Amanda Thomas Email & Phone Number

Salisbury, Gb

Salisbury, Gb

Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

1/3 of all food produced is either lost or wasted. This 1 billion tons of food waste contributes between 8-10% of all GHG emissions and threatens our ability to grow a secure supply of food to feed an ever-growing and food insecure global population.Anthesis helps food businesses, retailers, manufacturers, industry bodies, investment communities and growers to accelerate their progress in reducing food waste thereby reducing emissions, social impacts and costs. Specifically, we:- Help organisations understand where to start with your Food Loss and Waste journey. - Train and educate your stakeholders in the importance of tackling food waste, the process and methodologies to collect data and develop reduction strategies- Conduct data collation, reporting requirements and scope 3 supplier reporting engagement in line with Food Loss and Waste protocols and frameworks globally. - Develop bespoke food waste reduction strategies and interventions, develop pilots and scale implementation within your business- Build food surplus and re-distribution strategies and partnerships- Create Circular Economy strategies and innovations for food waste, closing the loop in food- Develop consumer communications campaigns and behaviour change interventions to nudge positive behaviour change with regards household food waste

Engaged with key stakeholders to devise KP's People and Planet programmes and strategies across 15 brands and 8 sites, targeting impact areas of food waste, packaging waste, carbon footprint, biodiversity, diversity & inclusion and sustainable nutrition & consumption.Worked internally with 8 sites to develop and implement food waste reduction targets, delivering 70% food waste reduction.Engaged with key stakeholders across the KP value chain to analyse and identify waste drivers and devise holistic approaches including circularity, specification changes, waste re-use to drive overall waste reductions.Embedded framework for sustainable business transformation introducing tools & solutions such as Circular Economy, Value Chain, Life Cycle Assessment, Regenerative Agriculture, Sustainable Product Design, Systems Thinking and the need for external partnerships to empower teams to take positive action and impact with their brands.Developed and delivered internal sustainability communications and embedded People & Planet strategy & goals into Marketing, R&D & Ops teams. Ran internal pilot brand multi-stakeholder workshop identifying social and environmental impact hotspots across all scopes and in the value chain. Prioritised sustainable development focus areas. Workshop format will form basis of future workshop rollout across other brands and geographies in the Group.Developed and delivered bespoke food system and sustainable diets training, successfully educating Marketing teams. Workshop was pivotal to internal engagement, empowerment and ensuing positive impact initiatives. Acted as a key link between Marketing and Sustainability teams facilitating understanding, enabling work streams, programmes and bridging sustainability skills & knowledge gaps.Created new People and Planet business-wide sustainability impact metrics tracker to ensure accountability and responsibility within brand teams.

U.K.

Programme Manager across 4 major, strategic, new-to-business international cross-functional brand projects spanning 8 EU countries, delivering improved sourcing, sustainability, local marketing and ranges. Established new cross-functional & cross-country ways of working, re-defining the global approach and gained trust & respect across the Group for collaboration, project management and communication. Global portfolio management and innovation platform development maximising synergies and resource-useDeveloped, trained and mentored all local brand marketing teams in best-practice ways of working.Co-ordinated new brand launch projects in 8 EU markets, & 3 N. American and Asia-Pac markets. Created global brand playbook and associated global brand assets for use across 25+ markets

Salisbury, United Kingdom

Sustainable Marketing Consultancy helping brands devise sustainable propositions and strategies both at home and abroad.Clients include:Little Freddie organic baby foodLoveRaw vegan chocolate Lockerley Estate regenerative farmingWelovebricks - toy rental serviceFit Kit - all-natural fitness personal care

Herefordshire, Uk

Responsible for the international marketing via B2B distributor network of the Tyrrells brand across 40 plus countries. Developed relationships with local markets and commercial teams to effectively launch, market and position Tyrrells in export markets. Launched brand with full support in both USA and Australia.

Chicago, Usa

Introduced this fast-growing and innovative baby food brand to the USA market rapidly gaining awareness and visibility in retail and within parent communities. Brand experienced double-digit growth with careful, creative management of tight budget and resources and a great team of passionate and motivated brand advocates.

Greater Chicago Area

Andover, Uk

Lead a team of 7 instilling and establishing marketing as a core function of the business that can drive strategic thinking, planning and ultimately position brand favourably for growth and success.

Winchester, Uk

Winchester, Uk

Stroud, Uk

Institute For Sustainability Leadership, Business Sustainability Management

Pg Diploma, Marketing

Post-Graduate Diploma in Marketing

Bsc, Marketing And Modern Languages