Biography
Main responsibilities
As the Nature Stewardship Lead, Eugenie leads Aviva Investor’s work engaging and voting on natural capital issues, including biodiversity, deforestation, circular economy & plastics, hazardous chemicals and sustainable agriculture, with our public markets holdings. Eugenie is Chair of the Investor Initiative on Hazardous Chemicals.
Experience and qualifications
Eugenie was part of Greenpeace International’s Forests team, where she worked on deforestation driven by palm oil, pulp & paper, cattle and soy. Previously, she spent fourteen years as a sustainability consultant advising major international companies, including FTSE100s, on their social, ethical, and environmental strategies and performance.
Prior to consulting, Eugenie worked with EIRIS and FTSE on the creation of FTSE4Good in 2001, following an MSc in Business and Environment at Imperial College, London. She started her career as a strategy consultant with Bain & Company in London and Johannesburg, following a degree in Geography at Oxford University where she specialised in the history of climate change.
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