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Shaun is a distinguished leader in sustainable business, recognised with an OBE for his services to sustainability and the London 2012 Olympics.
Charles Naud leads the Sustainability Tool, making ESG reporting and sustainability measurement impactful for clients and their supply chains.
Hilary is Head of Supply Chain Sustainability School, where she drives the School’s growth and development.
As co-founder of Action Sustainability, Ian is a distinguished leader in sustainable business, with a career spanning several decades.
James leads our Consultancy team with over 20 years of experience in product sustainability and sustainable procurement.
Lydia is our Head of Marketing, bringing over 12 years of experience in strategic marketing across sectors such as publishing, FMCG, and sustainability.
Cathryn Greville heads up our sector-wide Fairness, Inclusion & Respect (FIR) Programme at the Supply Chain Sustainability School.
Alice Crowsley is responsible for organising and marketing the School’s training events for the construction market and wellbeing topic, well as supporting other projects within the School.
Andrew joined the School as a permanent staff member in December 2023, and now leads our work with HS2 and National Highways, as well as continuing to develop the School’s presence and influence in Scotland.
Anna is a dedicated sustainability professional with expertise in sustainable procurement, human rights, modern slavery, and social impact.
Annabel supports Sustainability Tool clients with the implementation and rollout of their accounts, and helps them with supply chain engagement and management.
Antoinette Irving is a Project Manager for the Supply Chain Sustainability School. Her role is primarily focused on the delivery of two exciting CITB projects “Downloading a Digital Mindset” and “Performance through Procurement”. Each project is working closely with the built environment industry to implement change across both areas.
Aya joined the team in 2021 as a Business Administration Apprentice across the Supply Chain Sustainability School and Sustainability Tool, before moving onto solely working on the Tool as a Customer & Software Support Analyst.
Becky works in the award-winning Supply Chain Sustainability School as a Customer Account Manager, supporting the School’s collaboration of 200+ funding Partners.
Billy joined Action Sustainability in 2021, starting as a Digital Marketing Executive before becoming Growth Marketing Manager. His responsibilities include generating new business opportunities for the three areas of our business.
Briony currently supports all of the Sustainability Tool clients with the implementation and roll out of their accounts, and works with them to engage and manage their supply chain.
Carole Ann has a long-standing interest in sustainability and is a member of the Supply Chain Sustainability School. She has worked in adult education for many years and also as the Workforce Development Accounts Manager and Work Placement Coordinator for Lancashire College, part of Lancashire CC. She attended the very first BS8903 Sustainable Procurement training session which was the fore runner of the ISO 20400.
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Cathryn has worked with organisations and industries to drive cultural change and advance diversity, equity, inclusion and social justice for over 15 years. Her background includes working in the construction and built environment sector and within government regulators, including a building regulator in Western Australia. Cathryn is also a former in-house legal counsel, a lawyer and court advocate by professional training and a skilled facilitator and presenter.
Cathryn’s work focuses on both organisational diversity and inclusion, and the sector-wide behavioural and cultural change required to positively impact the outcomes of the built environment sector and the communities it serves. She is passionate about bringing people together to drive that change around fairness, equity and inclusion and supporting sustainable and responsible business practices.
Cathryn’s breadth of experience gives her invaluable cross-sector and organisational insight on a range of FIR challenges and the levers and cultural changes required to address those challenges. She enjoys dealing with a variety of businesses across the sector – at all stages of their FIR journey – to embed the principles of fairness, inclusion and respect throughout their organisations and supply chains.
Cathryn has always loved interacting with people of different backgrounds and cultures and gaining what she considers to be incredible perspectives that come from learning from others’ lived experiences. This interest led Cathryn to first complete a humanities degree in Asian studies and language (Japanese), political science and international relations, work with adults and children with disabilities, teach English internationally, host inter-cultural exchanges and travel extensively before pursuing a deeper understanding of civil rights and equal opportunity under the law and justice system. As our diversity and inclusion specialist, she combines her background, passions and expertise to address workplace challenges and help build inclusive and respectful environments where everyone can thrive.
Cathryn still loves to travel and experience new cultures, languages and landscapes. When not running the FIR Programme, you’ll find her enjoying the great outdoors with her family, planning their next adventure together or engaging in her other passions of dance, yoga and art.
Alice Crowsley joined Action Sustainability in May 2023 as a Project Coordinator for the construction market and wellbeing topic within the award-winning Supply Chain Sustainability School. She is responsible for organising and marketing training events in these areas as well as supporting other projects within the School.
Prior to this, Alice worked in the charity sector managing and organising events to assist small charities in a variety of sectors including sustainability. Her hobbies include writing, boardgames, and climbing when she gets the chance.
