Tuesday 12 November, 2024 | Courthouse Hotel, Shoreditch, London
Sustainability Debate Speakers
Steve Butterworth
Steve Butterworth is CEO of Neighbourly and joined the business in 2018. He has led the company through a period of growth, raising significant investment and tripling the business's client base since the pandemic including adding numerous global brands and international businesses as clients, Steve is passionate about helping to redefine the role of business in building happy, healthy and long-term sustainable communities.
Dorothee D'Herde
Dorothée joined Kingfisher plc in March 2023 to lead the responsible business agenda. She is also a trustee at Earthwatch Europe, an environmental charity. She joined Kingfisher from Vodafone, where she led the sustainable business team for 3 years. Before that, she spent 10 years at McKinsey & Company, first as head of external relations for the sustainability practice and then as director of sustainability and social impact. Before that, she worked in politics, public affairs and communications: for the Belgian deputy prime minister, in the European Commission's spokesperson service and at a public affairs agency. She studied literature and linguistics in Ghent, Madrid and Nijmegen and European Studies at the College of Europe. She speaks English, Dutch, Spanish, French, Italian and basic German, and loves spending time with her daughters, exploring new places, teaching and dancing.
Katie Dolby
Katie Dolby is the Managing Director of Cubitts, a London based spectacles brand known as The Modern Spectacle Maker. A self confessed career retailer with a keen eye for detail Katie has held a number of leadership roles in Marks and Spencers, Victoria's Secret and Majestic Wine. Katie has a deep commitment to people and experience and loves the ever changing landscape of retail. Career highlights at Cubitts have included, achieving B-Corp certification and scaling the business Internationally, opening Cubitts first store in New York City in Spring of this year.
Simon Finch
Simon is the Supply Chain Director at Harrods and is responsible for delivering Harrods omni-channel Supply Chain and Distribution operations. He believes strongly in collaboration and works closely with both partners and suppliers to deliver improvements across the end to end supply chain.Simon is passionate about driving sustainability and social benefits through supply chains and he recently completed Sustainable Supply Chain Management at the Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership.Simon is married with two young children and lives in West London.
Ella Gould
Ella is at the forefront of transformative change, driving Selfridges’ purpose to imagine and create a sustainable future for people and planet as Head of Sustainability and Innovation at Selfridges. Leading the customer and industry imposing RESELFRIDGES strategy, Ella focuses on streamlining customer services so they can make one more sustainable choice without barriers.She leads the charge towards ambitious goals, steering the company to sourcing more sustainable materials, achieving Net Zero by 2040 and spearheading the transition to 45% of transactions originating from circular products and services by 2030.With a rich background in consulting and a varied career at Amazon, Ella has cultivated a deep understanding of the intersection between commerce, technology and responsible business practices. She is passionate about sharing insights, circular economy strategies, de-coupling volume from growth and the pivotal role innovation plays in creating meaningful change.
Harriet Lamb
Passionate about environmental and social issues, Harriet is an experienced leader who, in the UK and globally, built the Fairtrade movement – a certification scheme that sets standards to make trade fairer, working with producers in the developing world as well as thousands of companies and retailers.She has also led Ashden, which promotes climate solutions in the UK and globally, and International Alert, a peacebuilding organisation. She worked in the UK on refugee and low-pay issues and lived in India for six years. Harriet joined WRAP as CEO in March 2023 with an ambitious vision to scale our impact in the UK and internationally. Harriet has won several awards including a CBE, Orange Businesswoman of the Year, and Cosmopolitan EcoQueen. She was also the first woman Honorary Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and has published two books on social and environmental movements for change.
Dan Rubel
Dan Rubel is brand and marketing director at Curry's
Steph Schlipper
Steph Schlipper is the Associate Director of the Sustainable Business Team at Bioregional and leads the strategy and reporting work with their most strategic clients such as The Kingfisher Group, the Portman Estate, and Mitchells & Butlers. She also oversees Bioregional’s work with SMEs, academic institutions, and international actors such as UNEP and Habitat for Humanity. Steph has previously led in-house sustainability or advised clients across a wide range of sustainability frameworks including GHGP Reporting, SBTi, ISO 14001, UN SDGs, B Corp, and the UN Global Compact, and has qualifications in GRI, TCFD, and SASB reporting standards.
Anna Turell
Anna Turrell is the Chief Sustainability Officer at Decathlon, leading the sports equipment retailer’s green strategy and transition to a more circular business model. Previously, she was the sustainability director at Tesco and head of sustainability at Nestlé. Anna is excited to contribute to Decathlon's global sustainability efforts, spearheading initiatives like the ‘Second Life’ program, Yulex, and promoting renewable energy use.
Chris Tyas
Chris Tyas OBE is non-executive director, DEFRA
Amy Whidburn
Amy has been ESG Director at Pets at Home Group since 2020 where she has developed their sustainability strategy “ Our Better World Pledge”. This encompasses the Group’s approach to all things sustainability under the three strategic pillar of planet, pet and people. The sustainability purpose “ to create a better world for pets and the people who love them” has since become the purpose for the whole business.
For the previous ten years Amy has held similar “Head of CSR” positions at Mothercare, Sainsburys Argos and Home Retail Group. Amy’s background before moving into sustainability is commercial positions at Boots, Woolworths, Big W in Australia and Homebase providing a good understanding of how to operationalise initiatives in complex retail businesses.
For the previous ten years Amy has held similar “Head of CSR” positions at Mothercare, Sainsburys Argos and Home Retail Group. Amy’s background before moving into sustainability is commercial positions at Boots, Woolworths, Big W in Australia and Homebase providing a good understanding of how to operationalise initiatives in complex retail businesses.
