Trainer Directory

A/Professor Chandana Hewege

Chandana R. Hewege holds a Ph.D. in Management from the Monash University, a Master of Business Administration Degree and a BSc.(Bus Admn) Honors Degree from the University of Sri J’pura, Sri Lanka. He is currently attached to the Swinburne School of Business, Law & Entrepreneurship-Australia. Chandana’s academic and professional experiences are predominantly centred on teaching, research and industry consultancy. Chandana is a founding member of the team that pioneered Carbon Literacy Training for academics in Victoria, Australia. Chandana and his team won the (1) 2023 Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) Network Award for Climate Action and (2) 2023 Vice Chancellor Award under Accountable category for taking climate action.

Apart from being a Carbon Literate academic and a trainer, Chandana has published widely in reputed academic journals. Chandana’s academic research encompasses a wide spectrum of research areas such as corporate social responsibility and sustainability, management controls of transitional economies, marketing, logistics, international business and research methodology. He has published research papers in Journal of consumer Behaviour, Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Australasian Marketing Journal, Marketing Intelligence and Planning, Journal of Consumer Marketing, International Journal of Consumer Studies, International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Journal of Marketing and Logistics, Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, Social Responsibility Journal, Accounting, Auditing, Accountability Journal, Journal of International Business Education, Critical Perspectives on International Business and Yong Consumers, Sustainability.

Sectors of Expertise:
Universities, Private education providers, training institutions, other education providers in Australia, Work Integrated Learning Partners Organisations.

Organisations this Trainer has delivered Carbon Literacy to:
Hawthorn Campus -Swinburne University of Technology; Sarawak (Malaysia) Campus-Swinburne University; Federation University-Melbourne Australia, Deakin University-Melbourne Australia, Emerging Leaders Program of Employability Unit of Swinburne University, Australian Business Deans Council / PRME CLT for Australian Business School academics.

Languages:
English (Advanced), Sinhalese (Native).

Pricing guidelines:
Swinburne University approved rates apply in general. Open to negotiation given the special needs of the client.

Adam James West

Adam delivers training for Coastal Housing Group as one of two Carbon Literacy trainers at their place of business. He has successfully delivered over a dozen sessions. James holds a Masters degree in Regeneration Studies from Cardiff University which included an optional module on environmental policy.  He is currently completing a professional doctorate at Cardiff Metropolitan University where his research focusses on creating and implementing Coastal’s sustainability strategy.

Sectors of expertise:
Social housing, regeneration, sustainable business transitions.

Organisations this Trainer has delivered Carbon Literacy to:
Coastal Housing Group.

Languages:
Welsh (working), German (working).

Pricing guidelines:
James would be willing to deliver training to other housing associations, subject to agreement with Coastal Housing Group.

Alan Peddie

Alan has worked in the environmental sector for 12 years and counting. He specialises in sustainability training as both a Training Manager at the University of Edinburgh and as a founder of his own consultancy Practical Sustainability Training. He has trained over 5,000 people from all walks of life.

Sectors of expertise:
Higher Education, Sport, General Carbon Literacy delivery.

Organisations this trainer has already delivered Carbon Literacy to include:
University of Edinburgh, Colchester Institute, Scottish Sport Scotland.

Sectors of expertise:
Alan is happy to make the course at cost then deliver at a negotiable rate.

Alex Eburne

Alexandra Woodford

Alexandra is a postgraduate researcher at the University of Leeds whose work investigates how ideas of justice can be functionally used to encourage developed economies to deliver a higher quality of climate finance to developing ones. As such, Alexandra is really engaged with issues around the climate crisis and is passionate about communicating and discussing this subject matter with others. To this end, she has delivered a multitude of successful Carbon Literacy sessions to undergraduates and is looking forward to delivering sessions, both at the University and to a wider range of people, in future!

Sectors of Expertise:
Public sector.

Organisations this trainer has already delivered Carbon Literacy to include:
Leeds University Business School.

Alison Criddle

Alison is the Museum Development Officer for Environmental Responsibility at Museum Development North West, where she helped to co-develop the Carbon Literacy for Museums Toolkit as part of the Roots and Branches project.

