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This year we celebrate the 1 year anniversary of the launch of GreenCollarWoman. To mark this important milestone and to coincide with Climate Week, GreenCollarWoman invites you to join us for an evening discussion on the topic  "Women in the Green Economy: Leadership and Opportunity" on Monday, 21 March from 6-9PM.

Agenda

6PM: Registration and Networking

6:30PM: Talks

7:30PM: Discussion and Q&A

8PM: Networking

9PM: Close

Venue: The Forge, Delancey Passage, London, NW1 7NN (Camden Town)

Speakers

Katherine Symonds 

Head of Sustainable Olympic Games, Coca-Cola Great Britain

 
Katherine Symonds is Head of Sustainability for Coca-Cola’s London 2012 team, with responsibility for delivering a range of ambitious community and environment programmes at the Olympic Games. Prior to joining Coca-Cola in early 2009, she was Climate Change Manager for Tesco, where she helped found the Sustainable Consumption Institute at the University of Manchester, launch carbon labelling on products and initiate a national climate change education campaign for all store staff. 

Melba Foggo

Global leader for Sustainability Services, Business Services, Logica

In her role at Logica, Melba provides clients with strategic insights on how to create commercial value and to achieve more sustainable outcomes for their businesses and customers. Melba was previously a founder of Ernst & Young’s global Climate Change and Sustainability Services practice, established in 2008. In her role as Global Director she led a multi-disciplinary team providing services that met the diverse needs of global clients across assurance, advisory and tax service lines, sectors and geographies. Melba also held other leadership positions within Ernst & Young in the fields of sales and business development, advisory, risk and compliance and investigation services. Melba is a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), Treasurer and a Trustee for Global Cool, a green lifestyle organisation that inspires people to think differently and live differently, and a member of the ICAEW Sustainability Committee.  

Bukky Bird

Head of Sustainability, Property Services, Tesco

Bukky is an experienced environmental engineer with a background in mechanical building services.

In her current role at Tesco, Bukky is responsible for shaping the strategy to deliver Tesco's sustainability targets, with a focus on low carbon technology and its incorporation into the built estate.

Her work on the research, development and implementation of sustainable design ensures a cohesive approach within the business, and the projects involved provide a unique opportunity to review pioneering technologies in this growth area.

Tickets:

All pre-event tickets have been sold. A limited number of tickets will be available on a first come first serve basis at the door. Cost - £35. Cash only. Please have exact change

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