Blueprint for a sustainable future
Helen Sheppard joined RX as sustainability director in January 2022 . Here she talks about what inspired her to take on the role at and how the company is aiming to achieve net zero carbon by 2050 ( or earlier ), as a founder signatory of UFI ’ s event industry pledge . Sheppard started her career in the charity sector before joining RX owners RELX in 2011 and has spent the past 10 years in a number of corporate social responsibility roles . She helped develop and implement RELX ’ s inclusion and diversity strategy which has now been rolled out globally across the organisation
What inspired you to take on the new role of sustainability director at RX ? RX has undergone huge transformational change over the past two years in the wake of Covid-19 , and I saw a real opportunity to drive the sustainability agenda forward in response to climate change . My interest co-incided with RX signing UFI ’ s Net Carbon Zero Events pledge in November 2021 . RX is a founding partner of the pledge which commits the event industry to achieve net
Helen Sheppard
“ We are also setting some key metrics in areas where we can affect the biggest change , namely energy and waste . ”
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