
Environmental, Social & Governance Zone
The importance of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors in public procurement is rapidly growing as organisations and their supply chains are increasingly held accountable for their impact on the environment and society, and understanding their social value and sustainability requirements will be critical for organisations navigating the procurement process.
The Environmental, Social & Governance Zone at Procurex England will host several sessions dedicated to exploring the role of public procurement in delivering social and community benefits, and advise on how buyers and suppliers can play their part in helping the UK achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
Confirmed Speakers
Tiia Sammallahti
CEO & Founder

whatimpact.com is a National Social Value Marketplace that enables suppliers to the public sector easily connect with hyper-local VCSEs (charities, social enterprises, and community groups) that meet specific social value criteria.
For private sector companies, our platform provides VCSE partnership tracking, validated impact reporting and a volunteering management system. For public sector organisations, whatimpact.com offers social value management and grant management systems tailored to procurement needs.
In addition, whatimpact serves as a think tank, conducting ongoing research into social value from multiple perspectives. Our company has published white papers, guides, and educational content to support its mission: reducing the cost of social value delivery while maximising its impact.
At our core, whatimpact champions equal opportunity, reflecting this in our platform design, hiring practices, and collaborative approach. By fostering diversity and cross-sector partnerships, whatimpact drives meaningful social and environmental change.
Don Bowman
Director

UKUPC is a partnership between eight UK consortia who created a formal entity to support collaborative procurement within Higher and Further Education. All eight consortia work together to share knowledge and best practice, to support each other and our wider procurement community. The UKUPC Board is comprised of heads of the UK regional purchasing consortia (APUC, HEPCW, LUPC, NEUPC, NWUPC, SUPC), the head of TEC and the head of TUCO.
Adam Clarke
Managing Director

Starting his career in commodity trading and asset optimisation, Adam has over 20-years of UK Trading and Energy Management experience. Adam made the switch from Wholesale trading to Energy Retail in 2012, developing energy trading and risk management products for the I&C sector.
Through the last 6-years of his career with EDF, Adam has established the largest renewable offtake portfolio in the UK – including a number of notable Corporate PPAs.
In March 2022, Adam joined The Energy Consortium (TEC) as MD to lead the team in the development of a range of products and services which will enable the Higher Education and UK Museums sectors to achieve ambitious Net Zero targets.
Matt Howarth
Co-Founder

As co-founder of Impact Reporting, Reason Digital and MeasureUp, Matt is a self-described "social impact geek" based in Manchester. He brings a wealth of technical experience as well as a huge amount of thought leadership around using technology as a force to drive social good. He’s spent over 15 years supporting purpose-driven organisations and reached tens of thousands of people with his talks at national conferences on topics such as ethical AI and wellbeing. Matt was voted Digital Entrepreneur of the Year at the Digital Entrepreneur Awards. Matt is a strong advocate for the LGBTQ community, having started Pride in Leadership and siting on numerous boards, including akt - the national LGBTQ+ youth homelessness charity.
Nina Howells
Commercial Project Manager

Salford City Council exists to serve its residents and provides a complete and comprehensive range of services and facilities.
The council's mission statement is "to create the best possible quality of life for the people of Salford."
Salford is a city constantly changing and moving into an exciting future as a thriving cultural, economic and residential location. It is located in Greater Manchester, covers 37 square miles and has a population of 220,000.
Salford is one of Britain’s ‘key growth’ areas, recording the fastest growing population and economy outside of London. It is home to 8,700 businesses who employ more than 140,000 people and MediaCityUK, which has boosted the economy by £1bn in just five years.
Catherine Manning
Programme Director

Catherine Manning is the Head of Impact Practice at Impact Reporting, the Programme Director for MeasureUp and a seasoned social value impact consultant. With a background in leading engagement and technical teams at Social Value UK, Catherine brings extensive experience in delivering projects, programs, training, and events across various sectors. She holds an International Development master’s degree and a Level 1 Social Value Associate Practitioner certification and is member of the ICRS. Recognised as a WISE100 Star of the Future finalist in 2022, Catherine is dedicated to raising the voices and values of underrepresented populations. At Impact Reporting, she excels in impact management, procurement, project management, and research, helping businesses make a positive societal impact.
Carol Glenn
Social Value Programme Manager

Carol has 12 years’ experience working in the public sector within the Procurement department at Solihull MBC. As the Council’s Social Value Programme Manager since May 2019 and being dedicated 100% to the Social Value programme, it is now embedded into the Procurement and Contract Management processes. Through development of a Social Value Policy, implementing TOMs in collaboration with Social Value Portal, and engaging with colleagues, partners and suppliers to raise awareness of Social Value, Solihull MBC are now starting to achieve the benefits that Social Value can bring to the local community within the Borough. In recognition of her work, Carol, on behalf of SMBC, received the award for “Embedding Social Value in Contract Management; Project award” at the National SV Awards in February 2021.
Carol is an active member of Social Value UK, a member of the Supply Chain Sustainability School, and has been a speaker at various Social Value Conferences. She is also the chair of the WM Regional Social Value Taskforce.
Gillian Askew
Co-Founder and Director

The Go4Growth Programme is a fully funded service for small business enterprise (SME), voluntary organisations, community groups and social enterprises (VCSE)
It is designed to bridge the gap between SME/VCSE and the public sector. The programmes core purpose is to help smaller organisations who aspire to start out or grown in the public sector, to develop the skills, confidence and knowledge to be able to grow their business.
Sheri-Leigh Miles
Co-Founding Director

Sheri-Leigh is the co-founding director of NETpositive Futures Ltd and she has been catalysing leading-edge sustainability activity in the tertiary education sector (and beyond) for over 15 years. She is an established expert in stimulating engagement with sustainability and especially experienced at working alongside teams to deliver practical and meaningful change. She focuses on developing process and practice that demonstrates excellent practice with sustainability built into ‘business as usual’.
Pauline Vella
Delivery Manager - Technical Support

At WRAP, we want to tackle the causes of the climate crisis and give the planet a sustainable future.
We want to halt environmental degradation and loss of biodiversity and protect both our lives and the planet. In a thriving world in which climate change is no longer a problem, we will be able to provide for a growing population and raise people out of poverty.
WRAP is at the forefront of making the world a more sustainable place. By bringing people together, acting on facts, we will drive change and protect our planet.