Previously Projects and Sustainability Coordinator at HOME, Manchester, she was instrumental in ensuring that environmental sustainability is embedded into each aspect of the organisation’s operations and activities. Core projects included developing a sector-specific Carbon Literacy package in which she delivered training to over 160 people, including sector neighbours and partner organisations, with HOME becoming the first arts venue in the world to achieve 100% staff certified as Carbon Literate.

A member of the Manchester Arts Sustainability Team (MAST), she collaborates with wider networks including Manchester Climate Change Agency to support Greater Manchester’s Zero Carbon 2038 ambitions.

Sectors of expertise:
Public & Charity Sector, Arts & Cultural, Stakeholder Engagement, Higher Education

Organisations this trainer has already delivered Carbon Literacy to:
HOME; WSP; AutoTrader; Transport for Greater Manchester; British Cycling; Abandon Normal Devices; Castlefield Gallery;  The Pankhurst Trust/Manchester Women’s Aid.

Pricing guidelines:
Price quotations for specific work available upon request.

Alison Tomlin

Alison is a Director and Co-Founder at Speak Carbon Collective. She regularly delivers Carbon Literacy training to local authorities, businesses, universities and non-profit organisations. In addition to this, Alison develops organisationally bespoke Carbon Literacy courses in collaboration with organisations from a range from sectors.

Alison is also the sector lead for education at Speak Carbon. She is working to build relationships with schools and other educational settings, and coordinating the development of materials to support delivery of CL in these settings. This work is making CL learning more accessible to both staff and students across the UK.

Sectors of expertise:
Education, SMEs, communities, non-profits.

Organisations this Trainer has delivered Carbon Literacy to:
Universities: Leeds University Business School, University of Westminster, University of Hull,
Local Authorities: Torbay Council, East Devon Council, London Borough of Waltham Forest, London Borough of Haringey, Spelthorne Borough Council, Brighton & Hove City Council, North Northamptonshire Council, Arun District Council, Surrey County Council, Lampton Group.
Law Firms: DLA Piper, Osborne Clarke.
Non-profits & charities: Yorkshire Dales Millenium Trust, City & Guilds.

Languages:
English

Pricing guidelines:
Price quotations for specific work available upon request.

Andrea Wood

With over 25 years of experience in senior positions within the education and training sector, Andrea is well placed to create and deliver engaging Carbon Literacy training  and to use her skills and expertise to educate people from all spheres of work and or study to play thier role in combating the climate crisis.

Sectors of expertise:
Delivering CLT to SMEs, Public Services and Professional Sport Clubs and Working and Consulting and Training across the education sector, creating CLT training for organisations and supporting them to become Carbon Literate Organisations.

Organisations this Trainer has already delivered Carbon Literacy to:
Clearly Drinks, North Edge, Barkers, Bouygues Construction, Reaseheath College, Aberdeen FC, Forest School, Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue, Chester FC and over 250 SMEs.

Pricing guidelines:
Price quotations available upon request.

Andy Wilson

Andy has been working in the environmental sector for over 10 years. Currently progressing an MSc in Carbon Management with a BSc Hons in Ecology, Andy has been designing and delivering Carbon Literacy training courses to hundreds of individuals across a range of sectors including healthcare, construction, housing associations, local authorities and other public bodies.

Andy has worked hard to roll out the delivery of the training across Great Places Housing, achieving Carbon Literacy Platinum status for the organisation in 2020 by enabling 80% of the workforce to achieve the standard. With a friendly and engaging style, Andy has delivered the training to several groups of senior leaders and adapted the materials to a variety of audiences, including Vickers Electronics, Salford CCG, The Trafford Centre (INTU), Wigan Council, TFGM, Salford Council, Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire East councils.

Andy has also supported The Environment Agency to update their Carbon Literacy resources and worked in partnership with MMU. This has involved developing and delivering a range of local authority senior leaders and councillors’ Carbon Literacy courses in addition to Carbon Literacy Train the Trainer sessions for individuals across several housing associations in England and Wales.

Sectors of expertise:
Housing associations, Construction, Public sector bodies.

