What Our Clients Say About Us

logo: Capital Brewing Co, CanberraPangolin Associates was instrumental in helping Capital Brewing Co calculate our scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, allowing us to become the first fully certified brewery and beer in Australia. Pangolin’s in-depth knowledge of carbon accounting allowed us to calculate the footprint of the entire organisation and all our products including upstream and downstream emissions. This gives our customers confidence in knowing they can enjoy an ice cold beer without warming the planet!

Dan Watters, Partnerships, Community Engagement, Sustainability & Events, Capital Brewing Co

Read the Capital Brewing Co case study.


logo: Engineers Australia
Engineers Australia

Pangolin Associates was extremely helpful in helping Engineers Australia achieve their Climate Active certification for the Climate Smart Engineering conference.

No question was too hard and they were quick In responding and explaining any queries that we had along the way.

Pangolin Associates made the certified carbon neutral certification process easy and streamlined and we would be happy to work with them again!

Alice Wearne, Senior Manager, Professional Development, Engineers Australia

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Pablo & Rusty's Coffee Roasters - logoWe believe that without certifications a lot of bold claims can become marketing ploys. We wanted to give ourselves, our team and our customers confidence that what we say is true. We also wanted to raise the bar within our industry, our country and the globe. We chose Pangolin to help us through this process. Being a fellow B Corp was a big tick of approval to start off with. Pangolin exceeded our expectations in terms of communication, adaptability, value, quality as well as speed.

Without them this process would have taken us much longer. We have learned a lot through this process about how we can improve in the future by having granular visibility into our carbon footprint.

Abdullah Ramay, CEO, Pablo & Rusty’s Coffee Roasters

Read the Pablo & Rusty’s case study.


Logo: Active SuperThe experience was valuable and worthwhile. Significant learnings were achieved. Iain and the team were always pleasant and helpful. Given this was the first time a project like this had been undertaken we are grateful for the knowledge imparted regarding process, offsets and final registration.

Active Super is very satisfied with the outcome, Pangolin’s suggestions for improvement and final reporting. We would highly recommend Pangolin to any organisation committed to net zero emission aspirations.

Moya Yip, Head of Responsible Investment, Active Super

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logo: Dick Johnson Racing, certified carbon neutral motorsportBest practice and proudly navigating leading companies across various fields to net zero – in a nutshell, that’s why it was a simple choice to partner with Pangolin Associates to offset our carbon emissions and achieve Climate Active recognition and accreditation. Highly professional and the leaders in their field, to help guide a professional motorsport team, the first to achieve international and national accreditations for carbon neutrality outside of Europe, was an absolute pleasure and highlighted their depth, capabilities and capacity to understand the nature of our business, different to most, and help us reach these incredible milestones successfully. They’re just as proud as we are, and that really says it all.

We can’t recommend Pangolin Associates enough for their expertise, guidance and shared competitive spirit in reaching one common goal – seeing SMBs and enterprise take responsibility for their carbon footprint, reduce and offset – for all of us.

Dr Ryan Story, Executive Chairman, Dick Johnson Racing


Image: Corinda State High School, Brisbane (logo)Becoming carbon neutral has been aspirational goals for the past 8 years and our school has struggled with measuring and reducing our emissions to achieve Carbon Neutral status.  Working with Pangolin Associates has enabled us to bring together all our individual projects we have implemented as part of our broader goal and measure their contribution.

The expertise and guidance provided has been so valuable for our staff and students and through the support of Pangolin Associates our aspirations have become a reality and we have finally achieved our goal.  We know maintaining our accreditation will be an ongoing challenge but we are confident that we can sustain this as we have highly qualified and professional coaching through Pangolin to assist us and support this important agenda in our school community.  We could not have achieved this without the professional expertise of this organisation.

We are very proud to be the first school in Queensland to be accredited as Carbon Neutral and the only secondary educational institution in Australia to be accredited.  Thank you, Pangolin for helping us achieve this.

Helen Jamieson, Corinda State High School Executive Principal

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Frasers Property Australia (logo)
Pangolin Associates was incredibly helpful in guiding us as we navigated the complexities of achieving carbon neutrality for the first time. The team was knowledgeable, patient and had established relationships with all other relevant parties and organisations, including with the Department of the Environment and Energy. I would feel very comfortable to recommend them, and we are already looking at ways to work with them further!

