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Sustainability First was set up to develop new approaches to sustainability. Its primary focus is on policy and solutions within the UK, but draws on experiences and initiatives both within and outside the UK. Sustainability First will develop implementable ideas in a number of key policy areas - notably, energy, waste and the roles of economic and other regulators in sustainability policy - where it can make a difference. It undertakes research; publishes policy and discussion papers; organises high level seminars and other events to promote its ideas. Sustainability First is a registered charity.
Trustees Sustainability First's trustees are : Ted Cantle (Chair); Phil Barton (Secretary); Trevor Pugh (Treasurer); John Hobson; Derek Osborn; David Sigsworth. Its project development is being led by its Development Director, Gill Owen, with additional consultants working on specific projects . Phil Barton is Director of RENEW, the Northwest Centre for Regeneration Excellence. He has formerly worked with Defra on rural voluntary sector policy and as an advisor to the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit. Previous posts have included Groundwork's Director of Corporate Strategy, Chief Executive of the Mersey Basin Trust and of the National Centre for Business & Ecology Ted Cantle CBE is a Member of the Environment Agency Board, Chair of the Solace Environment Panel and Chair of the Community Cohesion Panel. He was formerly Chief Executive of Nottingham City Council and Chair of the DTI Construction Task Force for local government. John Hobson is an independent policy adviser working on construction, education and sustainability. Previously he was Construction Director in the Department of Trade and Industry. Derek Osborn CBE is a senior environmentalist advising on long-term strategic issues for governments, international bodies, business and the voluntary sector. He is a member of the UK Sustainable Development Commission, chairman of Stakeholder Forum for Our Common Future, a non Executive Director of Severn Trent PLC and a member of several other Boards in the private and voluntary sectors. Trevor Pugh is Director of Environment at the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.He promotes sustainable building as London Regional Champion for the Constructing Excellence programme and produced local authority guidance on climate change, sustainability and Best Value. David Sigsworth is Generation Director of Scottish and Southern Energy. Previously he was SSE's Commercial Director, Energy Trading Director and Energy Supply Director. He is also SSE's Lead Director on the Environment and a former Chairman of the CHPA. Dr Gill Owen is an energy and environmental policy consultant and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Management under Regulation at Warwick Business School. She is a former member of the Competition Commission and non-executive member of the board of the energy regulator Ofgem. |
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