Organisations this trainer has already delivered Carbon Literacy to:
Great Places Housing; Southway housing; Wythenshawe Community Housing Group; Cheshire Fire and rescue service; Salford Council; Tysons construction; Wigan Council; Bolton at home; Magenta Living, Heads of Planning Scotland (HOPS); Stockport Council; Trafford Council; Abri housing, Vickers Energy; The Environment Agency; Salford CCG; The Trafford Centre (INTU); TFGM; Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire East councils.

Pricing guidelines:
Price quotations for specific work available upon request.

Anna Wyse

Originally trained as an engineer, Anna has been working in environmental management and sustainability for 20 years. She is passionate about low carbon lifestyles and was delighted to qualify as a Carbon Literacy trainer in January 2024, having taught over 150 colleagues at Winchester City Council and taking it to CLO Silver status.

This compliments her extensive experience in developing low carbon trajectories for organisations and in project managing building retrofit (commercial and residential).

Sectors of expertise:
Local Authority and Higher Education, now developing expertise in historic buildings and faith in my new role at Westminster Abbey.

Organisations this Trainer has delivered Carbon Literacy to:
Winchester City Council (to CLO Silver) and some experience at University of Winchester.

Anne Snelson

A sustainability consultant, specialising in communications and marketing, with decades of experience working in the transport, automotive, telecoms and real estate sectors.

Sectors of expertise:
Transport/Automotive,Real Estate,Telecoms

Organisations this Trainer has delivered Carbon Literacy to:
Bicycle Association, Chartered Institute of Highways and Transportation, British Parking Association, Landor Links, Connected Kerb, PHM, Stagecoach, Northern Ireland Office, VW, Aecom, Arup, Cenex.

Pricing guidelines:
£100-125 per person including certification fee
£700 group day rate for up to 18 people excluding certification fee (as the latter varies with company turnover).

Anne-Marie Soulsby

Annie has always been passionate about the environment. She first became aware of the fragility of our planet from hearing news reports as a child of the ’80s, watching the destruction of the rainforests, the devastating oil spills and the hole in the ozone layer. This spurred her to gain an undergraduate degree in Environmental Science from the University of Leeds and a Master’s in Conservation Biology from Manchester Metropolitan University. She’s led ecologically-focussed projects in Africa, won awards at a climate change solution competition at MIT University, consulted for the World Bank, and contributed to the IUCN’s Red List, an inventory of the global conservation status of biological species at the Institute of Zoology. She is currently eco-renovating her house, chairing a local climate action group, a spokesperson for a divestment campaign and the climate champion of her hometown. She established The Sustainable Life Coach to empower others to become eco-confident in their lifestyles and businesses through Carbon Literacy training, Coaching and Net Zero accelerator programmes.

Sectors of expertise:
Individuals, Sole traders, Freelancers & entrepreneurs, SMEs, Community groups, Town & Parish Councils, Marketing professionals, and large corporates.

Organisations this Trainer has already delivered Carbon Literacy to include:
Ashington Town Council.

The Carbon Literacy courses that she has created currently include:

• Individuals
• Sole Traders, Freelancers & Entrepreneurs
• SMEs
• Marketing Professionals

Pricing guidelines:
Please check with Annie for current & best pricing options.
For open courses, per learner:

• £99 for Individuals;
• £130 for Sole traders, freelancers & entrepreneurs;
• £130 SMEs;
• £165 Marketing professionals;
• £130 Town & Parish council.

For closed courses; please choose times, dates, etc., that suit you & your team. Minimum ten persons. Discounts available; pricing on application.

Aoife Hutton

Aoife Hutton works with the private, public and third sector to support their response to the climate crisis. She specialises in climate risk and adaptation, supporting communities, organisations and places to become more resilient to climate impacts, with an emphasis on fairness, justice and participatory approaches. Her previous work includes developing and delivering Carbon Literacy training for a range of sectors including construction, housing, transport, and hospitality. Available for occasional freelance work, please enquire.

Sectors of expertise:
Local authorities, communities, construction, housing, hospitality, SMEs

Languages:
English, Irish (Intermediate)

Pricing guidelines:
Price quotations available upon request.

Becky Valentine

Becky Valentine is Sustainability Consultant at, and co-owner of, Spenbeck, a multi-award-winning family business helping businesses, schools and charities improve their sustainability, wellbeing and performance.

