Our Founders
Lord Redesdale is a well-known industry leader. He started working in the area of legislation as the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson in the House of Lords in 2000 and has since covered most pieces of energy and water regulation and legislation. The motivation for working in the sector is based on Lord Redesdale’s concerns around climate change which led him to co-found the All-Party Climate Change Group in 2001 and founded the Energy Managers Association in 2012 which he held the position of CEO until his retirement to focus on the Metals Industry Sector.
He is the Chairman of the UK Metals Expo and in the area of energy and carbon regulation, Lord Redesdale has helped to develop policies, including the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS), and more recently the Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) regime. Lord Redesdale has a particular interest in building carbon management capabilities for our sector and ensuring business large and small are empowered to make the necessary transition to Net Zero 2050 UK.
Michael "Mike" Tournier
Originally from New Zealand, Mike has an impressive domestic and international experience in Environmental Services and Carbon Management. Working for the New Zealand government, he commercialised the world’s first internationally accredited Greenhouse Gas Certification Scheme, enabling business large and small to robustly measure, manage and report their Carbon Footprints compliant to GHG accounting protocol and the ISO standards for carbon.
He has been the Executive Director of the Carbon Market Institute, the Australian Peak Industry Body for Carbon Professionals, and has worked as General Manager Global Operations for one of the world’s largest and most successful Carbon Developers. Mike has also been a Board Member of The International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance (ICROA) during his time working in the City of London and has worked with some of the largest UK carbon neutral businesses.
Mike holds an MBA and is a recent graduate from Cambridge University Net Zero leadership programme. Affectionately known as “The Carbon Guy” Mike works with government, industry and businesses alike to demystify carbon markets, provides practical strategic and operational advice to enable and empower participants to manage the risks related to transition to a low carbon future