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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.
David is responsible for developing and delivering the School’s training materials around digital construction, MMC and offsite. He also leads the School’s Wales Leadership Group.
EJ Allen brings 20 years of experience in developing sustainable supply chains, with expertise across construction, homes, rail, utilities, facilities management, healthcare, and defence.
Gemma is responsible for marketing the School as well as branding, press and social media across all three business areas.
Grace O’Connell is based in the Supply Chain Sustainability School, using her research, data and technical skills to oversee the School’s online knowledge library and multi-award winning training platform.
Hattie Webb joined Action Sustainability’s consultancy team in June 2023. She brings with her a wealth of experience in carbon reduction, net zero, sustainability advisory and engagement.
Holly leads the Retrofit and Future Workforce streams at the Supply Chain Sustainability School.
Imogen Player is a senior sustainability consultant, specialising in sustainability strategy and performance management.
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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.
David Emery is a Consultant with the Supply Chain Sustainability School and is responsible for developing and delivering the School’s training materials around digital construction, MMC (modern methods of construction) and offsite. He also leads the School’s Wales Leadership Group.
David’s background is as an architectural technologist. He was BIM (building information monitoring) manager on the first 5D BIM projects in the UK, and his company was the first in the UK to be awarded ‘Graphisoft Registered Consultant’ status.
He has presented at workshops and industry events on the topics of BIM, DfMA (design for manufacture and assembly) and offsite construction to thousands of people over the last 20 years. He first worked with the School several years ago and the relationship culminated with him joining the team full-time in 2021.
David is currently studying for an MSc in Offsite Housing Construction. He is married to his endlessly supportive wife Sue and he has three grown-up children and four grandchildren.
Gemma joined Action Sustainability’s marketing team in March 2022 as a Digital Marketing Executive, working across the consultancy, Supply Chain Sustainability School and Sustainability Tool, before becoming a Senior Marketing Executive. In this role, she is responsible for marketing the Supply Chain Sustainability School (including email and social media) as well as branding and press across all three business areas.
Gemma has a background in digital marketing and journalism, covering a variety of industries and subject matters such as media, travel, entertainment and culture. Outside of work, she enjoys writing, playing the guitar, and trying her hand at different forms of arts and crafts.
Grace O’Connell joined Action Sustainability in May 2022 as a Sustainability Content Co-ordinator. She is based in the Supply Chain Sustainability School, using her research, data and technical skills to oversee the School’s online knowledge library and multi-award-winning training platform.
Before joining the team, Grace was an E-Learning Support Officer at the University of Manchester. Over these three years, she developed strong experience in the design, planning and delivery of high-quality and engaging digital learning content and resources. She has also developed specialised skills within various E-Learning software systems and LMS/CMS platforms.
Grace is also a Geography graduate from the University of Manchester, where she studied a variety of sustainability related modules and even undertook overseas fieldwork in Hong Kong, exploring the social value of green spaces within Kowloon!
Hattie Webb joined Action Sustainability
’s consultancy team in June 2023. She brings with her a wealth of experience in carbon reduction, net zero, sustainability advisory and engagement.
Hattie has spent the last few years embedding sustainability into corporate actions plans and delivering business sustainability training across all industries. She is highly skilled at converting the detailed and complex, to the simple and interesting, so everyone can feel empowered to take climate action.
As a theatre enthusiast, you will often find Hattie making the most of London’s West End, and when she gets the chance, travelling further afield to explore new places.
She helps clients to identify their focus areas and implement strategies to improve sustainability performance. She supports the delivery of the Sustainability Tool, helping clients to measure and manage both their own sustainability performance, as well as their supply chain’s.
She supported the delivery of the Waste and Resource Efficiency Group and the Offsite for Everyone project, developing learning content to encourage the uptake of offsite manufacturing in the construction sector. She currently supports the Plant Category Group.
Imogen is always planning her next adventure abroad and having grown up by the beach, can most likely be found there!
