Overview

Ecoveritas operates a highly experienced team in compliance, sustainability and technology development.

Our mission is to make it easy for companies to understand their obligations, get compliant and to respond appropriately through reduction, substitution and recycling.

At Ecoveritas, we love numbers. But maybe not for the reason you would think. Many of our team’s backgrounds before venturing into environmental data collection and analysis range from the studies of classical languages, geography, physics, biology, radiation protection, economics, teaching, retail and foster caring.

We are happy to have a whole analytics and data team ready to make sense of that vast amount of data available. They allow us as a business and our customers to be clear-sighted and take the right packaging decisions based on facts instead of reaching conclusions based on preconceived ideas or subjective “gut feelings”.

Sustainable packaging starts with accurate data

Established in 1999, Ecoveritas has a proud history of supporting brands, retailers and their supply chains with a wide range of environmental compliance data, sustainability consulting and packaging optimisation services.

Andrew McCaffery Chief Strategy Officer

Andrew is Chief Strategy Officer at Ecoveritas and has a career spanning more than 30 years within the environmental sector. Andrew is responsible for overseeing Ecoveritas’ transition to the new EPR and DRS systems being proposed by the UK and Scottish Governments.

Charlotte Stokes Assistant Manager

Charlotte is an Assistant Manager at Ecoveritas, managing compliance projects and bespoke reporting for her clients and has actioned packaging data submissions across the UK, Republic of Ireland, Europe and Australia.

Daniel Hammond Data Administrator

As Data Administrator at Ecoveritas, Daniel is responsible for gathering data from clients and suppliers in relation to Australasian Recycling Labels. Daniel joined Ecoveritas after graduating from Aberystwyth University with a first-class mathematics degree.

Elena Rotzokou Global EPR Researcher

Having completed her master's degree in English at the University of Oxford, Elena joined Ecoveritas as Global Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Researcher. Elena uses her advanced research, writing, and communication skills to her research on EPR regulations worldwide, report writing and blog posts, and facilitates external liaisons with clients.

Hannah Whitaker Assistant Quality Manager

Hannah is Assistant Quality Manager for the Ecoveritas Data Quality Team. Hannah uses her expertise to carry out detailed checking and quality assurance of packaging data held, ensuring accurate calculation results, and identifies improvements to the coverage and scope of the database.

Helen Hodgson Data Product Manager

Helen is Data Product Manager at Ecoveritas with 15 years' experience working with packaging data within the environmental sector. Helen works with our developers to provide systems and tools to manage, report and visualise data for Ecoveritas and our customers.

Irvin Newbitt CEO

With over 25 years of engineering, IT, and senior management experience, Irvin Newbitt is CEO of Ecoveritas. Throughout his career, Irvin has been accountable for delivering large-scale Engineering, IT, and business change programmes, from plant construction and business restructuring to mergers & acquisitions.

Jessica Draisey Data Analyst

A recent graduate of Oxford Brookes University, Jessica joined Ecoveritas with a keen interest in sustainability. As a Data Analyst, her work has included calculating packaging waste obligations and supporting clients with EPR.

Josh Remi Commercial Manager

With more than 15 years of experience in the environment and packaging sectors as a consultant and commercial lead on EPR and recyclability projects. Josh has worked with leading FMCG brands and retailers, where he has demonstrated strong knowledge of the global EPR industry.

Kathy Illingworth Head of Sustainability Consulting and Policy

Kathy has worked in packaging compliance and sustainability for 20 years, with experience in all aspects of global EPR. She is proficient in Life Cycle Analysis and carbon footprint modelling, putting these skills to good use during consultancy projects.

Kirusigan Pirakaran Data Analyst

Kirusigan supports and liaises with clients on projects and keeps up-to-date with the latest regulations and legislation to ensure we understand the impact on our clients.

Mandy Davies-Harries Business Architect

Having worked in the packaging compliance sector for 12 years, Mandy works with the development team to ensure our systems meet our business needs and our clients' data requirements.

Richard Savery Chief Technology Officer

With over 25 years of IT experience , Richard is the Ecoveritas Chief Technology Officer. Richard has built software development teams and designed enterprise grade platforms for Banks, Building Societies, Regulators, Manufacturers, Utility Companies and Legal Firms

Rebecca Webber EPR Operations Manager

Rebecca is responsible for a larger team within our operations division. Her extensive experience in client service and delivery are fundamental in driving an effective and positive environment at Ecoveritas.

Sandy Dhesi Commercial Manager

Sandy has over 20 years of experience in global EPR legislation, data management and consultancy. She has previously built up a data collection service for one of UK’s largest compliance schemes, successfully supporting businesses manage their obligations relating to producer responsibility.

Tom Hargreaves Data Administrator

Tom works as a Data Administrator at Ecoveritas and is responsible for data collection as part of the UK Packaging Waste Regulations and contributes towards the delivery of projects for large and complex clients.

Tom Sharpe Assistant Manager

Tom is responsible for overseeing accurate and timely submissions on behalf of our clients. Having worked in the packaging compliance sector for over 5 years, Tom has worked with over 50 companies in a variety of sectors to provide tailored compliance solutions for their unique business and data needs.

Ecoveritas

Ecoveritas Carbon Footprint 2021

Our carbon footprint provides one indicator of the overall environmental performance of our organisation. We have calculated this by adhering to the global accounting standard, the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. In addition to the mandatory Scope 1 (direct) and Scope 2 (indirect) emissions, we also report on the significant Scope 3 emissions from our operations. These emissions include business travel, commuting and our waste.

2021 was another unusual year for us all and like everyone, ecoveritas had to adapt our working practices due to the Covid global pandemic. This impacted our carbon footprint by reducing business travel and commuting for part of the year. As with 2020, we decided that we should account for the electricity consumption from our staff working from home, along with that in our office and as our staff numbers have risen by 50% in 2021 compared to 2020, this has added some emissions to our total footprint. The same is true for our commuting, whilst the office has been closed for part of the year, it was open more in 2021 than 2020 and once again due to staff numbers increasing, the total impact has risen. The overall footprint has therefore increased by just over 50% to 5.2 tonnes CO₂e, and on a per employee basis by 5%, to around 350kg CO₂e generated per FTE.

We anticipate maintaining a good deal of home working at ecoveritas but we will need to travel for more meetings and to the office, however the team remain committed to keeping their environmental impact to a minimum by limiting business travel, walking, cycling or using public transport to get to work and through a very diligent office recycling scheme. However, we wish to mitigate our environmental impacts and as such have chosen to offset our carbon footprint by donating to the Woodland Trust’s Carbon Balanced Programme.