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SB December 2013

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Sustainability Leaders Awards 2013 IEMA GRADUATE OF THE YEAR Political Science of the Environment in 2012, Coco secured a permanent position at Royal Haskoning DHV where she now contributes to EIA, audits, strategic studies, surveys and research across key projects. Her work has taken her to Norway, Russia, Albania and most recently Greece as part of her "exemplary" work on the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline project. Her multi-skilled – and multilingual - approach to her work led to her being nominated for this year's award. Described as a knowledgeable and passionate team player who always goes the extra mile, Coco was nominated for the IEMA Graduate Award (sponsored by Land Securities and supported by edie.net and Sustainable Business) by her mentor Charles Haine, Director & Project Specialist, Environment Industry at Royal Haskoning DHV, who said: "Coco has all the attributes of a topflight junior consultant... she has pursued a wide range of initiatives 44/44 Sponsored by Finalists: ges said: What the jud rly ere par ticula w The judges C o c o 's by ed im p re ss emanding t to her d commitmen plary and her exem specialism s-Adriatic e Tran work on th ability to project. Her pipeline knowledge, her demonstrate rnational multiple inte work on highnetwork at a projects and is her ressive, as level is imp ism. professional undoubted related to her specialist area of knowledge – development in the Arctic. She is very professional and one of the few who is ready-made to be actively involved in the interface with clients, stakeholders and the public." Hanna Hayward, BAM Construct UK Joining the company as a graduate, Hanna was promoted within a year to regional sustainability advisor for the London region for BAM Construct. This means she is responsible for managing the ISO 14001 EMS for all construction projects in the region. As well as her core responsibilities Hanna has also engaged with the supply chain, running workshops for regional suppliers, setting up take back schemes with them and completing BREEAM training to help her advise on projects more effectively. Lee Collier, Linklaters Lee's role as Linklaters' energy and environment advisor is diverse and can see him "peering into a skip to ensure adherence to waste legislation on one day to going in search of 3G signals for our energy monitoring on another". One of Lee's key achievements has been to create a bespoke dashboard for the firm's energy sub metering from scratch, which, according to his manager has been " a roaring success".

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