The Building Podcast
Mark Wakeford is Chairman of the National Federation of Builders, vice-chair at Constructing Excellence Midlands and a Governor at Construction College, Moulton College. He has run a large regional building contractor and now chairs Evoenergy, one of the UK's foremost renewable companies, bringing low carbon solutions to corporate Britain.
Mark talks to leading experts from across the construction sector to discuss issues facing the built environment. He explores various challenges with his guests, who offer solutions, information and ideas that listeners can apply to their own situations, be it in a company, on a project or studying at college.
The Building Podcast aims to provide CPD on the go. Supporting the sector with easily digestible ideas to support a rapidly changing industry!
The Building Podcast
Mark talks to Rachel Owens
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Environmental, Social and Governance standards are increasingly a mandatory requirement for investment into any sector. Solar is no different, indeed many would say that we are more prone to these issues with the bulk of our materials coming from the far east where similar standards are not so mainstream.
Rachel Owens is the Chief Executive of the Solar Stewardship Initiative. An initiative that was set up by the solar industries across Europe to check and validate the ESG credentials of businesses through-out the supply chain. Now a worldwide movement with members from across the globe Rachel and her team oversee auditing of over 70% of the worldwide panel manufacturing, ensuring that modern slavery, amongst other issues, is not prevalent.
Listen to this podcast if you want to understand the governance of an audit body that must retain its independence. Listen to learn about the solar stewardship initiative to see what it is and how its use can benefit both investors and the industry.