the next three years, along with funding for the Institute research and demonstration projects, we are in an excellent position to make a big impact quickly.

Our initial focus within Thames Gateway, Europe's largest regeneration area, not only provides us with a huge test-bed for research activity, but also a ready market for the solutions we are helping to develop.

Who's involved

We are working in partnership with the following organisations:

Private sector: Arup, Biffa, BT, EDF, HSBC, Akzo Nobel (ICI), Jones Lang LaSalle, Land Securities, National Physical Laboratory, Pera, Pilkington, ProLogis, QinetiQ, Sustainable Development Capital LLP, Thames Water, TWI, VTT (Finland).

Academic institutions: Imperial College London, King's College London, Oxford Brookes University, Queen Mary and Westfield College University of London, University College London, University of East London, University of Greenwich, University of Southampton, University of Surrey.

Public sector: Communities and Local Government, Dartford Borough Council, East of England Development Agency, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, London Development Agency, London Thames Gateway Development Corporation, South East England Development Agency.