Meet Hannah Greenway, a sustainability consultant at Antea Group UK!
- Office: London
- Practice Area: Sustainability
- Area(s) of Expertise: Carbon and ESG
- About Me in 140 Characters: I am a sustainability consultant helping organisations measure, report & improve performance. I’m passionate about impact and progress.
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Favourite thing about being a sustainability consultant:
The variety of projects is great. We can work for clients in completely different industries, of different sizes and who have a variety of drivers for wanting to improve their sustainability credentials. Taking your knowledge and confidently applying it in new situations feels very rewarding.
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What is a key ingredient for success as a sustainability consultant?
Adaptability! Although we work for a variety of clients, we also have to contend with ever-evolving regulations, best practices and scientific knowledge. Research is an important skill to stay up to date.
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What are some of your favourite tools/resources for professional development in this practice area?
I think learning on the job for a variety of companies is the best way you’ll become a confident sustainability consultant: it helps you apply your knowledge to different contexts, which you’ll never learn on a course. Absorb all the knowledge you can from your colleagues too! ESG-specific news websites can also be useful for keeping track of regulatory changes at a high level, whilst traditional media often have informative climate or sustainability sections that cover science news or interesting exposés on greenwashing!
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What was your first job?
I worked as banqueting staff for functions, mainly weddings, at a hotel in Sussex when I was 16. It showed me all the behind the scenes stress that comes with getting married!
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When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Absolutely anything that would’ve worked with animals, although I think my cats’ terrible behaviour at the vets over the years has put me off!
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What is on the top of your bucket list?
I’d love to see more of the world. I studied geography for my undergraduate degree and I’d love to visit all the volcanoes, mountains and rivers we used as case studies – I think a trip to Iceland is overdue…
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Bonus – any advice for people looking to go into sustainability consulting?
Start with understanding what drives you. There are so many branches of sustainability – climate adaptation, built environment, circular economy, social value, ESG regulations, carbon reporting, etc – that you need to identify your working style and what you’re passionate about. Are you more of a numbers person? Maybe carbon reporting would suit you, if not, maybe you’d enjoy working with regulations. If you’d like to see a tangible impact you’ve made or you like to get out of the office, then perhaps you’d enjoy the site visits involved in built environment roles.
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