We’re very excited about our upcoming Catalyst Summit, which will empower young women to start their journey as changemakers. In this blog post, you’ll get to meet our Catalyst Summit Mentors. They will help guide our changemakers for up to 6 months after the summit. The event is taking place over three days in July – 8th, 15th and 22nd. If you attend all three days, you will get matched with your own mentor who will be a sustainability professional.…
Kirsty Green-Mann, Head of CR, at Burges Salmon, tells us all about her career journey and experiences in the world of corporate social responsibility. Why did you become an environment/sustainability professional? I’ve been working in the area of Corporate Responsibility / Sustainability for the last 12-years or so. This has been internationally and now with a more local remit as Head of CR for the law firm Burges Salmon. There are a number of things I really enjoy about this…
Sara is a Catalyse Change mentor, supporting a young woman on her journey as a confident, resilient changemaker. We asked Sara about her own Green Career, what motivates her and what she has learnt along the way. Sara Telahoun, Senior Technical Officer – Cities, CDP Provide a brief overview of the path that took you to this job. Following my Master’s in Environmental Management and Sustainable Development, I found it very difficult to find a job in the sustainability sector.…
Nikki Jones is the Energy Mentor at our Catalyst Bootcamp, here she gives us an overview of her education and careerpath Job Title: Independent researcher / writer Qualifications: BSc from London School of Economics; MSc (Distinction) from Bristol University Why did you become an environment/sustainability professional? In my late teens I became aware of the enormous inequalities between the Global North and South and my passion was to understand this better. At the time, I assumed I would go and…
