We have an established network of expert individuals. We are able to build bespoke teams for individual client requirements, managed and co-ordinated by Challenge Sustainability.
We have an established network of expert individuals. We are able to build bespoke teams for individual client requirements, managed and co-ordinated by Challenge Sustainability.
Louise Hawson is a specialist sustainability consultant with more than 25 years’ experience working with clients from mid-cap companies to multi-national corporations and government agencies. As Director of Sustainable Balance, her work focuses on improving the effectiveness of sustainable sourcing programs in agricultural supply chains, through strategic risk assessment, supplier engagement, and intelligent approaches to GHG and ESG reporting requirements. She is also an expert assurance advisor, with particular interest in how audits can support continuous improvement. She has developed protocols, guidance and rating systems for supplier audit programmes, including company-owned and third-party standards. She is currently technical advisor to Sustainable Agriculture Initiative’s Third-Party Verification and Audit programme.
Hope is a consultant with 20 years' experience advising businesses on social, community and human rights risks. She has worked with multinationals and start ups, NGOs and industry associations. She spent 12 years living and working in the Arabian Gulf working with a range of oil and gas and mining clients on social performance, human rights risk management and worker welfare, and has also worked in West Africa for a range of extractive sector clients. In the UK, she has experience of the consumer goods and construction industries having worked as Human Rights Manager at Haleon plc, and as Human Rights Advisor to Barratt Redrow. Hope led a research programme and authored a report into modern slavery and human trafficking in the financial services sector in partnership with the UK government, the UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, banks and civil society. She has led BCorp accreditation and drafted public disclosures to meet international standards and human rights legislation. She has an MA in Human Rights and Global Ethics from the University of Leicester focusing on migrant worker rights in Qatar, and an MSc in International Development from SOAS. Skills include strategy and policy development, impact assessment and risk management, due diligence, project management, training, and external disclosure.
Asri Putri is an Indonesian consultant with more than 11 years of professional experience in different organizations. She graduated cum laude Master of Marketing Communication from the University of Indonesia. She began her career in the communication field and progressed to work for the sustainability and communication department at Sinarmas Asia Pulp and Paper, one of the biggest pulp and paper companies worldwide. Asri is now an independent sustainability and communication consultant. Since 2018, she has provided consultancy for the Anambas Foundation and acts as Program Manager. In 2019, she founded a social enterprise called Echosystem Indonesia.
Grace Cheah is a Singapore-based associate of Challenge Sustainability, providing sustainability related consulting services. She has 12 years of experience in consultancy and auditing for various management system and social compliance standards. Grace previously worked for DNVGL in their Singapore office, responsible for sustainability assurance work with clients including Globe Telecoms, Manilla Water, and Keppel Corporation. Grace has an Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment (ACTA) and has delivered public training for organisations such as Singapore Stock Exchange, Singapore Green Building Council and Singapore Management University. Her previous experience includes report writing and external assurance on sustainability reports and integrated reports for various companies including CH Offshore, Memories Group, Yoma Strategic Holdings, and Sembcorp Marine.
Lucy Connell has over 20 years’ experience in the global telecommunications and sustainable business sector. She now works as an independent consultant with a specific focus on sustainability and environmental reporting and disclosure. Lucy was Group Environment Manager at Vodafone where she was responsible for developing Vodafone's environmental and climate strategy and emissions targets across the worldwide operating companies in the Group. Prior to that Lucy was in the sustainability team at Nokia for 10 years where she held various environmental management roles addressing design for environment, supply chain and recycling.
Our representative in Indonesia and South East Asia. Jerry is a passionate professional possessing strong network of opinion makers and industry leaders with over ten years' experience delivering high-value, high-impact communications initiatives in the public and private sector. Previously Jerry was Communications and Private Sector Engagement Officer for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), based in Jakarta. Before this position he was a Communications Consultant for the World Bank.