Winner of the 2022 Business Desk East Midlands Green Leader Award, certified Carbon Literacy Facilitator and retrofit lead for 40,000ft² of Grade II Listed heritage commercial portfolio, Becky leverages her 12 years’ expertise in sustainable heritage buildings and operations and over 10 years’ teaching experience to help clients embed sustainability and climate change mitigation across their operations, with particular focus on delivering training and workshops.

Complemented by her former teaching career and current role as Associate Lecturer in Sustainability at Nottingham Trent University, Becky’s expertise is repeatedly sought after for expert panels, lectures, podcasts and feature articles.

Sectors of expertise:
Heritage, Family Business, SMEs, Businesses.

Organisation this Trainer has delivered Carbon Literacy to:
Historic England, Heritage Trust Network, Nottingham BID companies, North Nottinghamshire BID companies (varying sizes).

Bethan Harvey

Bethan is passionate about fighting apathy through education and empowerment. She is a qualified adult trainer (PGCET) with 6 years of experience in adult and community education including, A-level, personal tutoring, Welsh for Adults and Carbon Literacy.

She has been delivering Carbon Literacy via Cynnal Cymru since December 2020, where she has routinely delivered Carbon Literacy at work; as an open course attracting participants from around the world and for dedicated teams. She has also co-developed a community and a Train-the-Trainer course to enable further peer-to-peer learning. Bethan does not believe that levels of education or confidence should be barriers to achieving Carbon Literacy or a person’s full potential.

Sectors of expertise:
Community/ Open Course/ At work/ Train-the-Trainer.

Organisations this trainer has already delivered Carbon Literacy to include:
Digital Public Services, Monmouthshire County Council, Newport City Council, with open course attendees from Principality Building Society, National Theatre Wales, Dwr Cymru, National Resources Wales and UPS.

Pricing guidelines:
Price quotations for specific work available upon request.

Billy (William) Mollison

Billy first entered into the training profession in 1977, where he trained as an Executive Staff Trainer through the Civil Service Training College. He has designed and delivered a multitude of courses, including those focusing on soft skills, various products, a range of services, and technical skills.

Billy has designed and delivered courses for companies in the UK, Bahrain, and Bermuda. Additionally, he has also chaired and presented at international events in the UK and the Gulf Region.

Billy established Peak Governance Business Advisors Ltd in 2017, and has devoted much of his time to studying the impacts of climate change. In this regard, he has designed, developed, and delivered Carbon Literacy courses, where he has successfully delivered training to a wide range of learners seeking accreditation by The Carbon Literacy Project.

Through his company, Billy provides a range of advice relating to compliance with The Environment Act 2021 and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. This is enhanced through the Carbon Literacy training and Net Zero sessions which Billy runs for clients.

He also provides frameworks for successfully combating climate change; sustainability, and business resilience including strategies for reducing Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions, managing climate change risk, climate change policies, and climate change KPIs.

Sectors of expertise:
Public sector: central government; education (He is an NED on an MAT); water sector.
Private sector: financial industry; NED charitable sector; CIC; property; mentoring; coaching.

Organisations this trainer has already delivered Carbon Literacy to:
Navigator Blue (Belfast); Waterwise, Automedi; Green Energy Futures; Ringo; OSB Group, Jerwood Arts; The Water Report; The Society For The Environment; Berry Bros. & Rudd; Yulan Sustainability; Planit-IE, Hub Residential; Fibertex; Oncology Imaging Systems Ltd; Majken (Switzerland); Go Green Ltd; innovation leap ltd; Taylor Wessing LLP; Veolia UK and Ireland; Optimum Business Growth; Product for Net Zero; The European Marine Energy Centre Ltd; Black Vanilla (Guernsey); ImPower (London and Belfast); Hilltop Sustainability; Neo-G, The Arts Council; The Theatre Royal Plymouth; Hiden Analytical Ltd; Edinburgh University (Masters’ student); The Carbon Literacy Project (Mia Stone); Wordsworth Excavations.

Pricing guidelines:
£150.00, including Certification Fee for training delivered remotely.
For in-house for a company, POA.