Steve Butterworth
Steve Butterworth is CEO of Neighbourly and joined the business in 2018. He has led the company through a period of growth, raising significant investment and tripling the business's client base since the pandemic including adding numerous global brands and international businesses as clients, Steve is passionate about helping to redefine the role of business in building happy, healthy and long-term sustainable communities.
Dorothee D'Herde
Dorothée joined Kingfisher plc in March 2023 to lead the responsible business agenda. She is also a trustee at Earthwatch Europe, an environmental charity. She joined Kingfisher from Vodafone, where she led the sustainable business team for 3 years. Before that, she spent 10 years at McKinsey & Company, first as head of external relations for the sustainability practice and then as director of sustainability and social impact. Before that, she worked in politics, public affairs and communications: for the Belgian deputy prime minister, in the European Commission's spokesperson service and at a public affairs agency. She studied literature and linguistics in Ghent, Madrid and Nijmegen and European Studies at the College of Europe. She speaks English, Dutch, Spanish, French, Italian and basic German, and loves spending time with her daughters, exploring new places, teaching and dancing.
Katie Dolby
Katie Dolby is the Managing Director of Cubitts, a London based spectacles brand known as The Modern Spectacle Maker. A self confessed career retailer with a keen eye for detail Katie has held a number of leadership roles in Marks and Spencers, Victoria's Secret and Majestic Wine. Katie has a deep commitment to people and experience and loves the ever changing landscape of retail. Career highlights at Cubitts have included, achieving B-Corp certification and scaling the business Internationally, opening Cubitts first store in New York City in Spring of this year.
Simon Finch
Simon is the Supply Chain Director at Harrods and is responsible for delivering Harrods omni-channel Supply Chain and Distribution operations. He believes strongly in collaboration and works closely with both partners and suppliers to deliver improvements across the end to end supply chain.Simon is passionate about driving sustainability and social benefits through supply chains and he recently completed Sustainable Supply Chain Management at the Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership.Simon is married with two young children and lives in West London.
Ella Gould
Ella is at the forefront of transformative change, driving Selfridges’ purpose to imagine and create a sustainable future for people and planet as Head of Sustainability and Innovation at Selfridges. Leading the customer and industry imposing RESELFRIDGES strategy, Ella focuses on streamlining customer services so they can make one more sustainable choice without barriers.She leads the charge towards ambitious goals, steering the company to sourcing more sustainable materials, achieving Net Zero by 2040 and spearheading the transition to 45% of transactions originating from circular products and services by 2030.With a rich background in consulting and a varied career at Amazon, Ella has cultivated a deep understanding of the intersection between commerce, technology and responsible business practices. She is passionate about sharing insights, circular economy strategies, de-coupling volume from growth and the pivotal role innovation plays in creating meaningful change.
Harriet Lamb
Passionate about environmental and social issues, Harriet is an experienced leader who, in the UK and globally, built the Fairtrade movement – a certification scheme that sets standards to make trade fairer, working with producers in the developing world as well as thousands of companies and retailers.She has also led Ashden, which promotes climate solutions in the UK and globally, and International Alert, a peacebuilding organisation. She worked in the UK on refugee and low-pay issues and lived in India for six years. Harriet joined WRAP as CEO in March 2023 with an ambitious vision to scale our impact in the UK and internationally. Harriet has won several awards including a CBE, Orange Businesswoman of the Year, and Cosmopolitan EcoQueen. She was also the first woman Honorary Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and has published two books on social and environmental movements for change.
Dan Rubel
Dan Rubel is brand and marketing director at Curry's
Steph Schlipper
Steph Schlipper is the Associate Director of the Sustainable Business Team at Bioregional and leads the strategy and reporting work with their most strategic clients such as The Kingfisher Group, the Portman Estate, and Mitchells & Butlers. She also oversees Bioregional’s work with SMEs, academic institutions, and international actors such as UNEP and Habitat for Humanity. Steph has previously led in-house sustainability or advised clients across a wide range of sustainability frameworks including GHGP Reporting, SBTi, ISO 14001, UN SDGs, B Corp, and the UN Global Compact, and has qualifications in GRI, TCFD, and SASB reporting standards.
Anna Turell
Anna Turrell is the Chief Sustainability Officer at Decathlon, leading the sports equipment retailer’s green strategy and transition to a more circular business model. Previously, she was the sustainability director at Tesco and head of sustainability at Nestlé. Anna is excited to contribute to Decathlon's global sustainability efforts, spearheading initiatives like the ‘Second Life’ program, Yulex, and promoting renewable energy use.
Chris Tyas
Chris Tyas OBE is non-executive director, DEFRA
Amy Whidburn
Amy has been ESG Director at Pets at Home Group since 2020 where she has developed their sustainability strategy “ Our Better World Pledge”. This encompasses the Group’s approach to all things sustainability under the three strategic pillar of planet, pet and people. The sustainability purpose “ to create a better world for pets and the people who love them” has since become the purpose for the whole business.
For the previous ten years Amy has held similar “Head of CSR” positions at Mothercare, Sainsburys Argos and Home Retail Group. Amy’s background before moving into sustainability is commercial positions at Boots, Woolworths, Big W in Australia and Homebase providing a good understanding of how to operationalise initiatives in complex retail businesses.
For the previous ten years Amy has held similar “Head of CSR” positions at Mothercare, Sainsburys Argos and Home Retail Group. Amy’s background before moving into sustainability is commercial positions at Boots, Woolworths, Big W in Australia and Homebase providing a good understanding of how to operationalise initiatives in complex retail businesses.