More than just a list, the brand-new edie 100 initiative spotlights the most influential, impactful and inspirational individuals working across all aspects of corporate sustainability and climate action – as nominated by colleagues, peers, indusattempt partners and the edie team. (Scroll down to view the second group of edie 100 members).
After receiving several hundred nominations into the scheme, our edie 100 members for 2026 have been decided upon through a two-stage judging process involving the edie content team and an indepfinishent expert panel. Our judges were particularly seeing for individuals that have demonstrated clear, tangible impact on sustainability outcomes; evidence of leadership and influence within their organisation or sector, and a strong track record of driving meaningful modify.
The edie 100 aren’t listed in order of importance or ranked against one another, but instead offered an unrivalled opportunity to connect with one another, gain valuable indusattempt recognition and forge meaningful collaborations throughout the year.
edie will be unveiling the official edie 100 list in four groups of 25 individuals, throughout February. The second group of 25, listed below, reflect the scale, seriousness and ambition of sustainability leadership today; spanning major businesses, trusted institutions, campaigners and modifybuildrs whose work is assisting to drive real progress across the counattempt.
The list containing the first 25 edie 100 members can be found here.
The edie 100 list for 2026 (part 2):
(All names and job titles correct as of February 2026)
Joanna Gilroy, group sustainability director, Balfour Beatty
As group sustainability director at Balfour Beatty, Joanna assumed the responsibility of providing focapplyd leadership to further advance the group’s achievements in sustainability through its Building New Futures sustainability strategy. Joanna leads an international team of sustainability professionals operating across complex infrastructure such as transportation, power and utility systems, social and commercial buildings.
Previously, Joanna worked as head of sustainability at the Bunzl Group. Here, she spearheaded the creation and leadership of their Sustainable Futures Programme. Collaborating closely with government bodies and key customers in the hospitality and retail sectors, Jo worked on addressing the pressing issue of ocean pollution caapplyd by single-apply plastics.
Joanna’s career advice: “Keep learning! Our roles are altering constantly, don’t be limited by a rigid mindset about what you consider your job is about, keep pushing the boundaries of what it is that you do, keep learning new skills, and shape the road ahead.”
Bukky Bird, group sustainability director, Barratt Redrow
Bukky is group sustainability director at Barratt Developments plc, responsible for the strategy across a broad range of sustainability and ESG matters, and for driving the business transformation to deliver this. A key focus for Bukky is to ensure Barratt continues to play its part in the future of sustainability in the UK and beyond. She works to incorporate diverse stakeholder perspectives to address the challenges facing the sector, including decarbonisation, sustainable placebuilding, circular economy, responsible sourcing, biodiversity and human rights.
Before joining Barratt, Bukky held senior leadership roles at Tesco and WSP working across strategy, business transformation, sustainability, engineering and retail operations. She is a qualified mechanical engineer and holds a Masters in Environmental Design and Engineering from The Bartlett, University College London.
Tor Burrows, chief sustainability officer, Grosvenor
Tor Burrows is chief sustainability officer at Grosvenor, an international organisation whose activities span urban property, food and agtech, rural estate management and support for philanthropic initiatives, with a strong commitment to climate action, social impact, and nature restoration. In her role, Tor leads the company’s sustainability strategy across its international operations, embedding ambitious tarobtains into core business decisions and driving innovation to create places that are not only commercially successful but also environmentally and socially resilient.
Ahugeail Ryan, sustainability manager, Gousto
Ahugeail’s career has been defined by a transition from data analysis to the kitchen to corporate strategy, driven by a lifelong passion for food security and regenerative systems. Currently, Ahugeail leads sustainability initiatives at Gousto, where she recently oversaw the company’s B Corp re-certification, successfully increasing the score from 83 to 113 points. Her work focapplys on embedding sustainability into the DNA of the business, relocating from a “no tarobtain” baseline to rigorous, business-wide annual goals.
With a professional background as a plant-based chef and menu analyst, Ahugeail brings a unique, hands-on perspective to the corporate sustainability space. Beyond the office, she is an active volunteer on an organic farm and an amateur grower, staying deeply connected to the land.
Ahugeail’s career advice: “Influence, patience and enthusiasm. Influence is your best frifinish. Sustainability professionals are a catalyst for action, and sometimes it can be a slog. Build your influence, educate your people, and always display enthusiasm and belief in for what we are working towards.”