Caroline Harmon

Caroline has worked in the environmental sector for more than 25 years, working for a number of environmental charities before becoming a Carbon Literacy trainer in 2019. She has delivered training to more than 1000 people. In 2020 she created the world’s first online Carbon Literacy course. She has created seven different version of Carbon Literacy including one for Local Authorities (before a Local Authority toolkit existed), one for communities, two for organisations interested in rolling out Carbon Literacy in their own organisation, two for the Church of England and one for the Scottish Episcopal Church.

She has also created and delivers a Carbon Literacy Train the Trainers course for new and aspiring trainers across a number of sectors.

Sectors of expertise:
Interested Organisations, Train the Trainers, Local Authorities, Churches, Communities.

Organisations this Trainer has delivered Carbon Literacy to:
Church of England, Scottish Episcopal Church, Redditch Borough Council, Bromsgrove District Council, DeMontfort University, Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Local Authorities Energy Partnership, Zest UK Ltd.

Chris Low

Chris completed his Train-the-Trainer program in 2020 and has since worked as a Carbon Literacy Trainer for nearly four years. He has experience conducting training sessions in various formats, both in-person and online, catering to diverse demographic groups, including students and university staff.

His educational background includes a degree in environmental science and an MRes in Biodiversity, Evolution, and Conservation. Presently, he holds a part-time position at The Carbon Literacy Project, where he works as an accreditations coordinator for the Criteria Checking Team, offering them the latest experience in delivering materials related to Carbon Literacy.

Chris also possesses a strong enthusiasm for integrating his environmental expertise into the creative arts and fashion sector, with a particular focus on advancing climate action within these industries.

Sectors of expertise:
Conservation, Environmental Science, Fashion

Organisations this Trainer has already delivered Carbon Literacy to include:
Manchester Metropolitan University.

Languages:
English

Pricing guidelines:
Price quotations for specific work available upon request.

Christiane Startin-Lorent

Christiane is a freelance trainer and owner of Lorent Training, who has expertise in multiple sectors in addition to training development and delivery experience.

Christiane has gained extensive knowledge from managerial and training roles both in the Food and the Fashion Retail Sectors. Christiane is qualified in Business Sustainability Management as certified by the University of Cambridge’s Institute for Sustainability Leadership. She has also knowledge of Fashion Sustainability and Zero Carbon practices, as well as Local Government. Christiane holds a BA (Hons) in French and Business Studies as well as a Level 3 City & Guilds Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector qualification.

Christiane delivers training to Small and Medium Businesses across sectors and has experience with delivery to local authorities and individuals. She also develops training with educational institutions and has supported the Carbon Literacy Project with toolkit development and piloting.

Sectors of expertise:
Private Sector – Micro, small and medium business, Fashion and Food Retail; Public Sector – Local Authorities, Parish and Town Councils.

Organisations this trainer has already delivered Carbon Literacy to include:
Small and medium businesses, Parish and Town Councils, Local Authorities, Local Interested Individuals.

Pricing guidelines:
Price quotations for specific work available upon request.

Christopher Price

A Carbon Literacy pioneer, Christopher delivered his first course in 2014 and has since gone on to help many hundreds of people earn their Carbon Literacy stripes.

Working with diverse groups, both office and field-based, he caters for a wide variety of learning styles to encourage group discussion, while challenging preconceptions to highlight the hidden carbon emissions from our everyday decisions.  By presenting key scientific concepts in accessible ways he encourages the engagement required to bring lasting change to communities and workplaces.

Initially specialising in the housing sector, he has gone on to write and deliver training to a local church and community centre to help them achieve ECO Church status, as well as working with a global manufacturing business to track carbon emissions through their Environmental Product Declarations.

With a detailed knowledge of carbon reduction, gathered through more than a decade in housing energy and environmental sustainability, he is currently working to improve construction standards and reduce carbon emissions from new build homes.

Away from Carbon Literacy, Christopher is also a member of the Manchester and District Bee Keepers and has a passion for sustainable travel.

Sectors of expertise:
Social Housing, professionals, operatives, faith groups.

Organisations this trainer has already delivered Carbon Literacy to include:
Salford Council, Oldham Council, Salford CCG, Great Places Housing Group, Mosscare Housing, Southway Housing, Trafford Housing Trust, First Choice Homes Oldham, Inspire Community Hub and Church.

Pricing guidelines:
Price quotations for specific work available upon request.