Group Product Sustainability Senior Manager | Hilton Foods / Oxford Net Zero
Direct emissions from livestock (manure, enteric emissions) Emissions measurement methodologies Land accounting Seafood carbon footprint, benthic emissions
Tom leads the group decarbonisation programme, our lifecycle assessment (LCA) work and a number of sustainability innovation projects. Before joining Hilton Foods in 2021, he ran his own consultancy specialising in improving public understanding of the carbon footprint of food and worked at Jaguar Land Rover, spending five years working on their first electric vehicle before developing the company’s net zero strategy as LCA specialist. He holds a MEng degree in Automotive Engineering & Sustainability from the University of Warwick and is a Chartered Engineer. Tom is a member DEFRA Food Data Transparency Partnership Eco Working Group and serves on the review panel for the development of Marine Fish Product Environmental Footprinting Category Rules (PEFCR). In addition to his work with Hiton, he is Head of the UK’s Youth Delegation to G20 Brasil 2024 and an Associate at Oxford Net Zero.
PhD Researcher | University of Bristol
Holistic on-farm sustainability research and policy, considering the animal welfare, biodiversity, emissions and sequestration, soil health, societal impacts and the associated trade-offs within ruminant production systems.
Sara works in the sustainable livestock team at Bristol vet school as a PhD researcher at The University of Bristol and part time at Pasture for Life within their research team. She also farms with her family in North Yorkshire. Working within a multidisciplinary team and in co-trial with the The Sustainable Food Trust's Global Farm Metric she uses an integrated approach to measure multiple indicators of on farm sustainability (environmental, animal welfare and socio-economic impacts) across UK dairy production systems. The research is conducted in the field, working with both intensive and extensive dairy farmers and hopes to gain improved understanding of the pathways towards sustainability for dairy production in the UK.
Managing Director | Achieve Goal 12
Food systems change
I'm an industry sustainability expert with 20 years' experience. I am full member of Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) and a Chartered Environmentalist. I’ve a deep knowledge of developing and implementing sustainability strategy across multiple sectors, primarily within food retail and manufacturing. Skills range from engaging industry leaders and c-suite colleagues to embedding sustainability KPIs and accountability within commercial and operational teams and processes.
Head of Supply Chain Innovation | SAOS Ltd
opportunities for agri - coops
Head of Supply Chain at SAOS Ltd with responsibilities for connecting our agri co-op members with academic researchers and innovators to bring new thinking to agri challenges
data analyst | Ag-Sustainabity
I have background in Agricultural sciences (Msc. Dairy science). I am passionate about food security, sustainable food production, research and development and I enjoy team-work and collaborations with others. In 2022, I defended my masters thesis on - ANALYSING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE TOP 20 DAIRY PROCESSORS USING DIFFERENT CRITERIA AND INDICATORS. It was a research that analysed sustainability using the 3 broad pillars - economic, social and environmental. Happy to share if you'd like to read my findings. Open to PhD opportunities around carbon footprinting/GHG measurement and regenerative agriculture.
cofounder | Sawie Ltd
Biodiversity, soil health, carbon measurement and land use.
Policy and Service Designer | Defra
Senior lecturer in animal health & welfare | Royal Agricultural University
Livestock/animal farming systems, ethical and Just transitions, animal welfare, sustainable land use involving animals
I am a lecturer and researcher in animal farming systems, which includes improving farmed animal welfare, husbandry, sustainable animal breeding & feeding, enhancing farmer wellbeing & promoting nature friendly farm management, with a research focus on the social sciences and qualitative research methodologies. I am also a veterinarian so have interests in improving animal health and reducing medicine use along with other unnecessary inputs. I completed my PhD at the University of Bristol on a participatory approach to reducing antimicrobial use with UK dairy farmers, where I became a trained action facilitator. I then worked in knowledge exchange for Innovation for Agriculture for 3 years gaining valuable project management experience working on international projects. I am now working at the RAU in Cirencester and live in Bristol. I enjoy mountain biking, yoga and spending time at my allotment learning about soil and funghi.
Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Agriculture | University of Lincoln
Research Fellow | Teesside University
Sustainable landscape, forestry, biodiversity, environmental change and climate change mitigation/adaptation
I am a forest and environmental scientist with interest in the socioecological aspect of nature, ecosystems services and biodiversity management. I am enthusiastic about the linkages between science and policy development. My research interests focus on landscape and natural resources sustainability and ecosystem services, particularly on the economic, policy, and social dimensions of these. As a broadly trained natural resource scientist, I am well suited to understand and communicate the connections among the ecological, economic, policy, and social dimensions of these systems within the context of sustainable development.
PDRA | University of Reading
Doctor in economics and management, specialised in agriculture and agrifood sector, I am currently a post-doctoral researcher assistant in applied economics and marketing at the School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading. As part of FoodSEqual, a BBSRC funded project, I model impacts resulting from future changes to the UK food system, designed to benefit disadvantaged communities. We include in our research a variety of concerns, such as food prices, nutrition and demand, as well as land use and other environmental impacts throughout the life cycles of selected food products.
Director | Wormganix
Re purposing waste streams in fertiliser, soil amendments and compost
Using a commercial wormery solely for the creation of peat free worm castings , we are working on large scale projects with large organisations re purposing waste streams, we work with Veolia, Starbucks ,The RHS & many more in our innovative process which can be done 'at scale ' waste streams such as coffee grounds, paper pulp, brewers grains can be used. All our work is supported by lab analysis and growing trials and our retail brand 'Wormganix ' is now being sold at the RHS, Crocus, Waitrose & more. The goal is to create fertilisers and peat free composts solely from waste streams -Net Zero growing mediums and soil amendments
