Tom Beagent

Director, PwC

Tom is PwC’s Global Consumer Market ESG lead. He has 20 years' experience, leading and advising investors and businesses develop to become more sustainable. Tom sits on a number of advisory boards including HRH Prince of Wales’ Accounting for Sustainability initiative, the Impact Management Project, HBS’s Impact Weighted Accounts Initiative, and BVCA (UK PE and VC industry association) Impact Investing Advisory Group.

He also leads PwC’s work related to its Total Impact Measurement & Management (TIMM) framework, which allows organisations to measure and value the social, environmental, economic and fiscal impacts resulting from their operations, as well as their extended value chains.

Tom supported PUMA develop the world’s first Environmental P&L (E P&L) and Kering (including brands such as Gucci, Bottega Veneta and Saint Laurent) develop its EP&L. He also supported the Brazilian cosmetics company, Natura, to develop its EP&L and BASF develop its Value to Society programme.

He currently leads projects with a variety of multinational clients to help them manage trade-offs in decision making, drive innovation, identify risk and opportunity in their supply chains, and communicate with greater simplicity and credibility.</[p>

Tom has a keen interest in helping companies develop management information which creates the insight and credibility needed for sustainable business growth.

Emma Gregory

Sustainability & Climate Change Manager, PwC

Emma has 10 years of experience helping companies to develop responsible business practices and generate value. She focuses on Retail and FMCG clients, having worked with top brands including Sainsbury’s, Marks and Spencer and Unilever.

Emma has a background in Customer Transformation, redesigning Sales, Marketing and Customer Service functions to deliver optimised Customer Experiences. For example, she supported global plant-based spreads business, Upfield, to develop their Marketing function during their carve-out from Unilever.

More recently, Emma has worked with retailers to develop thought leadership around key sustainability topics and has helped companies across a variety of sectors to deliver ESG disclosures around climate impacts (TCFD), diversity and inclusion, and community contribution.

Prior to joining PwC, Emma worked in Customer Insight at Dunnhumby, where she used customer data and her experience in Psychology to make strategic recommendations to retail and consumer organisations including Tesco and Nestlé.