As Group Head of Environmental Sustainability at Kier, a leading UK construction and infrastructure services company, Ben Stone oversees the businesses environmental sustainability performance.
Alongside this Ben is also a Director of Wildscapes, (Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trusts environmental consultancy).
Examples of skills and experience Ben offers to the Trust include Environmental Management Systems and their implementation, climate change adaptation and carbon emission reduction, implementation of Biodiversity Net Gain with corporate partners to enhance habitats, quantification of social value from activities delivered by the Trust, and working with Wildscapes to inform the consultancy and bidding approach for works.
Alongside his professional experience, Ben is personally committed to enhancing our environment. Living in Redmires, Ben appreciates the natural environment locally and across Sheffield, and see the need for the Wildlife Trust to enhance these areas for community wellbeing, protect from threats such as climate change and to support species recovery.