Harry Morrison
Harry Morrison is the General Manager of the Carbon Trust Standard Company – the first certification scheme for organisations that are measuring, managing and reducing their carbon emissions. Harry was responsible for the design and launch of the Carbon Trust Standard, has been selected as one of two early action measures recognised under the Carbon Reduction Commitment.
Prior to running the Carbon Trust Standard, Harry has held a variety of roles in the strategy team at the Carbon Trust. Harry's areas of expertise include corporate carbon footprinting, emissions trading and carbon markets, low carbon innovation, and UK climate change regulation including the CRC.
Michaela Wright
Michaela Wright is first direct's head of corporate and social responsibility and is responsible for engaging employees to understand how we can 'answer the call' to reduce our impacts on the environment.
Michaela is a proud member of Bee School in Oxford, which is a passionate group of people who are equipping themselves with the skills, insight and knowledge required to work co-operatively for the good of the planet. The school is run by Scilla Elsworth founder of peace direct, awarded the Niwano Peace Prize in 2003 and nominated three times for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Michaela also believes businesses have a major role to play in reducing their impact on the environment. "At first direct we believe for a business to be sustainable it needs to run as efficiently as possible and by doing this we will automatically reduce our impact on the environment. By embracing sustainability it will enable us to innovate and achieve business growth, we have already seen a significant reduction in our costs through the introduction of a number of innovative initiatives. Achieving the carbon trust standard was just the start of the journey for first direct and we welcome the CRC and the opportunities it will bring for us to achieve our vision to make a positive difference to society."
Adam Woodhall
Adam Woodhall founded PeopleProfitPlant three years ago to help businesses engage staff with their environmental strategies. He is a firm believer that all people and organisations have a significant role to play in taking positive environmental action.
All organisations want to save money and engage their staff. PeopleProfitPlanet help companies do this by empowering employees and management to go green. By using the best techniques in coaching, training and management consultancy employees then feel confident to take actions such as switching off lights and equipment, re-using paper and materials and using web and phone conferences rather than driving. Recent clients have been Allianz Insurance, NG Bailey Construction Services and British Waterways.
Adam comments, "It is important to apply technical solutions to our environmental challenges, particularly climate change, and our political leaders must give strong direction. An example of this is the UK governments Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC)."
PeopleProfitPlanet are working with first direct to help them understand that they all have their part to play in responding to the CRC, greening the bank and then taking these cost and carbon saving practices home.
Chris Goodall
Chris Goodall is a writer and commentator on climate change, energy and sustainability issues. He contributes to the Guardian and other newspapers and has written three books on the subject. His book 'Ten Technologies to Fix Energy and Climate' was one of the FT's books of the year for 2008. 'How to Live a Low-carbon Life' was described by the New Scientist as 'the definitive guide to reducing your carbon footprint'.