Olivia Leal-Walker, Sustainability Coordinator, Frasers Property Australia

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Pangolin Associates client: With Architecture Studio, Perth WA (logo)With_Architecture Studio became the first architecture practice to receive the NCOS Carbon Neutral Certification [now Climate Active] in 2017. With an impressive expertise in measuring, calculating and reducing emissions, Pangolin Associates was a valuable and reliable partner for us to reach this goal. Pangolin’s approach has been professional, communicative and friendly with their reports providing us with an excellent base to understand our footprint better and reduce emissions further. We are very pleased to be working with Pangolin Associates in the future to maintain our certification.

Madlen Jannaschk, Manager Sustainability and Carbon Neutral Certification, With_Architecture Studio 

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Pangolin Associates client: Ross Hill Wine Group (logo).Ross Hill has become the first certified carbon neutral  winery in Australia. This has been achieved by the hard work and experience from the team at Pangolin Associates. To become carbon neutral has been a goal for the Robson Family for a long time, our philosophy is to basically have as small a footprint on the earth as possible. With a 38KW solar panel and then energy reduction strategies we have been able to achieve our goal. It would not have been possible with out Pangolin who have been very passionate and diligent in their advice and also steering us through the regulations of becoming carbon neutral.

James Robson, Owner, Ross Hill Wines

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Pangolin Associates case study: Leichhardt Council (logo).

Now part of Inner West Council.

Pangolin Associates was great to work with and helped Leichhardt meet all of the requirements of the NCOS Carbon Neutral Certification program [now Climate Active]. Their experience was invaluable to us as there were very few examples of carbon neutral councils to reference. The council needed a qualified and experienced consultant to help meet its goal of being Carbon Neutral by 2012.

Team Leader Environmental Strategy, Leichhardt Council

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Pangolin Associates client: Griffith University. (logo)Pangolin has assisted Griffith University with determining and reporting our carbon emissions since 2008. In 2012, Pangolin developed the emissions reports and charts and ‘Business as Usual’ graphs for the University’s Carbon Management Plan and assisted with NGER’s reporting. Throughout the period I have worked with Pangolin I have found the staff to be extremely knowledgeable and helpful and keen to assist us with both improving our reporting and suggesting options to reduce overall emissions.

Nicola Collier-Jackson, Director Campus Life, Griffith University QLD October, 2013


Pangolin Associates’ knowledge in the field of energy monitoring and management was the reason for their engagement. They assembled a comprehensive team of experts in the areas of refrigeration, lighting and voltage control to provide a suite of solutions tailored to Bickford’s requirements. Pangolin’s Director of Audit and Research, Dr Davide Ross, was invaluable. He was able to raise questions, investigate, challenge paradigms, and find outside of the square solutions. Their report was comprehensive and was written and presented in a way that all levels of management, not just the engineers, could understand. It contained detailed information and clearly written summaries.

Colin Stuart, Compliance Manager, Bickford’s Australia June 2013

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Pangolin Associates client: RM Williams, SA (logo)The energy audit produced by Pangolin Associates identified numerous opportunities in which RM Williams may further improve its environmental performance through energy efficiency initiatives. Many of the recommendations produced by Davide Ross and Matthew Curnow have already been implemented resulting not only in energy efficiency and environmental performance improvements, but importantly also providing energy capacity for the planned growth of our organisation.

Graham Potter, Manager – Engineering Services, RM Williams May 2013

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Pangolin Associates client: Jurlique International. (Logo)Our work with the team at Pangolin Associates aimed to set up our environmental monitoring system and customise our dashboard and reports. We are pleased with our new carbon monitoring system and the way Pangolin conducts business. What we appreciated most about working with Pangolin Associates was their comprehensive understanding of wide range of environmental standards and their ability to apply the standards to the actual business.

Yoshie Obara, Environment Officer, Jurlique International, June 2015

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logo: Maurice Blackburn LawyersMaurice Blackburn has worked closely with Pangolin Associates for over 10 years. Pangolin has helped us to monitor our carbon emissions and has provided us with reports aiding us in identifying where we can improve and how we have improved as a sustainable business year on year. Through reducing our emissions and then offsetting what we can’t reduce, Pangolin has helped us progress and lead sustainability initiatives within the legal sector. There are more steps to go in our journey and Pangolin’s partnering will remain important as we continue.

