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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.
Paul leads business development for the Supply Chain Sustainability School, concentrating on broadening its network of funding and strategic partners globally.
Sara manages and coordinates the Fairness, Inclusion & Respect (FIR) programme’s training schedule and ensures the marketing strategy is integrated to achieve key programme deliverables.
Sarah Chatfield BA(Hons) CIPS (Dip) is a consultant specialising in sustainable procurement who aims to ensure the work she produces will have a meaningful impact on communities and the environment.
Shaun is a distinguished leader in sustainable business, recognised with an OBE for his services to sustainability and the London 2012 Olympics.
Sophie works in the award-winning Supply Chain Sustainability School as a Senior Partner Relations Manager. She is also Sector Manager for the Homes market in the School.
Stefania Chica-Jacome is a consultant, working on a variety of projects related to carbon, sustainability measurement and reporting.
Vaishali brings over 14 years of global experience in procurement and transformation, having worked with Fortune 100 companies.
Wendy Carwardine has over 8 years environmental consulting experience. Having recently completed a MSc in Sustainable Cities, she moved to the UK after working in the Canadian environmental science and engineering sector. She has managed field work programmes for major public and private construction, demolition and waste projects across Canada and the United States. She has also provided consulting services to both the public and private sector on issues such as biodiversity conservation, habitat restoration, site remediation and reclamation and many others.
Will joined Action Sustainability as Consultant Researcher in May 2023, focusing on sustainable procurement, modern slavery, and sustainable supply chains.
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Sara joined Action Sustainability in November 2017 and works on the Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) Programme delivered by the Supply Chain Sustainability School. Sara manages and coordinates the FIR programme’s training schedule and ensures the marketing strategy is integrated to achieve key programme deliverables.
Sara has a wealth of knowledge in organising and marketing events as she has worked within the events industry since 2013. She undertook a bachelor’s degree in Business Management and was awarded a First Class Honours in 2014.
Sarah Chatfield BA(Hons) CIPS (Dip) is a consultant specialising in sustainable procurement who aims to ensure the work she produces will have a meaningful impact on communities and the environment by engaging her personal passion for sustainability with her professional interest in sustainable procurement.
She has 7 years of procurement experience across multiple industries including fashion and the built environment; the bulk of her experience has been focused on embedding sustainable procurement into the business practices of main contractors and their supply chains within the built environment sector. Having worked across multiple industries, spotting opportunities for transferable best practice is an area of a particular interest.
Examples of her work include development of guidance and templates to embed sustainable procurement requirements in the procurement process for a variety of products and services including waste management, managing the collection and reporting of social value data; managing audits against ISO20400 and modern slavery standards and working collaboratively with supply chain partners to deliver social value.
Sophie works in the award-winning Supply Chain Sustainability School as a Senior Partner Relations Manager. She supports our collaboration of over 200 Partners to ensure they get maximum value from the School and help them develop strategies to drive learning internally and through their supply chains. Sophie is also the Sector Manager for the Homes market, facilitating collaboration to enable a more sustainable homebuilding sector.
Prior to this role, Sophie was an Events and Marketing Officer at the School, with a focus on the Homes and Construction markets, and has over five years’ experience coordinating events and digital marketing.
Stefania Chica-Jacome joined the Action Sustainability team in 2020. She is a consultant working on a variety of projects related to carbon, sustainability measurement and reporting. She supports the delivery of the Climate Action group of the award-winning Supply Chain Sustainability School, a forum of organisations looking to reduce the carbon emissions from the built environment value chain in the UK.
Stefania also supports clients with the implementation of the Sustainability Tool and the Carbon Calculator which play a key role in the digitisation of sustainability reporting.
Her interest and passion in the field led her to complete a Master’s in sustainable development and environmental economics at the University of Saint Andrews in Scotland, where she focused on renewable energy and the environment.
Originally from Ecuador, and currently based in Dubai, Stefania is a Spanish native speaker who loves the excitement of travelling to new places and discovering different cultures.
She has been involved in all aspects of the Supply Chain Sustainability School project, and currently leads the development of our e-learning courses and the ongoing upgrades to our Supply Chain Sustainability School platforms in the UK and Australia.
He previously worked for one of Europe’s largest independent corporate governance and shareholder advisory consultancy firms where he was responsible for the background research on ESG issues, reports, and projects. He also developed his knowledge and interest in sustainability through his BSc in Human Geography.
Will is passionate about sports, both running and football. He spends most of his free time playing football or watching his favourite team, Liverpool.
