Environmental Policy, Strategy, Business Planning/Development

Nigel has long experience in senior technical, advocacy, business and policymaking roles and is regarded as an important thought leader internationally, particularly on Climate and Energy, Life Cycle Assessment, buildings and infrastructure.

Nigel has worked in senior roles in Government (UK), Business (UK and Australia) and in the not-for profit sector (US) gaining expertise and experience in Policy informing research (Federal and State), in sustainable business planning, in rating system, regulations and demonstration projects (Energy and Environment).

UK work on the drivers for change in sustainability underpin this service offering – recognising environmental, economic and social drivers and the role of different stakeholders in influencing change:

International work on how different stakeholders weigh up different sustainability issues extends this offering. Weightings research is contentious but reveals an astonishing degree of consensus.  Businessmen weight sustainability impacts almost identically to environmental activists. This consensus spans countries (UK, US, Au NZ and Japan), demographic groups (sex, age, income) and is surprisingly stable over time (surveys from 1997 to 2011). So, although the semantics of defining sustainability have proved elusive, we do seem to share a common set of values and priorities for action. Weightings surveys can be used to set priorities in policymaking, business planning and strategy and in any environmental/ sustainability assessment. Weightings provide potent practical implementable outcomes in a wide range of applications.  Climate change has always emerged as the top weighted issue from 30 years of weightings surveys.