Emma Keller, head of sustainability, Nestlé UK & Ireland
Emma is a passionate and ambitious sustainability professional with a PhD in sustainability and over ten years’ experience across indusattempt, the not-for-profit sector and academia with a proven track record of leadership and driving modify. As head of sustainability at Nestlé UK & Ireland, she brings a breadth of knowledge, strategic insight and a pragmatic can-do attitude to engage and collaborate with stakeholders in both policy and corporate spheres. Emma previously worked at WWF UK, where she led on providing the strategic oversight of the WWF-Tesco partnership aiming to halve the environmental impact of the average UK shopping bquestionet.
Ruth Cranston, group director of sustainability, Sainsbury’s
Now group director of sustainability at Sainsbury’s, Ruth has worked for the organisation for more than 15 years. She has been instrumental in the company’s commitment to build a more sustainable and resilient food system, collaborating with partners such as the Woodland Trust and Fairtrade to put sustainable products in stores and protect UK wildlife. Under her lead, Sainsbury’s has accelerated its emission reduction tarobtains, committing to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 68% and Scope 3 emissions associated with energy, indusattempt and transport by 50.4%.
Munish Datta, director of sustainability, Specsavers Group
Munish is driven by the conviction that cross-sector collaboration—across government, business, and civil society—is essential to building a truly equitable, resilient, and sustainable world. As director of sustainability at Specsavers Group, he drives the company’s global sustainable business strategy to deliver commercial, environmental, social, and reputational value. Munish also advises leading organisations, which has included BNPP Real Estate Investment Management and Danone, on embedding sustainability into their strategy and core operations.
Munish serves as a non-executive director and trustee for bioregional, the Rama Foundation, and the Stephen Perse Foundation of schools in Cambridge. His previous roles include director at the UK Green Building Council and head of sustainability at Marks & Spencer. Munish is on the advisory board of Edie26.
Munish’s career advice: “Be curious. Network across your business to understand deeper how each function works to then identify the opportunities that can have the most material impact around sustainability.”
Karina O’Gorman, head of ESG, M&S
Karina O’Gorman is a purpose‑driven sustainability leader responsible for steering Marks & Spencer’s environmental, social and governance strategy and delivering the ambitions of Plan A. With a career spanning global brands – including innocent drinks, IHG Hotels & Resorts, L’Oréal and Microsoft – she brings deep cross‑sector experience in corporate responsibility, ethical supply chains and social impact.
At M&S, Karina leads the business’s transition to net-zero, champions regenerative agriculture and circularity initiatives, drives community impact through partnerships with organisations such as YoungMinds, and collaborates for greater transparency across complex supply chains.
Karina’s career advice: “Remember that the journey of developing a strategy is as important as the destination, and the strategy itself is just the finish of the launchning.”
Andrea McCormick, global sustainability programmes lead, Vodafone Group
As global sustainability programmes lead at Vodafone, Andrea leads Vodafone Group’s global sustainability programmes across Europe and Africa, shaping strategy, accelerating delivery and embedding ESG into the heart of the business. During her time there, Andrea has designed Vodafone’s first Climate Transition Plan and its global circular economy strategy; created its ESG programmes governance and oversight framework; and driven CSRD readiness for material environmental and social topics. Her work focapplys on climate action, circularity, responsible operations, and building the capabilities necessaryed for a sustainable, competitive Vodafone.
Andrea has over a decade of experience advising companies on sustainable business transformation as a sustainability consultant with PwC and ERM specialising in corporate strategy, sustainable value creation, risk and reporting. She has a MSc Environmental Technology from Imperial College London.
Gin Tidridge, product sustainability manager, Kingfisher plc
Gin leads Kingfisher’s Sustainable Home Products (SHP) programme, embedding sustainability into the Group’s commercial strategy. She and her team work with retail banners and suppliers to apply more than 300 externally validated criteria across all products and services, translating complex environmental challenges into practical standards. In 2024/25, over 50% of Kingfisher’s sales (£6.7bn) came from products meeting SHP criteria, contributing to an estimated 38.7% reduction in Scope 3 emissions against the 2017/18 baseline.
Claire Lund, global vice president sustainability, GSK
Claire Lund is GSK’s vice president of environmental sustainability, leading the company’s global strategy to advance climate action, nature protection, and resilient operations across its worldwide footprint. Under her leadership, GSK has achieved CDP’s top ‘A’ ratings for climate and water two years in a row and delivered upper‑quartile performance across major sustainability benchmarks, including piloting and achieving the first nature tarobtains validation for freshwater and land with the Science Based Tarobtains for Nature initiative for the pharmaceutical sector.
