Judges

Alongside Delphis, Mark has pioneered several sustainability initiatives, including his Recycled Plastic Rating trademark. He has also commissioned fringe apps for both COP26 and the 2023 World Economic Forum, and published ‘Collaborate to Zero’ – a series of inspirational interviews with fellow eco-entrepreneurs.

Mark returned to the Judging Panel in 2021 after a break, having previously judged in 2018-2019.

Prior to joining Iceland in 2016 she was Director of Communications at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.  She has more than 25 years of experience in social change communications and has twice been named ‘UK outstanding independent practitioner’ by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations. Her passion for social enterprise and social innovation initially involved her helping to set up a community business in Kathmandu, Nepal, and she has since worked in Africa, Asia, Europe and the United States. She has created and run two award-winning UK consultancy businesses and is also a Trustee of the anti-hunger charity Feeding Britain, the Rothesay Foundation and the Alder Hey Children’s Charity. She and has an MA in PR and communications, with a research focus on corporate activism.

Hil has been on the Judging Panel since 2019.

Since then she has worked for environmental charities, within the public sector, in UK Government environmental departments: Defra and DECC, and for the Energy Saving Trust. In 2010 she set up her own research, training and advice agency focusing on environmental sustainability generally, and energy issues and carbon management in particular. She works with a range of clients, from blue chip corporates right through to arts organisations.

She is a published author, writing on the subject of energy and energy efficiency, and was the project manager for the award-winning Defra/Decc Act on CO₂ carbon calculator. Her most recent book is titled ’how gamification can help your business engage in sustainability’.

She has become increasingly convinced that engaging the majority is vital if we are to make progress environmentally.  In 2012, she was awarded a London Leaders for Sustainability position – a scheme run by the Mayor’s Office, the Greater London Authority (GLA) and the London Sustainable Development Commission – to further her work in researching the power of fun and games to encourage sustainability. She is the founder and chief ‘fun & gamer’ in her new social enterprise company – eco action games – an initiative which re-imagines well-known games and gives them an environmental twist to help education, engage and engender behaviour change in wider society.

Paula has been on the Judging Panel since the awards launched in 2015, and plays an integral part of the programme.

“I think it’s a great idea to bring together environmental, social and economic into one awards programme as they are all part of the solution. I love judging these awards; being part of the journey and seeing how it’s evolve enormously.”

Child Action supports children living within Mumbai’s most disadvantaged street and slum communities; such as those which have been established on rubbish dumping grounds.  She works with three grass roots charities to support the development of young people living in extreme poverty by providing them with access to both informal and mainstream education, as well their right to a childhood through play.

Through Child Action Seema has seen the entrepreneurial flair and ‘can-do’ attitude of children living in unimaginable hardship, and believes there are valuable lessons to be shared globally.  Seema facilitated and project managed an innovative collaboration between Child Action and the British Asian Trust one of the Prince’s charities resulting in the roll out of Enterprise 4 Change, an innovative web-based resource which teachers in the UK use to explore the resilience of children living in challenging environments, with the aim of sharing core life skills such as determination and entrepreneurship.  It also introduces the idea of philanthropy to the younger generations and encourages a sense of social responsibility.

Seema has been on the Judging Panel since 2016.

“As a GGA Judge I have the opportunity to review some really amazing work around sustainability, and it’s great fun to chat to like-minded people on the judging day!”