Skone James Heads New IFF Energy & Environment Sector

London-based full service agency IFF Research has launched an Energy & Environment team, providing insight to help inform environmental policy decisions and support sustainable business across the UK. Director Andrew Skone James will lead it.

The company was established in 1965 as a b2b research specialist, and now offers insight for the private, public and voluntary sector clients. Existing teams focus on seven key sectors: Learning & Skills; Higher Education; Regulation; Business and Enterprise; Work, Welfare and Wellbeing; Financial Services; and Housing.

The new team will build on the firm's existing experience in sustainability research, which includes a BEIS study exploring decarbonisation attitudes among social housing providers; research to explore how apprenticeships can support the transition to a greener economy for Skills Development Scotland; and work to determine public attitudes to the climate crisis and offsetting carbon emissions.

The team will also include Director Matt Barnes, who specialises in delivering large-scale evaluations including work in the agriculture, energy and environment space; and Senior Research Manager Nicola Wildash, who has led numerous studies focused on energy efficiency.

Skone James (pictured), who is now Director and Head of Energy & Environment, comments: 'The world is on the brink of fundamental change, and we desperately need to find ways of reducing our environmental impacts, and adapting to the new surroundings we will find ourselves in. By fashioning a sector that focuses on energy and the environment we are able to better support our clients who are at the forefront of developing and delivering the solutions we need'.

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