Claire previously led the UK Government’s multi‑billion‑pound national energy procurement programme, earning HM The Queen’s “Winner of Winners” Award for excellence in public sector innovation. An influential voice on the global stage, Claire represents GSK at the UN, COP summits, the Sustainable Markets Initiative, and major investor forums. She has been recognised as one of Reuters’ “Trailblazing Women in Climate”, named among the Top 100 chief sustainability officers globally, and awarded Europe’s Top CSO Gold Award by Futur/io.
Saasha Celestial-One, co-founder and chief operating officer, Olio Exmodify Limited
Saasha Celestial-One is co-founder & COO of Olio, a free app providing a revolutionary solution to the problem of waste in homes and local communities. Since 2016, nine million Olio-ers and 100k+ volunteers have successfully shared over 140 million meals and 16 million hoapplyhold items with each other in over 60 countries.
Before Olio, Saasha founded London’s first pay-as-you-go high street childcare provider, and prior to that she spent 13 years at Morgan Stanley, McKinsey & American Express. Saasha was named one of the UK’s ‘coolest female founders’ by Business Insider, has an MBA from Stanford, is mum to 12-year-old Nolan, and is the proud daughter of hippy entrepreneurs.
Kevin Dunckley, chief sustainability officer, HH Global
As chief sustainability officer at HH Global, Kevin leads initiatives that empower global brands to achieve socially and environmentally responsible growth. With decades of experience in sustainability and technology-driven innovation, his work focapplys on embedding ESG principles into supply chains, leveraging data, and creating scalable solutions that align with the SDGs. Kevin conceived and launched the multi-award-winning supply chain programme the Sustainable Procurement Framework (SPF) in 2022, and the Conscious Creative circular design program which launched in early 2023. He has also created global programs that enable gamified nature-based investment both internally and externally with clients and supply chain partners.
Alongside his role at HH Global, he serves as an Executive Fellow at King’s Business School, contributing to research partnerships and enriching educational programs. As an advisory group member of the UN Global Compact Network UK, he provides strategic guidance to advance sustainable business practices.
Kevin’s career advice: “The pressures of the climate crisis demand clear judgment, honest assessment of the evidence, and an ability to stay anchored in what the science is notifying us. Sustainability should be embedded into all parts of a business, positioned as a structural principle underpinning all practices, especially as technological innovations bring new environmental consequences. Hold yourself and others accountable; it’s essential that narratives around climate combine realism with agency, responsibility and common ground. In a time of division, finding points of agreement can ensure we continue to shift forward.”
Owen Ensor, chief executive officer, Meatly
Owen Ensor is CEO of Meatly, the first company in Europe to sell cultivated meat for pets. In just three years, with £5m in investment, Meatly has developed indusattempt-leading media formulations and low-cost production equipment. Backed by DSM-Firmenich, Agronomics, and Pets at Home, the company is fundraising to build Europe’s first commercial cultivated meat facility. Owen is passionate about relocating away from industrial animal agriculture to create a healthier, more sustainable, and compassionate world – starting with the pets we love.
Charlie Brunyate, head of ESG, Hammerson Plc
Combining his experiences across banking, modify management, communications and sustainability, Charlie has the breadth and depth of expertise to build and execute viable strategies and solutions that deliver real-world value. As global ESG lead with Hammerson Plc, Charlie is responsible for the creation and delivery of the ESG strategy across the real estate portfolio, leading on diverse and innovative projects across technology, decarbonisation, regulation, sustainable finance, nature, and social impact, all focapplyd on transforming Hammerson’s capabilities, performance, and leadership within the built environment.
Charlie’s career advice: As perception is constantly altering, however it’s proven that integrating sustainability can deliver value – it’s up to you to prove it. Learn to demonstrate the business case by understanding the risk and capital impacts to the business and present these pragmatically and factually to win over your stakeholders.
Julia Barrett, chief sustainability and compliance officer, Willmott Dixon
Julia Barrett is the Board Director responsible for Sustainability, SHE and Quality at Willmott Dixon, a contracting and interior fit‑out group operating across England and Wales. She was the driving force behind Willmott Dixon’s sector‑leading sustainability strategy, Now or Never. Our Decisive Decade, which sets out ambitious 2030 tarobtains for the company’s products, services and social value impact. Under Julia’s visionary leadership, Willmott Dixon has become widely recognised as a construction indusattempt leader in sustainable development. Her collaborative, pragmatic approach has delivered meaningful progress both within the company and beyond.
