Sara Clancy has been Head of Sustainable Development at the Body Shop International, the ethical cosmetics company founded by the late Anita Roddick, since October 2007. Sara has over 15 years experience advising business, government and voluntary organisations on how to comply with international employment standards and investing in social development programmes. She has worked [...]

If you plan to attend, you must RSVP us here Preston Chiaro was appointed chief executive of Rio Tinto’s Energy Group in September 2003. He is a high-profile industry advocate for the sustainable use of coal reserves – which represents a significant proportion of Rio Tinto’s productive assets – as Chairman of the World Coal [...]

Gib Bulloch is Director of Accenture Development Partnerships (ADP), a new not-for-profit consulting group whose clients include Oxfam, CARE international and The World Bank. Prior to taking on this important role, Gib’s 15 years of professional experience combined roles in a variety of large private sector companies (Mars, BP) with strategy consulting at Accenture and [...]

Peter Lacy is Executive Director of EABIS and is currently working as a Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Co. He is a strategy consultant by background with a strong interest in the shifting boundaries and relationships between companies, governments and civil society on sustainability issues. He is particularly interested in how these affect “business in [...]

In 2006, UK bought over £250bn of retail goods – drawn from a global network of farms and factories. Years of consumer ethical demand has begun to focus the big brand retail companies on whether suppliers meet social standards of production. Lara Ladipo is Tesco Group Ethical Trading Manager, responsible for the delivery of their [...]

Shaun McCarthy is a leading advocate of sustainable procurement. In addition to being the Director of Action Sustainability, he chairs theStrategic Supply Chain Group, is a commissioner on the London Sustainable Development Commission, and chairs the London 2012 Sub-Group, the watchdog organisation for a sustainable Olympic project in London. Shaun’s last “day job” was for [...]

Brooks is currently global business development manager for BP Solar with responsibilities for M&A and commercial negotiations to deliver step changes in scale and profitability. Previously, Brooks was executive assistant to JB Renard, the BP Group Vice President who managed 10 businesses in BP’s Business Marketing and New Market Groups. Brooks has also worked with [...]

Ed Blamey is European Sustainability Director of Interface Europe, a division of US based Interface Inc., a global leader in the manufacture of environmentally responsible modular floor coverings. Ed is in charge of the strategic integration of Interface’s sustainability work and programmes across Interface’s European region. Over the past ten years, Ed has held a [...]