Dr. Iris Soler Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

London

Responsible for management and delivery of sustainability projects for infrastructure clients. Leading projects on utilities.

Worthing, England, United Kingdom

Leader of Strategic Climate Change Planning for the company. I worked on carbon mitigation and Net Zero decarbonization pathway for 2030 and on climate risk, vulnerability, resilience and adaptation to plan future investment required on a timely manner linked to meteorological models and predictions on climate change. I was also involved in reporting disclosures such as TCFD for investors and external stakeholders. The role involved engaging operational and asset planning teams across the whole company to design and implement interventions reducing carbon emissions for 2030 and working with external organisations and NGOs to develop biodiversity net gain, nature-based solutions and carbon sequestration projects. I was instrumental in the development of measuring embodied carbon and engaging with supply chain to understand the progressive reduction required and the commencement of the development of sustainable procurement. Leader of long term investment planning to minimise climate change risk on service delivery. This work required assessing climate hazards, vulnerabilities and future investment requirements across thousands of sites to secure the delivery of our critical water resource across the company customers.

Worthing, West Sussex, United Kingdom

Leader of environmental function that coordinates and plans the environmental and sustainability strategy, enhances technical processes and policies to reduce risks and implements innovative and sustainable solutions across the company operations.Leader on the Net Zero Carbon plan to 2030 for Southern Water.Company leader on industry environmental stakeholder engagement including all regulatory government agencies (EA, NE, DEFRA, MMO) as well as wider stakeholder groups (environment trusts and sustainability forums) to build effective and engaging relationships.Influencer of sustainability agenda across the organisation to create a positive cultural change to establish a holistic environmental compliance vision.Member of the senior leadership team and board advisor on environmental regulatory matters, risks, prioritisation and mitigations.Senior manager of high performing environmental teams leading on disciplines such as wastewater, waste and air quality management, carbon management and climate change adaptation and mitigation (Net zero carbon), biodiversity enhancements, EMS and ISO 14001 accreditation and compliance with regulatory frameworks to reduce company risks and increase resilience.Mentor of junior colleagues across the organisation.Engagement championAlways passionate on leveraging differences to maximise human capabilities and output.

Uk And Ireland

I manage the environmental function across the whole of the company in the UK and Ireland which includes around 500 locations. The role includes all waste, water and energy operations as well as the management of all environmental impacts from our corporate functions and offices. The role requires an strategic environmental focus, detailed technical knowledge and understanding of all operations with a strong capability of applying practically the requirements of environmental law. I am also the lead contact for operational matters with the Regulator.

Reading, United Kingdom

I am Veolia’s leader to assess technical environmental impacts and secure operational permits for an extensive range of new and existing infrastructure projects throughout the UK as part of long term Local Authority waste contracts. I am also the environmental lead for compliance across all types of energy and waste treatment facilities involving the development complex risk assessments, methodologies and solutions to comply with all relevant environmental regulations and management systems.I am responsible for developing systems to achieve a consistent approach for environmental compliance and permitting for long term local authority contracts. I supervise environmental beneficial projects in relation to new developments involving collaboration with other departments and supervised contractors and consultants. I am the main interface contact with the Environmental Agency and the client for regulatory affairs, environmental and technical issues for all the facilities

Hampshire

I was responsible for managing the technical support department which undertakes monitoring, licence/PPC permit applications and variations, permit management, regulatory compliance and providing support to other departments in the company on environmental matters. I was responsible for the implementation of management systems in my department and assisted in the ongoing compliance with ISO 9001/14001/18001 in all the facilities. I was also responsible for the management of H&S in my department.

Hampshire

I undertook all the environmental monitoring of the Company’s Energy Recovery Plants and provided support to comply with legislative requirements. I also implemented improvement programmes and environmental conditions in all of the plants to comply with permit requirements. I assisted in the first certification and ongoing implementation of ISO14001 in the installations and managed other major EA emission audits such as OMA.

Nationwide Uk

I developed experience across different departments within the company by working in different secondments including working within the business development department, landfill operations and energy management functions.

Phd In Oceanography, Climate Change

Subject: Climate change and greenhouse gas emissions. Project: Evaluation of carbon dioxide inputs and emissions and its consequences.

Masters In Law, Environmental Law

This is an in-depth, practical insight into the evolving nature of environmental law. One of the aims of the course is to find out.

Diploma In Business Administration, Business Administration And Management, General

Relevant subjects: Project management, Finance, Marketing, Operations and HR

Hons Degree In Science, Oeanography