Sustainability Talks

Sustainability Talks is a series of talks, discussions and interviews, bringing together a selection of key figures behind the workplace market’s leading sustainable initiatives and projects.

Hear from leading figures at GSK, Perkins&Will, BDG architecture + design, MCM, Oxygen, HLW and many more.

2025 Speakers

Steve Wright,
Global Director Design and Change Management, GSK. Chair of Communities and Director, CoreNet UK Chapter

Ana Rita Martins,
Sustainability Lead & Architect, MCM

Adam Strudwick,
Principal, Perkins&Will

Lydia Randall,
Director, BDG architecture + design

Amber Luscombe,
Senior Development Manager, Head of ESG, Oxygen Asset Management

Jeremy Myerson,
Professor Emeritus, Royal College of Art

Alison Grant,
Senior Associate/Senior Designer, HLW

Angela Vico Correas,
Director, StudioNWA

Amrit Seera,
Architect, Vabel

Joanna Knight,
Sustainability & Marketing Consultant, The Knight Partnership

Venetia Flint,
Sustainability & Communications Lead, Resonate Interiors

Cat Hoad,
Chair, Absolute Project Management

Helen Gordon,
Founder & Creative Director, Nested Living

Colin Macgadie,
Founding Director, FEL

Lee Penson,
CEO, Penson

Chris Higgins,
Head of EMEA, Workplace, Real Estate & Facilities, GSK

Deborah Allen,
Founder, Douglas Jane

David Cheshire,
Sustainability Director

Hero Bennett,
Director of Sustainability, Partner, Max Fordham

2024 Sustainability Works Agenda (2025 Agenda Coming Soon)

27 February

The Teach/Preach Conundrum. Getting the sustainability message across to consumers amid marketing contradictions

9:50 – 10:35am

Mick Jordan, Editor, Works Magazine

Mario Viera, Head of Sustainability, Scott Brownrigg

Gurvinder Khurana, Director, M Moser Associates

Rhiannon Laurie, Associate, Gensler

The Good Life. Transforming office spaces: from underused balconies to self-sustaining urban gardens

10.50 -11.35am

Mick Jordan, Editor, Works Magazine

Lydia Randall, Director, Head of ESG, BDG architecture and design

Alison Grant, Senior Associate, HLW

Patrick Dumas, Founder & CEO, Square Mile Farms

Perfect Imperfection. Embracing imperfection in design, by considering functionality, sustainability and clients’ expectations

11:55 – 12:40pm

Helen Parton, Freelance Workplace Design Journalist

Dominic Coleman, Director, Kibre

Estelle Schurer, Sustainability Analyst, Gensler

Manasi Menon, tp bennett, Sustainability Coordinator

Emma Morley, Director, Trifle

To B corp or not to B corp – the pros and cons of certification and how it affects businesses big & small

13:00 – 13:45pm

Mark Eltringham, Publisher, Workplace Insight & IN Magazine

Beatriz Gonzalez, Director, Scott Brownrigg

John Wozniak, Sustainability Lead, Hunters

Deepak Parmar, Design Director / BCorp Lead, MCM

Our England (and Wales, Scotland and NI, of course). Rethinking sourcing strategies by balancing global specification options with the best of British

14:05 – 14:50pm

Anna King, Founder, Informare

Laurence Orsini, Project Director, Scott Brownrigg

Pernille Bonser, CEO, Resonate Interiors

Golnaz Ighany, Sustainability Director, BDP

Digital Watch. Tackling the digital footprint dilemma: email emissions, workplace design and sustainability

15.05 – 15.35pm

Mick Jordan, Editor, Works Magazine

Alex Soto, Associate Director & Head of Sustainability, studioNWA

Jeni Durksen, Senior Associate, Design, M Moser Associates

Harsha Kotak, Founder Director, Women in Office Design and Sustainable Design Collective

This May Destroy You. The big manufacturing reveal: seeking transparency in sustainability, ethics, and ESG

15.50-16.35pm

Mick Jordan, Editor, Works Magazine

Elena Panagiotidis, Managing Director, Siren Design

Kara Carter, Director, Spacelab

Nigel Tresise, Co-Founder, Align Design and Architecture

Nicola Osborn, Creative Director, Basha Franklin