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,
Associate Director, Siren Design

Angela Vico Correas,
Director, StudioNWA

Amrit Seera,
Architect, Vabel

Joanna Knight,
Co-Founder, SDC – The Sustainable Design Collective

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

Lee Roberts,
Director, Zebra Global

David Cheshire,
Sustainability Director, AECOM

Hero Bennett,
Director of Sustainability, Partner, Max Fordham

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

Ellie Caley,
Senior Workplace and Wellbeing Consultant, ART Health Solutions

Ellie Sharpe,
Global Client Engagement Director, Perkins&Will

Anna King,
Founder & CEO, Informare

Duncan Scott,
Board Director, chapmanbdsp

Deborah Allen,
Founder, Douglas Jane

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

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