Making Climate Data Everyone's Business: A Masterclass in Internal Change
Most sustainability teams know what good looks like. They have the data, the frameworks, and the strategic roadmap. What they don't have is an organisation that moves with them.
Getting procurement to factor carbon into sourcing decisions. Getting product teams thinking about embodied emissions from the brief stage. Getting HR to embed carbon literacy into onboarding rather than treating it as a one-off awareness session. These aren't data problems. They're people, culture, and change management problems. And most sustainability playbooks don't address them.
This in-person session, hosted by Zevero, brings together experts from organisations of different sizes and sectors to share honestly what has worked, what hasn't, and what the internal change management challenge actually looks like in practice.
Designed for professionals driving sustainability from within their organisations, this is a candid, peer-led conversation.
What we'll cover:
Gaining cross-functional buy-in - making sustainability a shared responsibility, not one team's problem
Carbon literacy that sticks - how to build capability across a workforce in a way that changes day-to-day behaviour
Function-specific translation - how to speak the language of each department when bringing them into the sustainability agenda
Building internal governance - steering groups, function-level accountability, and embedding sustainability into policies and job descriptions
Overcoming internal barriers - navigating pushback, using early wins to build momentum, and avoiding change fatigue
Join us at Grid Studios, Old Street, for a morning of discussion, networking, and time to connect with peers navigating the same challenges.
Meet the Panellists
George Wade - Chief Commercial Officer & Co-Founder - Zevero
George Wade is the Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) at Zevero, where he drives commercial growth by helping brands measure, reduce, and report their carbon emissions. He brings a deep passion for using data-driven solutions to fight climate change, drawing from his experience as a former carbon consultant in waste management. In addition to his work at Zevero, George writes The Grumpy Optimist, a newsletter that spreads positive climate news and highlights actionable steps individuals and businesses can take to address climate change.
Alannah O'Rourke - Head of Partnerships - Octopus Electric Vehicles
Alannah O'Rourke leads Partnerships at Octopus Electric Vehicles, where she helps businesses accelerate the transition to cleaner transport through employee EV schemes and sustainable mobility solutions. Working with organisations of all sizes, she supports employers in reducing emissions, strengthening employee benefits and progressing towards their net zero ambitions. Alannah is passionate about making sustainability accessible and actionable, with a particular interest in the role businesses can play in driving large-scale behaviour change and decarbonisation.
Emily Coon - Sustainability Manager - St Austell Brewery
Emily Coon is a Cornish sustainability leader, TEDx speaker and two-time 30 Under 30 winner. As Sustainability Manager at St Austell Brewery, she leads sustainability across breweries, supply chains and more than 160 pubs and inns, helping turn sustainability from something people talk about into something they actually do. Operating as a team of one, she developed and now leads the delivery of Crafting a Brighter Future, the company’s first sustainability strategy. Emily is passionate about making sustainability practical, people-led and accessible, with a particular interest in behaviour change, systems thinking and influence-led leadership.
Fiona Egan-Woods - Head of People & Impact - Honest Mobile
Fi is Head of People & Impact at Honest Mobile, the UK's top-rated B Corp mobile network. With experience spanning large high-street names to scrappy start-ups, Fi has spent the past decade building people functions, shaping culture, and creating environments where teams do their best work. A career that's journeyed from PR to operations to people has given her a breadth of perspective, and a firm belief that there's rarely just one right way to do things. Since joining the Honest leadership team in summer 2023, Fi has built the People function from the ground up and led the company's impact initiatives, including successfully navigating their first B Corp recertification, gaining 13.5 points in the process. With the next recertification on the horizon in 2027, she hopes to raise the bar even further.Fi is Head of People & Impact at Honest Mobile, the UK's top-rated B Corp mobile network. With experience spanning large high-street names to scrappy start-ups, Fi has spent the past decade building people functions, shaping culture, and creating environments where teams do their best work. A career that's journeyed from PR to operations to people has given her a breadth of perspective, and a firm belief that there's rarely just one right way to do things. Since joining the Honest leadership team in summer 2023, Fi has built the People function from the ground up and led the company's impact initiatives, including successfully navigating their first B Corp recertification, gaining 13.5 points in the process. With the next recertification on the horizon in 2027, she hopes to raise the bar even further.