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Prior to establishing Responsible Solutions, Ian gained over 20 years’ experience as a Business Improvement Professional within the construction industry, working in a variety of different construction sectors and roles, including contractors, consultants, and latterly within a client organisation.  

Ian's experience includes major building, road and water sectors and, throughout his career, has been both involved in and led a number of significant business process improvement projects.

In recent years, Ian has gained significant experience on the implementation and maintenance of quality and environmental management systems; development and delivery of training programs at both corporate and under-graduate levels; and application of sustainable development principles within business practices.

Over the last four years, a significant amount of Ian's work has focused on raising awareness of environmental issues within contracting organisations, central features of which have been awareness of waste management legislation; development of environmental management systems; provision of practical resource efficiency advice through Resource Efficiency Clubs; and provision of in-house training courses.

Additionally, Ian has managed a number of research projects. These include the development of leading edge assessment tools for measuring environmental sustainability including Ecological Footprinting; CEEQUAL (the Civil Engineering Environmental Quality Assessment and Awards Scheme) where he was part of a team led by the Institution of Civil Engineers; and two research projects for Envirowise focusing on packaging waste in the construction sector.

CEEQUAL is a continuing focus for Ian's work where he fulfills the role of Technical Manager.

Outside Responsible Solutions, Ian is a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers Environment and Sustainability Board and a governor of Loughborough College.  

Jo joined Responsible Solutions as an enthusiastic environmental practitioner who is passionate about improving the sustainability of the construction industry.  

Her experience has been predominantly with principal contractors within the construction industry and before joining Responsible Solutions Ltd she worked within a large national construction firm in their Health, Safety and Environmental Department, supporting the team with any environmental issues and developing a draft environmental management system.

At Responsible Solutions, her work focuses on assisting individual organisations in improving their environmental performance and sustainability. The work is split between government funded research and support work, and working with private clients on their internal projects. She is currently Project Managing the East-Midlands Construction Resource Efficiency Club; assisting with the Envirowise funded Construction Packaging Research project; and working with a regional construction contractor in the development of their Environmental Management System.

During her career to date Jo has undertaken voluntary work for Groundwork, assisting school teachers in Derbyshire in educating their pupils about waste, and developing support material. During her MSc, Jo worked with a pharmaceutical packaging company undertaking a life-cycle analysis within the aim of reducing their overall waste production and the quantity of waste produced by the packaging on their products.

In addition to her work with Responsible Solutions, Jo is keen to promote sustainability practices outside the commercial environment and within local communities. She is hopeful about being involved with BTCV’s voluntary scheme in Community Environmental Champions which should commence in early 2007.  

Chloe's recent experience lies in the Local Government sector at both District and County level. Her work here included developing policies and strategies for municipal waste management, implementing recycling and waste minimisation schemes and co-ordinating behavioural change communications campaigns.  

Her time within the public sector gave her extensive project Management experience and a grounding in the wider sustainable development agenda.

At Responsible Solutions Chloe is tasked with developing the business and promoting the services that we offer to new markets. She is also involved in a research project to better understand the resource efficiency needs of the infrastructure sectors in the construction industry.

Since 1998 Chloe have been involved in a number of small business ventures including a fair-trade fashion business and an ethical t-shirt printing company and most recently owning and managing a fair trade coffee shop in the centre of Loughborough.

Chloe is currently studying for a post graduate diploma in Environmental Policy from The Open University. She also gained a BA (Hons) in Textile Design from Loughborough University and brings her creative thinking to all the projects she is involved with. Chloepassionate about developing innovative solutions to promote and encourage sustainable development.

Outside of work Chloe's enthusiasm for the environment has led her to get involved in community projects through a number of groups and initiatives. She initiated a community recycling scheme and was a starter member of an 'eco homes' awards initiative amongst the student community in Loughborough.  

Philip completed a BSc Degree in Geography at Loughborough University which included looking at Water Resource Management, Environmental Pollution and Biogeography to name a few. This gave him the ability to collect and research data and produce reports to illustrate the research findings.  

Prior to working at Responsible Solutions Philip worked as a Project Environmental Manager for a large national construction company. I prepared, reviewed and maintained the company's Environmental Management System for the project, which included compiling Risk Assessments, Legislation Register, Project Environmental Plan, Site Waste Management Plans and Environmental Method Statements. In addition to this Philip performed noise and dust monitoring, production of environmental monthly reports and liaised with local residents and the Councils Environmental Health Officer.

Within Responsible Solutions Philip's role is predominately split between government funded research and Environmental support work. Some of the projects he is involved with are the East Midlands Construction Resource Efficiency Club; a Construction Packaging Research Project and an Infrastructure Forum project.

Philip is passionate about the environment and enjoys making a difference to people's attitudes and approach to environmental issues.