Andrew has worked with the Directors of Action Sustainability since 1999 when he first worked with Ian and Shaun on a supply chain project at Heathrow Airport. Since then, Andrew worked with Ian building and running a thriving events management business in his home city of Newcastle. When that business was sold to Umi, Andrew managed their operations and events team before becoming their Business Development Director.
Andrew exited Umi in 2017 and ran his own consultancy and B2B events business whilst supporting the Supply Chain Sustainability School’s work in Scotland and the growing collaboration with National Highways. Andrew joined the School as a permanent staff member in December 2023 and now leads our work with HS2 and National Highways, as well as continuing to develop the School’s presence and influence in Scotland.
Andrew speaks Italian and French, and enjoys foreign travel, whether for business or pleasure. He likes to visit Italy whenever possible to indulge his passion for Italian food (and wine). His main hobby is road cycling – which he still occasionally finds time for between his professional and family lives.
Annabel joined Action Sustainability as a Client Relationship Executive in June 2023. She supports Sustainability Tool clients with the implementation and rollout of their accounts, and helps them with supply chain engagement and management.
Annabel is early in her career and is excited to learn from the rest of her team and grow her professional skillset. She has a BSc (Hons) in Environmental Science and is dedicated to sustainability. She has a background in customer service, which, combined with her education in sustainability, provides a solid foundation to develop in her role.
In her spare time, she enjoys spending time by the sea, watching amateur comedy acts at a local comedy club, and indoor rock climbing/bouldering.
With nearly 20 years’ experience in the events sector, Antoinette’s previous clients cover the public and private sectors, in which she worked closely to help deliver CSR targets, including Stansted and London City Airports. She has had the pleasure of working with the Scottish Government to develop Scotland House in London, aimed at Scottish companies to take advantage of business opportunities.
Antoinette also enjoyed the challenge of project managing the “Greater London Joint Initiative” programme, a joint venture between CITB and the London Enterprise panel (LEP) for a £2 million fund to provide training, support and work placements in the construction sector around London.
Antoinette has a passion for music, keeping hold of her dancing roots. When she hears a salsa beat she can’t help herself but cha, cha, cha her way across the room. She loves to travel the world with her family, exploring new colours, smells and creating memories.
Aya joined the Action Sustainability team in April 2021 as a Business Administration Apprentice across the Supply Chain Sustainability School and Sustainability Tool, before moving onto solely working on the Sustainability Tool as a Customer & Software Support Analyst.
Outside of work, Aya likes to take up adventures. Some of the challenges she has conquered include Penny boarding, basic coding, and wall climbing.
With over 10 years of experience working in events, Becky began working for Action Sustainability in July 2016 and works in the award-winning Supply Chain Sustainability School as a Customer Account Manager, supporting the School’s collaboration of 200+ funding Partners to ensure they get maximum value from their Partnership with the School and help them to develop and deliver strategies to drive learning and sustainability competence internally and through their supply chain. Becky also works closely with the senior management team, providing logistical and office management assistance.
Prior to this role, with over 10 years of experience working in events, Becky was Events and Marketing Officer for the Construction and Homes markets, ensuring that the business plans for these were delivered on time and to target.
Billy joined Action Sustainability in May 2021 as a Digital Marketing Executive before becoming Growth Marketing Manager. His responsibilities include generating new business opportunities for the three areas of our business – consultancy, Supply Chain Sustainability School and Sustainability Tool, working across email automation, SEO, and paid social. Prior to Action Sustainability, Billy worked for Eurocell, gaining three years of digital marketing experience.
Outside of work, Billy is a music lover and an avid record collector, collecting all sorts of weird and wonderful records from across the musical spectrum. Unfortunately, he’s also a fan of Arsenal Football Club and can be seen spending his weekends at the Emirates.
Briony joined The Supply Chain Sustainability School in 2021 as a Project Manager supporting clients in the delivery of their training programmes, before moving over to Action Sustainability in 2022 as Client Relationship Manager. She currently works supporting all of the Sustainability Tool clients with the implementation and roll out of their accounts and works with them to engage and manage their supply chain.
She has a background in lean project management, previously working within the Education & Training and Events Management industry, where she worked extensively with high profile clients such as Multiplex, British Athletics and Ford Motors. She has always been incredibly passionate about ensuring clients are provided the best possible experience in order to carry out their business strategies to the highest standards.
In her early career, Briony spent 6 years within the hospitality industry as a trained chef, working within Michelin star restaurants around the North East of England. She still loves to cook in her spare time, (but mainly because her fiancé refuses to), and has an incredible passion for traveling, spending a lot of her early 20’s exploring Asia and North America.
In 2017, Carole Ann was appointed to the post of Project Manager for the social enterprise of Action Sustainability Community Interest Group (ASCIC). And has since become a Director.
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