Maurice Blackburn Sustainability Committee

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Pangolin Associates energy efficiency client: Electrolux Home Products (Electrolux logo)Dr David Ross from Pangolin Associates was engaged to undertake a level 2 energy audit to AS/NZS 3598: 2014 of the Electrolux Oven Production plant located in Dudley Park South Australia in 2017. The report was successfully delivered with in the timeline requested. The Electrolux team found the report to comprehensive and insightful and led to the company successfully obtaining an Energy Efficiency Grant from the Government of South Australia. We throughly recommend the professional auditing services of Pangolin Associates. Please don’t hesitate to contact me should you require any follow questions.

Atul Badgujar, Manufacturing Engineering Team LeaderElectrolux Home Products


Techno Plas, South Australian plastic manufacturer (logo).Pangolin Associates has been an invaluable element of our move to a more sustainable business. They provide legitimacy and accuracy to what we are doing, which has huge value in the internal business decision making and cultural change processes. We have also found the formal and certified process / reporting Pangolin provides is of great benefit in the external arena, from tender document support, grant applications and promotional materials.

The staff at Pangolin has proved to be very knowledgeable in their area of expertise and passionate about passing that knowledge to the companies they assist. They have also streamlined and made easy what seems an initially daunting task of data accumulation, and been more than happy to get involved themselves. Final reports are aimed at a broad audience from executive, to those who want the detail and are presented in a professional manner.

Stefan Billing, Joint CEO, Techno Plas February 2013 

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Pangolin Associates case study: Mater Hospital Brisbane, carbon footprints. (Logo.)Mater has been working with Pangolin Associates since 2010 to understand our carbon impacts and to produce relevant information for both Executive and Board reporting. They have also assisted with the preparation of our NGER requirements and highlighted areas of concern where we can introduce initiates to minimise our energy and carbon.

Chris Hill, Manager Sustainability Officer, Mater Hospital June 2012

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Pangolin Associates case study: FB Rice, Intellectual Property specialists (logo)At FB Rice we have long been aware that carbon pricing is to come into effect in 2012. However it was the Pangolin Report that finally gave us a clear understanding of the potential impact on our business. The report also gives us clear guidelines into how the firm can prepare for the approaching changes and we look forward to continuing to work with Pangolin Associates to reduce our carbon footprint and complete our journey to carbon neutrality.

Dr. Brett Lunn, Managing Partner, FB Rice March 2012

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Pangolin Associates case study: Westside Corporation. NGER services. (Logo.)As a result of our partnership with Pangolin Associates, WestSide clearly understands its National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting obligations and now has the appropriate reporting system tools in place to demonstrate conformity and compliance with those obligations.

Dr Julie Beeby, Chief Executive Officer, WestSide Corporation June 2011

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Pangolin Associates case study: Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service (logo).The Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service has benefited from our association with Pangolin Associates in gaining valuable assistance on improving Energy Efficiencies and completion of greenhouse gas audits. The team at Pangolin is responsive to our needs and has a great network of subject matter experts that have assisted us and provided us with advice in all areas of environmental management.

Rob Jenkins, Safety Manager, Westpac Rescue Helicopter 2011

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Pangolin Associates case study: Centennial Park, South Australia: cremation, burial & memorial services. (logo)Centennial Park has been working in partnership with Pangolin Associates to progressively reduce the carbon emissions of the organisation. Without proper measurement there is no opportunity to manage the outcome and drive sustainable changes. The expertise of Pangolin continues to help us measure and improve our business with expert knowledge and experience.

Bryan Elliott, CEO, Centennial Park Cemetery Authority April 2012

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Pangolin Associates case study: Oakhill College, Castle Hill NSW (logo).Oakhill College has for the past four years sought to understand our carbon footprint, and to determine a strategy for reducing it. Pangolin Associates have been – and remain – partners with whom we work effectively.

Their advice has enabled us to commence work on an evolving reduction strategy.

Steve Molloy, Bursar, Oakhill College March 2014


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