Projects and Clients

My current focus is to help major projects and organisations implement effective and credible sustainability programmes. This includes identifying their environmental, social and business impacts, assessing reputational risks and opportunities, and advising them on how to integrate sustainability into their business processes, products and promotional activities. A key part of this approach is the development of bespoke sustainability management systems conforming to the international standard ISO 20121: 2012.

I have been working on projects in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and South America for event organisers, global sports organisations and corporate clients.  These include:

Sustainable Olympic Games

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) regularly contracts me to provide sustainability advice in relation to the Games and current Host Cities. Throughout 2015-16 I provided regular input to the development of the IOC’s first Sustainability Strategy, which takes effect from 2017.

I am an expert advisor to the IOC on the evaluation of the Candidate Cities since 2013, the year Tokyo 2020 was elected host city.  In 2014 I participated in the Sustainability and Legacy Working Group – part of the IOC President’s Agenda 2020 review process.

Sustainable Forum

Since 2015 I have been advising the World Economic Forum on the development of their Sustainable Forum initiative, initially in relation to sustainable operation of the Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. This includes the development and internal auditing of a sustainability management system in conformity with ISO 20121. The Forum achieved 3rd party certification to ISO 20121 in January 2018.

Euro 2016

In 2015-16 I provided advisory support and ISO 20121 internal audit services to UEFA’s* Sustainability Project for the Euro 2016 tournament in France. [* The Union des Associations Européennes de Football].

Sustainable waste management for the Hajj

In 2013-2014 provided strategic advice through Gannett Fleming Inc (USA) and the King Abdulaziz University (Saudi Arabia) for the Municipality of Makkah, who host the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.  The mission was to find sustainable solutions to managing the large quantities of solid waste arising from the peak period of the Hajj, in which up to 4 million pilgrims participate.

Other clients

During 2019 and currently I have been working on projects for Facebook, Formula 1, IUCN, Apollo World Tour, Lawn Tennis Association, Futerra and Smyle Creative.