Aims of Sustainable Solutions
The journal will live up to its name and will supply the business sector with sustainable solutions.
With the inexorable rise in energy and commodity prices, the companies who solve their energy cost problems will have a distinct advantage over their competitors. Sustainable Solutions will profile options that offer the business world sustainable and, potentially cost effective, means of renewable energy sources.
While the quest for sustainability is a common emerging theme in the business world, many companies do not know where to begin. They lack the knowledge and skills to apply sustainable solutions. This is where our magazine comes in.
Sustainable Solutions will meet this need. It is targeted at companies who require topical and informed updates on sustainable technologies that will help them meet their corporate social responsibilities.
The magazine will contain reviews on technologies with case studies and analyses that will assist the business sector in meeting its obligations under the latest EU directives.
Sustainable Solutions aims to be newsworthy, inspiring and challenging. Above all, it will be a professional platform for businesses that wish to meet their corporate social obligations and to do so in the most sustainable and cost-effective means possible.
Meet the team
Geraldine Faulkner, Editor
Before joining Sustainable Solutions, Geraldine was the editor of the weekly B-2-B publication, Recycling & Waste World where she worked with heads of waste management specialists, local authorities and recycling initiatives. Previously, she worked as features editor on Contract Journal, a weekly magazine in the construction sector where she wrote about innovative and sustainable building methods and liaised with forward-thinking projects such as the Integer Millennium House at the Building Research Establishment that was built to demonstrate how constructional, environmental, sustainable and technological applications can be used to provide a better home and life-style using available technology. Geraldine was part of the award-winning team that helped Contract Journal win the International Association of Construction, Design and Property Press's 'Magazine of the Year' award in 2001 and was also the first journalist on the Wembley Stadium project.
Editorial board
Dr Stuart McLanaghan, director of Eden 21, an independent environmental consultancy
Stuart is an environmental professional with over 20 years' experience spanning the environmental services and engineering sectors. Over the last 10 years, he has provided a strategic policy focus on the realignment of the UK waste management sector towards resource management.
Euan Murray - general manager, Carbon Footprinting, The Carbon Trust
Euan leads the work to develop the Carbon Trust strategy on product carbon foot-printing and carbon labelling. Through projects over the last two years, he has developed the Carbon Trust methodology to measure the carbon content of products and services and has led the work with companies to pilot this approach and launch the Carbon Trust carbon reduction label.
Before joining the Carbon Trust, Euan was responsible for strategy and product development for Accucard, a financial services start-up.
Euan holds a BA in Natural Sciences and a MSc in Materials Science & Metallurgy from Cambridge University.
Paul Nieuwenhuis, MA, PhD, AffIMI, assistant director, Centre of Automotive Industry Research, Cardiff University
With a long background in research and consultancy work for the 'on Road' transport industries, from motorsport to haulage, Paul is a key member of many industry bodies, including the Society of Automotive Historians, Foresight Vehicle External Advisory Panel, Motorsport Development UK Research Committee, and is a founder member of Centre for Business Responsibility, Accountability, Sustainability and Society (BRASS) and has written widely on transport related issues.
Phillip Cozens, head of technical services, Infinis
With a background in Mechanical Engineering, Phillip has worked in the oil and gas business before moving into the waste management industry in 1994. He has concentrated on materials recovery, energy from waste and novel technologies. He is a member of the DEFRA Technical Advisory Committee for the New Technologies Programme and within RPS is involved with the development of a waste recovery infrastructure, technical audit and the development and application of emerging technologies.
Bill Duncan, managing director, ASSURRE
Having studied classics, business administration and strategy both in the UK and in the USA, Bill's career has included vice president roles in large international companies including International Paper and Colgate Palmolive. He now heads up ASSURRE, in Brussels, the objective of which is to promote sustainable resource management by linking the policy makers of Europe with the leading edge businesses that work within the legislation.
Mark Barthel, special advisor, retail and innovation initiatives, WRAP
With a degree in environmental science, a masters in environmental management and a PhD in tools and systems for sustainable business, Mark also has many years experience in the oil and gas, retail, consultancy and tourism industries. He is now responsible for, among many other things, the management of the waste minimisation innovation fund and is a member of the UK government's advisory committee on consumer products and the environment.
Jim Haywood, director, Business in the Environment
Jim joined Business in the Community as director of the Business in the Environment (BiE) campaign in April 2003. BiE is a part of Business in the Community and aims to inspire businesses to work towards environmentally sustainable development as a strategic, mainstream business issue. Jim joined BiE from the Environment Agency, which he joined in 1999 to set up and run the National Flood Warning Centre - a centre of expertise in flood forecasting, warning and public awareness of flood risk. Jim's former career included work with blue-chip multinationals, such as The BOC Group and AMP Incorporated (now part of the Tyco group), in engineering, health and safety and environment management roles.
Richard Bahu, BSc ACGI, FIChemE, CEng, Commercial Manager, Chemistry Innovation Knowledge Transfer Network and Managing Partner, The Oxis Partnership
Richard is involved in the new DTI KTN called "Chemistry Innovation" which has sustainability as a core theme covering sustainable manufacturing, green process technologies and green product design. CIKTN is leading the UK's input to the new Sustainable Chemistry technology platform in Europe for the new FP7 programme. His career began at Harwell with the Separation Processes Service, for UKAEA and latterly for AEA Technology, which served some 90 international companies advancing their novel process and product design often with a significant reduction in energy consumption and waste generation and exploiting sustainable raw materials. At Harwell he led projects on monitoring roadstone recycling and energy recovery on dryers for ETSU and launched the international Dryer Advisory Service to improve drying energy efficiency. He went on to set up his own company, The Oxis Partnership, which managed Government programmes in Innovative Manufacturing and Manufacturing Molecules. He is currently working with a network of Welsh HEIs and FE Colleges to raise skills in exploiting micro and nano technologies to sustain key sectors and to create new business opportunities.
Joanna Lee, director of corporate partnerships and communications at the Carbon Disclosure Project
Joanna is responsible for all media communications within CDP. She is also accountable for corporate fundraising and corporate partnerships. Before joining the CDP, Joanna had ten yearsı experience working as a journalist and TV producer/director across business, current affairs, news, history and science programming. Programmes include BBC 2ıs Money Programme, Panarama as well as Channel 4 News.