Juliet Russell

Managing Climate Action, Biodiversity and Ocean Health Pillars of Impact strategy, responsible for setting environmental targets and commitments and devising achievement strategy; leading Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) on products and materials; complete ownership of Environmental Management System (EMS), working closely with Logistics and Business Operations; leading supply chain transparency piece and owner of relationship between supply chain partners and Impact team; company expert in Environmental Science and Technology, Climate Change and Disclosure (incl. ESG & B Corp), consulted daily by other departments for knowledge and ability to guide business decisions, plus close collaboration with B2B branch; collaboration with design, sourcing, R&D and product development teams on responsible material & production choices; curation of Impact Report, web content & sustainability-related internal and external guidelines and training; guide company commitment and alignment to UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); represent PANGAIA in external workshops; point lead & relationship holder for external partners including academic institutions; drive business-critical projects and deliver quality results.

Consulting on government-funded and private-sector projects around smart cities and sustainability innovation. Leading an electrification project for the Royal Borough of Greenwich Council’s fleet and depot, involving cross-organisational project management - governmental organisations, educational and research organisations. Role requires broad knowledge of UK environmental policy (air pollution, transportation, sustainable cities, net-zero carbon) to ensure projects work within and help to reach targets. Leading collaboration with Imperial College London, supervising both Sustainability and Engineering students on consultancy projects, including mentoring a Life Cycle Assessment project and app development for optimization of electric vehicle (EV) charging resources. I led the Smart Mobility Living Lab: London (SMLL) Shared Research Program EV charging, servicing and stakeholder engagement workstreams - coordinating a consortium of multi-national corporation clients and led workshops for 12-18 attendees across stakeholder groups. Contributed to design and development of the autonomous vehicle test bed, ensuring sustainability considerations: developed and implemented a strategy for electric vehicle charging, as well as procurement of upcycled furniture to increase circularity. This included managing procurement, design and build: creating and disseminating RfPs, deciding on Vendor through scoring proposals, experience developing and managing contracts. Contribution to projects around energy, resources and mobility (Endeavour, IDEMA, etc.), including developing methodologies for environmental, social and economic KPIs, and frameworks and tools for corporate clients. Managing budgets and entire procurement processes.

Advising on and implementing environmental and sustainability initiatives, including: - Developed a strategy for raising awareness around the climate crisis and led the implementation of the 'KO2' series. I curated an event with a speech from renowned climate scientist, Professor Mark Maslin, and boxing at Rathbone Boxing Club to educate and inspire others to #fighttogether against climate change. I also organised a series of weekly social media challenges in the in the weeks leading up to the 2019 global climate strikes to educate and encourage others to reduce their carbon footprint in easy ways, including diet change, active transport, conscious clothes washing and reducing food waste, which gained good interaction. - Breast Cancer Now awareness event. Advising on engagement strategies and event curation & planning. - More generally advising on strategies to reduce RBC's overall operational environmental impact.

Building clients' Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) reports & RobecoSAM Sustainability disclosures. Benchmarking clients against their competitors. Developing strategies for improving sustainability reporting and disclosure scores.

Working to ensure ASOS meets compliance requirements globally for Extended Producer Responsibility legislation (packaging, WEEE, batteries, waste compliance) and chemical legislation. Owning the chemical surveillance testing programme, including leading Proposition 65 strategies. Includes financial budgeting and forecasting, preparing audits and hosting auditors. Training, liaising and building strong relationships with legal, sustainability, sourcing, buyers and merchandisers, as well as educating internally and externally throughout the supply chain. Experience using Microsoft Dynamics, managing budgets and forecasting for waste management finances.

Curating and developing the ‘Fabric of Life’ series of events on fashion and sustainability. Providing an educational journey to philanthropic donors, guiding through the environmental and sustainability issues along the fashion and textile value chain and undertaking rigorous research to ensure accurate factual insights. Analysing future trends in the fashion industry in the context of sustainability; research into innovative companies, materials and technologies also that have potential to disrupt the fashion industry and aid sustainability. Social media support using Wix, Canva and MailChimp and events support.

Led and undertook a comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) using SimaPro, following ISO 14044 methodology.

Specialist option: Business & the Environment. Post-graduate thesis: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of a bio-based leather-alternative material following ISO 14044 methodology and analysis of its potential to aid sustainability within the fashion and textile industry.

Dissertation: Modeling the impacts of climate change on cocoa production in Brazil. Studied Abroad for one academic year at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Studied abroad for one academic year at UCSB, as part of the Education Abroad Programme (EAP) exchange programme.

Topics covered: understanding of environmental problems caused by today’s textile industry, and point the way towards sustainable alternatives that can be implemented as a designer, retailer, or manufacturer. Review of the impact of the industry’s use of chemicals and scarce resources, poor industry practices, and waste; innovations that have the potential to solve these problems; identify more sustainable fabrics and fibres, better and cleaner production processes including dyeing and finishing, and ethical considerations such as fair trade and safe working; understand retailing considerations and closed-loop production systems; review sustainable changes in the consumption of textiles, such as garment care, recycling, upcycling and changes in consumer habits to reduce landfill when buying clothes. Involved weekly research assignments and live individual presentations via videoconferencing to the rest of the class (~20 people).