Nature Strategy & Reporting Roundtable: Enabling Nature-Positive Business

Sophie leads on ethical labour, responsible sourcing of commodities, and circular textiles. 

Her work cuts across key areas of sustainability: from ethical labour and responsible sourcing to food waste and circular fashion. In her role, she engages and leads retailers on the latest policy developments, reactive issues and sustainable initiatives, as well as ongoing communication with government on the most pressing issues for retail.

Jenny specialises in environmental sustainability and has over 11 years’ experience delivering assessments, corporate strategies, research and reporting projects. She has worked with a range of global sectors including manufacturing, consumer goods, development and infrastructure to improve organisations relationships with nature and deliver positive impact for the UNSDGs.  Jenny has experience delivering environmental studies for landscape scale nature restoration in the UK, and is currently advising businesses on double materiality assessments, nature strategies and reporting.

Katherine works with companies to understand their sustainability issues and translate these into practical solutions that bring about tangible and enduring change. She has worked with a range of multinational and SME businesses undertaking sustainability assessments, building sustainability tools and advising on governance and reporting.  With a background in management consultancy, Katherine has developed a comprehensive understanding of the different levers’ companies can use to achieve their required sustainability and business outcomes, including training and capacity building, processes and data, and enhancing governance and reporting.

Tom leads engagements with corporates and financial institutions to help them assess their biodiversity impact across their operations, supply chains, products and services.  Tom has over 10 years of experience in multinational organisations across diverse sectors including manufacturing and sustainable finance. A subject matter expert for corporate biodiversity, nature-related risk and reporting, Tom brings applied expertise in measuring nature-related impact in the context of business operations, products, and services.

Tom has five years of experience supporting clients in a range of industries with management of sustainability topics, including climate change and nature risk management. Tom has completed Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) aligned gap assessments and nature risk assessments for clients with global operations, including analysis of water-related risks and control measures. He has also supported several agrifood value chain companies with development of ESG and sustainability strategies. Tom holds a MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London.