Resource Futures joins CIWM’s Policy and Innovation Forum

CIWM has overhauled and expanded its Policy and Innovation Forum as it looks to ‘move the world beyond waste’, relaunching with a new membership consisting of academics, policy specialists, and industry leaders – including Resource Futures’ Policy Lead Susan Evans.

The Policy and Innovation (P&I) Forum is intended to act as a forward-looking think tank to influence and shape resource and waste management policy, as well as acting as a central hub for thought leadership in the sector.

The move comes as CIWM looks to promote increased collaboration and direction across the organisation’s Specialist Expert Groups (SEGs) – which are overseen by the P&I Forum – and allow the organisation to more directly influence and impact sector research and policy making.

The updated P&I Forum will now comprise of the following members:
• Marcus Gover (former CEO at WRAP)
• Emma Beal (West London Waste Authority)
• Susan Evans (Resource Futures)
• Jacob Hayler (ESA)
• Wayne Hubbard (ReLondon)
• Chris Jonas (Tolvik)
• Lorna Pannett (Ricardo)
• Adam Read (SUEZ UK)
• Chris Sherrington (Eunomia)
• Claire Shrewsbury (WRAP)
• Sophie Thomas (Etsaw)
• Costa Velis (University Colled London)
• Tim Walker (arc21, CIWM’s President)
• Dan Cooke (CIWM)
• Lee Marshall (CIWM)

Marcus Gover, who will take on the role of Chair within the Forum, comments: “From industry leaders to specialist academics, we are bringing together a wealth of expertise with a deep knowledge of innovative practices to help shape progressive policy within resource and waste management, and identifying vital opportunities for us to move towards a low-carbon, resource-efficient, and more circular UK economy.”

About Resource Futures
Resource Futures is an organisation accelerating the shift towards a circular world: putting reuse, repair, recycling and restorative practices at the heart of the fight to address the climate crisis.

Working across consultancy, communities and data, Resource Futures supports organisations, governments, NGOs, non-profits and community groups to rebalance their relationships with resources, facilitating the shift to circular and regenerative models that retain and restore rather than extract and deplete.

About CIWM
CIWM is the leading professional body for the resource and waste management sector representing over 7,000 individuals and 250 organisations in the UK, Ireland and overseas.

Established in 1898, CIWM is a non-profit making organisation, dedicated to the promotion of professional competence amongst waste managers. CIWM seeks to raise standards for those working in and with the sector by producing best practice guidance, developing educational and training initiatives, and providing information on key waste-related issues. More information can be found at www.ciwm.co.uk