Our sustainability team

Katie Clegg

Director

Katie is Director of Sustainability at Leeds Trinity University. Reporting directly to the Chief Operating Officer and as a member of the University Leadership Group, Katie is responsible for leading, developing and embedding the institutional sustainability strategy, ensuring the University takes responsibility for our environmental, social and community impacts. Katie oversees and leads on the University’s commitment to aligning its work with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Katie works collaboratively across the leadership team and engages across our whole community to embed sustainability principles into policies and processes, ensure our community has the knowledge and capacity to contribute towards our sustainability goals and ensure we are developing graduates with sustainability values through our sustainable curriculum programme.

Katie works alongside the Director of Estates and their team to meet the challenges of decarbonisation to meet our Net Zero commitments and the environmental impact of our estate. Katie also leads on internal and external community strategies and our social impact agenda, with a focus on collaborating to ensure social justice, inclusion and widening participation as a part of the University’s strategic goals.

Email: k.clegg@leedstrinity.ac.uk

Katie Clegg.

Bill Townend

Sustainability Manager

Bill is the Sustainability Manager at Leeds Trinity University. Reporting to the Head of Estates and Facilities, Bill is responsible for monitoring and managing the environmental impacts of the estate, including supporting our estate decarbonisation strategy, developing environmental management procedures and strategies, and collaborating across the University to implement initiatives to reduce our consumption and waste. Bill chairs the cross-sectional Sustainability Champions Network group and supports communication of sustainability initiatives and successes.  

Prior to joining Leeds Trinity University, Bill worked within the Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) industry at Ilke Homes. As Waste Stream and Environment Manager, Bill formed the organisation's strategic focus around waste and resource efficiency, promoting circular economy and sustainable practices throughout the business, and championing a culture of responsibility. Bill was also responsible for Sustainability reporting for the business and worked to implement the ISO14001:2015 and CHAS accreditations.

Before Ilke Homes, Bill's career was within the circular bioeconomy sector, as an Assistant Quality Manager at MBP Solutions. At MBP, Bill was responsible for coordinating ISCC and RSB sustainability certifications.

Earlier in his career, Bill worked for a number of years within the NHS, supporting the development of bespoke databases within Cardiology and Cardiothoracic departments before pursuing a bachelor's degree in Environmental Science at the University of York.

Email: w.townend@leedstrinity.ac.uk

Bill Townend.

Joanna Hynes

Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director

Joanna is the Executive Lead for Sustainability, who sits on the University Executive Group and reports to the Board of Governors. Joanna is accountable for the strategic direction, executive leadership and sponsorship for sustainability, delegating authority to Katie Clegg. 

Email: j.hynes@leedstrinity.ac.uk

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Laura De Pretto

Senior Lecturer

Laura chairs and leads our Interdisciplinary Environmental Sustainability Research Group for academic staff to collaborate on research opportunities and share best practice in environmental sustainability research. 

Email: l.depretto@leedstrinity.ac.uk

Research profile: https://research.leedstrinity.ac.uk/en/persons/laura-de-pretto

 

Profile photograph of Laura De Pretto.

Sustainability Champions Network

Supporting the Sustainability team is a group of Staff Sustainability champions, representing different departments and schools across the University.

The group has a dedicated Teams network to share events, ideas and best practice and meets every two months.

If you are interested in joining the Sustainability Champions Network, please contact Katie or Bill.

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