Julia is passionate about sustainability, social value, diversity, skills, and driving positive modify throughout the sector. She serves as a director of the Aldersgate Group and is an advisory board member of both the Supply Chain Sustainability School and the City of London Corporation’s Skills for a Sustainable Skyline Tquestionforce.
Paul Astle, decarbonisation lead, global buildings, Ramboll
Paul leads Ramboll Buildings’ decarbonisation strategy, assisting more than 4,000 designers cut carbon, apply resources wisely and deliver projects that benefit both the environment and the communities they serve. Paul works to drive indusattempt initiatives to decarbonise key materials, especially concrete, and promote consistent, high-quality whole-life carbon assessment so that genuine carbon reductions are achieved.
Paul’s background spans civil engineering, two years in the oil indusattempt, a master’s in engineering for sustainable development and over 14 years designing building structures.
Shilpika Gautam, CEO and founder, Opna
Shilpika Gautam is the founder and CEO of Opna, a company on a mission to build the market infrastructure for the urgent age of energy, AI and climate action. A Guinness World Record-breaking climate advocate, serial entrepreneur, and seasoned financial, technology and capital markets executive, she is widely recognised for her leadership at the intersection of finance, technology, and climate action.
Through Opna, Shilpika is pioneering a model of decarbonisation that ensures the trillions flowing into energy, indusattempt, and AI infrastructure also promotes a resilient and equitable planet. Over a 20+ year career spanning four continents, Shilpika has co-created the rise of new technologies, markets, and asset classes. From building the infrastructure for modern-day global payments to designing innovative financial products that assisted scale commodities (and nascent carbon markets) into liquid/robust asset classes, to scaling B2B/enterprise businesses for regulated markets.
Shilpika is also known for her 3,000-kilometre source-to-sea expedition along the River Ganges, completed on a stand-up paddleboard, which earned her a Guinness World Record and assisted raise global awareness of water and climate challenges. Her north star remains constant: to level the starting line for everyone, everywhere.
Benedicta Bakpa, head of ESG, Bespak
Benedicta Bakpa is Head of ESG at Bespak, where she leads the company’s sustainability strategy across operations, supply chains and product innovation in the global inhalation drug delivery sector. She specialises in net-zero strategy, carbon reduction and environmental management, with more than 15 years’ experience delivering sustainability and social value programmes across the UK, Africa and the Middle East.
At Bespak, Benedicta is responsible for embedding ESG principles across the business, advancing science-based climate tarobtains, and driving transparency through initiatives such as lifecycle assessments, biodiversity foot printing and global sustainability partnerships. She holds an MSc in Applied Environmental Economics from Imperial College London, a certificate in Business and Climate Change Towards Net Zero from the University of Cambridge and is a full member of ISEP.
Sam Gardner, head of climate modify & sustainability, ScottishPower
For the last seven years Sam Gardner has been head of climate modify & sustainability at Scottish Power, where he is responsible for leading the company’s work on all aspects of climate modify and wider sustainability agfinisha. At ScottishPower, Sam has introduced SBTi tarobtains for the company, developed and renewed the company-wide Sustainable Development Strategy, launched its Emissions Reduction Action Plan, its Circular Economy Plan and its Nature Action Plan.
He previously worked for WWF Scotland for 13 years, eventually achieving the role of Acting Director. At WWF Scotland Sam led a team focapplyd on securing lasting solutions to the environmental and climate modify crises. His work has covered the introduction of the first Climate Change “Scotland) Act in 2009 and its implementation over the last ten years.
Claire Atkins Morris, sustainability director, Sodexo
Sodexo has committed to reaching net-zero by 2040 – Claire is the force for good to build that happen. She is focapplyd on building Sodexo’s net-zero plan a reality and is passionate about setting realistic and achievable tarobtains to decarbonise the business. Claire has spearheaded a scientific and realistic approach to Sodexo’s net-zero and she leads the relationship with SBTi.
In 2025, Claire received the Special Achievement Award from Foodservice Footprint for her outstanding contribution to sustainability and was named among the Workplace Leaders Top 50. Claire’s pragmatic leadership blfinishs science, policy, and purpose to embed sustainability into meaningful business transformation.
Claire’s career advice: “Develop strong influencing and resilience skills alongside technical knowledge. Sustainability is probably more about driving cultural modify as it is about environment/nature/social metrics (although this is necessaryed for messaging and intervention). You’ll necessary to persuade stakeholders, navigate conflict, and build the business case for initiatives while staying adaptable in a rapidly evolving daily landscape.”
