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Sustainability Team

The Sustainability Team are tasked with the responsibility of making NTU a more sustainable university.

Find out more about the team's roles and their sustainability colleagues across professional services.

Contact the Sustainability Team directly with any environmental suggestions, complaints and compliments via email at sustainability@ntu.ac.uk

Laura Mayhew-Manchón

Head of Sustainability

Laura is the Head of Sustainability, leading the Sustainability Team and overseeing NTU’s Embracing Sustainability Strategy and Net Zero Carbon targets. She is responsible for ensuring ownership and performance delivery against these ambitions across the entire university and with external partners. Laura is a member of the Estates Directorate Senior Management Team (SMT), where she provides vision and direction across all Estates functions, and collaborates closely with colleagues from all Departments, Schools and Professional Services to make sustainability central to NTU’s core strategy. Laura joined NTU in August 2023 following an 18-year career in environmental specialist roles across facilities management, construction, higher education, local government, and healthcare. Contact Laura

Charlotte Wood

Sustainability Manager

Charlotte joined NTU in August 2022 as Sustainability Manager, overseeing the programme management of activity to meet NTUs ambitious Net Zero Carbon targets. She works closely with the Net Zero Carbon Workstreams of Travel & Transport, Supply Chain, Partner Accommodation and Energy & Water to help plan, implement and monitor Net Zero initiatives at NTU. She heads up a small team within the Sustainability Team that works on net zero initiatives, including Peter Manning, Hettie Bawden and Paul Hook. Charlotte has a wealth of experience including 10 years working in local government in energy management and carbon reduction, plus more recently held roles as a Climate Resilience Manager and a Sustainability Programme Manager for one of the largest civil service organisations in the UK. .  Contact Charlotte

Laura Green

Environmental Manager

Laura joined the team in 2012 as an NTU Graduate in Health and the Environment. Following a number of years working on engagement activities she now focuses on the coordination and implementation of NTU’s Environmental Management System ISO14001. She heads up a small team within the Sustainability Team that works on the Environmental Management System including Jemma Maguire and Gillian Moczarski. Contact Laura

Hettie Bawden

Sustainability Projects Coordinator

Hettie previously worked at NTSU as Sustainability Officer where she implemented their ISO14001 certification and coordinated their 'Excellent' achievement on the Green Impact metric. She joins the Sustainability Team to support Net Zero Carbon Projects across the university including our Sustainable Labs framework. Contact Hettie

Peter Manning

Sustainability Officer

Peter joined the Sustainability team in March 2022, having previously worked as an environmental advisor in the waste management industry. His main focus is working on Net Zero Carbon projects and initiatives in line with NTU's Embracing Sustainability Strategy, which includes a diverse array of topics including energy and waste, construction, procurement, travel and transport. Contact Peter

Jemma Maguire

Sustainability Coordinator

Jemma is a Sustainability Coordinator and the Team's theme lead for Biodiversity. She is responsible for coordinating the conservation and enhancement of biodiversity on the NTU estate and supports the management and continual improvement of the university's ISO14001 Environmental Management System. Jemma works closely with colleagues in Capital Development, Landscape Services and academic schools to ensure that the wildlife on NTU campuses is protected, this includes acting as NTU's Hedgehog Champion for Hedgehog Friendly Campus and coordinating Great Crested Newt habitat creation at Brackenhurst Campus. Jemma joined the team in January 2022, after graduating with a Masters Degree in Biodiversity Conservation from NTU. Contact Jemma

Gillian Moczarski

Sustainability Assistant

Gill joined NTU in 2008 after working as an Environmental Implementation Officer for a Local Authority.  She supports the Environmental Manager in the running of NTU’s Environmental Management System. This includes working with the Sustainable Development Team’s partners to ensure the University is meeting its environmental responsibilities and providing sustainability awareness training to staff across NTU. Contact Gill

Lucy Yates

Sustainability Engagement Officer

Lucy joined the team in 2021 after previously working in a Students' Union and a conservation charity to organise events and develop community engagement projects. Her main focus is to increase awareness amongst NTU staff and students about ways to integrate sustainability into their behaviours, create opportunities and projects for the NTU community focusing on sustainability, work with external stakeholders, and to uphold the communications of the Sustainability Team. Contact Lucy

Janhavi Sharma

Sustainability Engagement Assistant

Janhavi is the student placement in the team who is mainly working on engagement. Her work consists of assisting individual members of the team with various projects and tasks. Also helping to deliver effective communications through creating content and posting on our social media channels; promoting volunteering opportunities and the ‘Green Rewards Programme’’ and generally getting involved in increasing engagement with students and staff by hosting and delivering Sustainability events and projects. Contact Janhavi

Paul Hook

Cycle Hire Coordinator

Paul is our resident bike mechanic at the workshop behind the City Students’ Union. He can help with repairs or loan you a bike on Mondays and Thursdays 10 pm - 4 pm. Contact Paul

Tracey Lloyd

Lead Allotment Gardener

Tracey has led our weekly volunteering sessions, educating both staff and students since 2014. Tracey has extensive experience in harvesting fresh organic fruit and vegetables using sustainable and zero waste practices. She has also connected our Clifton campus allotment to the Nottingham Growing Network to support local community wellbeing through improved access to nature and green spaces. Contact Tracey

Emily Spencer

Senior Sustainability Projects Officer

Emily joined NTU in October 2022, having previously worked as an Environment Officer at another University. After a period within the Sustainability team on Net Zero Carbon projects, she now works within Campus Services to implement Sustainability Initiatives with external partners. Emily focuses on Sustainable Transport initiatives alongside working with accommodation and service providers in line with NTU's Embracing Sustainability Strategy.  Contact Emily

Claire Davies

Sustainable Procurement Project Manager

Claire works in the Procurement Team as a Sustainable Procurement Project Manager, working on helping the university reduce its scope 3 emissions. Contact Claire

Want to learn more about the team and what we do? Contact us