Legal & General Property (LGP) has appointed Debbie Hobbs as sustainability manager to lead the further development and integration of the sustainability agenda into the strategy of the business.
Legal & General Property (LGP) has appointed Debbie Hobbs as sustainability manager to lead the further development and integration of the sustainability agenda into the strategy of the business.
With 25 years experience in the sustainability and carbon management sector, Hobbs joins from Environ, where she oversaw the sustainability and climate change practice. In her previous role, she led a team of consultants, delivering a range of services from the development of corporate sustainability strategies through to implementation and compliance issues such as CRC and EPCs.
Hobbs is a chartered buildings services engineer, with extensive experience in low carbon design and refurbishment, and has recently acted as technical manager to two, £5 mln Carbon Trust programmes on the use of renewable technologies in new build design and low carbon retrofit. Being a Carbon Trust Standard assessor she has also recently undertaken assessments of many companies’ corporate policies, including Tesco, John Lewis, M&S, IKEA and the Bank of England.
In her new role, she will report directly to Paul Edwards, director of Asset Management, and will be responsible for guiding and supporting the business in delivering the ambitions of its sustainability strategy.