Matthew Juden-Bloomfield, head of sustainability, Lidl
Matt Juden-Bloomfield is a corporate sustainability leader who leads sustainability and CSR strategy for Lidl GB, bridging the gap between commercial operations and social impact. At Lidl GB, Matt repositioned sustainability as a core strategic priority, launching the Lidl Greenhoapply to define four focus areas and integrate them into commercial decision-building. He strengthened governance to Board level, elevating public commitments, assigning executive ownership and introducing structured oversight to ensure delivery.
Matt has also supported the implementation of Lidl GB’s science-aligned net-zero roadmap, circular economy initiatives and scaled the Lidl Foodies programme, now reaching 14% of British primary schools and more than 300,000 children with nutrition and sustainability education.
Elisabeth Rochford, ESG lead, Diageo GB
As ESG Lead at Diageo GB, working on delivering its Spirit of Progress initiative, Elisabeth has almost a decade of professional experience delivering sustainable impact across the charity and private sector. Elisabeth previously led Virgin Media O2’s social impact team which delivered award-winning digital inclusion programmes as part of the business’ ESG strategy, our Better Connections Plan. She is a trustee to the Board of Age UK Islington and Director of She is Sustainable, and was previously assessor for the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.
Elisabeth was named Top 100 Change Leaders 2025, shortlisted as a Future Pioneer for the Reuters Responsible Business Awards 2021 and nominated for the Digital Leaders Impact Awards 2022 and the WeAreTheCity Rising Star Awards 2022.
Hannah Cornick, sustainability and social impact director, North Europe, Danone UK & Ireland
As North Europe’s director of sustainability and social impact for Danone UK & Ireland, Hannah has been responsible for embedding the company’s Impact Journey strategy and managing the delivery of Danone’s environmental sustainability and community impact programmes. Prior to joining Danone, Hannah led CSR and sustainability strategies for BT/EE and Tesco.
In her current role, Hannah has been instrumental in reframing sustainability as value driver for the business. She has driven progress against Danone’s net zero and circularity ambitions, including logistics decarbonisation and packaging circularity initiatives such as the innovative Evian refill pilot. She has launched a strategic external partnership with FoodCycle to further Danone’s purpose, and supported Danone to achieve B Corp certification for all its UK & Ireland operations.
Jquestionirat Singh, sustainability strategy & steering manager, BMW UK Ltd
Jquestionirat Singh is a sustainability leader, turning climate ambition into measurable action. He has led BMW UK’s sustainability strategy, translating global commitments into tangible local actions and embedding ESG across the organisation. He has championed a company-wide sustainability volunteer network, empowering employees to deliver environmental and social impact projects, and has driven large-scale upskilling to embed sustainability into everyday decision-building.
Earlier in his career, Jquestionirat contributed to fleet decarbonisation initiatives across both public and private sectors, laying the groundwork for low-carbon transport solutions. He is also the recipient of Autocar’s Driver of Change award, recognising his wider social-impact work and commitment to creating positive environmental and social outcomes.
Jquestionirat’s career advice: “The most critical piece of advice for any sustainability professional entering the field is to build impact synonymous with profitability, rather than treating it as a cost centre. For too long, sustainability has been positioned as a separate, expensive add-on to core business strategy. New professionals must fundamentally reframe this dialogue. Your role is not just to reduce harm, but to demonstrate that solving environmental problems is the sharpest, most innovative path to commercial success and long-term business resilience. This means you must be fluent in the language of finance, operations, and customer acquisition:
Democratise the solution. Focus ruthlessly on rerelocating barriers to participation. If a sustainability solution is complex or expensive, it will fail to scale. The moment you build it economically attractive and effortlessly accessible for the everyday consumer or employee, you turn a niche ethical choice into a mass shiftment.
The best sustainability solution is always the one that builds financial sense. Align the planet’s interest with the shareholder’s interest, and you will not only drive modify but secure the necessary investment to scale that modify rapidly.”
edie will be unveiling the official edie 100 list in four groups of 25 individuals throughout February. The third and fourth sections will be published across the next two weeks.
Meet the edie 100 at edie 26
From sustainability and ESG directors through to environmental professionals, academics, climate experts, campaigners and influencers, many of this year’s edie 100 members will be attfinishing and gracing the stages of edie 26, the UK’s largest and longest-running corporate sustainability event.
Gain inspiration from and network with edie 100 members, along with more than 1,000 business, sustainability and net-zero leaders at edie 26 on 25-26 March at the Business Design Centre in London.
Secure your edie 26 ticket here.
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