Food Sustainability

I am a commercially orientated sustainability expert. I believe that ideally the sustainability efforts of a business would be completely aligned with its commercial and marketing strategies and not as a stand alone element. I maintain that separate sustainability departments reflect a misalignment between business priorities and that of the planet and society. My career has championed breaking down this barrier wherever possible.

Having developed and honed by commercial knowledge and leadership skills at The Body Shop and Tesco I marry these with my expert understanding of key sustainability topics, gathered from a career that has spanned the supply chain.

I have a good understanding of all key sustainability topics and strive to keep myself relevant and up to date on as many of these as possible; from plastics and sustainable packaging to carbon lifecycle assessments and science based targets to gender empowerment, collective bargaining and living wages.

On top of this my expert topics are: bananas, tea, tropical smallholder agriculture, tropical plantation agriculture, sustainability certification, ethical trade and human rights and responsible sourcing.