Lucion Group Upholds Leader Membership With Environment Analyst

In April 2021, our company Lucion Services acquired Delta-Simons Ltd, a geoenvironmental and environmental, health, safety and sustainability specialist. During the past two years, we have worked to integrate Delta-Simons into the wider Lucion Group community. As part of this integration, we have reviewed our current memberships with various industry bodies including Environment Analyst, whom Delta-Simons Ltd has been a member of since its inception in 2008.

About Environment Analyst

Environment Analyst is an international membership community for the environmental services space, built around their market intelligence service. With a mission to connect the environmental, ESG and professional services community and provide the intelligence to deliver a sustainable transition, Environment Analyst is helping lead the change to a more sustainable future. Environment Analyst’s mission and vision align with our own purpose to protect people and planet. We are a purpose-driven company dedicated to illuminating challenges and taking action to protect people and the environment. As such we have taken the decision to continue Delta-Simons’ Environment Analyst membership under the Lucion Group, encompassing our group of companies.

As an Environment Analyst Leader Member, we can inspire industry change, whilst working collectively with industry peers to tackle critical issues and harness the environmental and sustainability consultancy sector's potential to deliver sustainability.

Additionally, as a Leader Member, we are a member of the Sustainability Delivery Group, an initiative from Environment Analyst, aimed at harnessing the environmental and sustainability consultancy sector’s potential to deliver sustainability goals.

Environment Analyst Sustainability Delivery Group

Established in 2019, the Sustainability Delivery Group helps the Environmental sector communicate its role and its value, to clients and stakeholders, in addressing the existential challenges facing humanity from environmental degradation, climate change and biodiversity losses. 

The aim of the group is to encompass the entirety of the environmental consulting sector, spanning across different scales, from large to small, as well as embracing various specialisations and multidisciplinary approaches. The focus is on fostering diversity and inclusivity, driving innovation and technical prowess, and creating avenues for international business ventures.

The objectives of the Sustainability Delivery Group are:  

• To improve the value proposition of the environmental and sustainability consultancy industry
• To drive forward the industry's leadership role in providing innovative solutions to mitigate the climate and biodiversity crises
• To listen carefully to client sectors' needs and promote stakeholder dialogue with consultancy practice leaders

It also seeks to:

• Inspire the next generation of environmental & sustainability business leaders
• Promote diversity, equity and inclusion within the industry
• Promote international business opportunities
• Represent the whole E&S consulting sector, large and small, specialist and multidisciplinary

All Leader Level members are invited to propose 4 Expert Talks for delivery across the year. With a range of pertinent topics including Nature-based solutions and Natural Capital Accounting; Energy Transition; The Role of Healthy Soils in Net Zero; Delivering ESG; and Embedding Social Outcomes into Infrastructure Delivery, this opportunity proves invaluable for both the Environmental Sector and Clients. Click here to view Environment Analysts’ expert talks library. 

Sustainability Delivery Group: Working Groups

The Sustainability Delivery Group launched working groups to promote cross-sector collaboration and drive progress on identifying industry challenges and maximising opportunities. Hazel Gillings has been a proactive member of the Future of ESG working group and will continue to participate, providing her expert insight into navigating the challenges and opportunities presented by the widespread adoption and focus on ESG-linked outcomes. 

In addition to the Future of ESG working group, the Environment Analyst Sustainability Delivery Group created the Early Careers Advisory Board. A working group aimed at attracting the next generation of consultants, promoting career opportunities in the sector and providing insights on what it is like to be an environment consultant and how to get into the industry. James Bickle who is Lucion Groups' representative on the Early Career Advisory Board (ECAB) and is the current Chair, has helped to evolve ECAB, helping to lead the groups visibility initiatives successfully. 

To date, the Group has successfully:

• Delivered an Early Career Survey which saw 370 Environmental Consultant Practitioners share their thoughts on sector entry routes, job satisfaction, retention and the skills crisis; 
• Developed a video series of consultants who have recently joined the industry speaking about their day-to-day life as an Environmental Consultant, and;
• Produced a free-to-view webinar series to share their insights into the field of consulting, discuss challenges etc.  

As part of this strategic membership update, we are pleased to announce Damian Robinson’s appointment to the Environment Analyst Advisory Board. 

As Managing Director of Advisory Services, encompassing our Environment, Health, Safety (EHS) and Sustainability services, Environmental Social Governance (ESG), Environmental Planning and Environmental Transaction Services, Damian is well positioned to deliver in-depth insight into the latest innovations in a variety of our advisory services, sharing knowledge with our peers for the benefit of protecting people and planet, securing a safer future.

About Damian Robinson

Starting as a graduate consultant at Delta-Simons in 1997, Damian spent his first couple of years as a remediation engineer, before moving into contaminated land investigations and asbestos surveys. 

After 4 years Damian moved to a global multidisciplinary consultancy, operating in a dynamic due diligence team supporting real estate transactions, and merger and acquisition deals, following the 2008 crash, supported banks and insolvency practitioners to preserve value in distressed asset portfolios. 

After nearly 12 years, Damian joined VolkerStevin as their UK Business Development Manager, helping to secure frameworks and contracts on some exciting infrastructure projects before returning to Delta-Simons and the wider Lucion Group, leading our advisory team.

Commenting on Damian’s appointment to the Environment Analyst Advisory Board and our participation in the Sustainability Delivery Group, Phil Rozier, CEO of Lucion Group, said;

“Being appointed to the Environment Analyst Advisory Board and engaging in the Sustainability Delivery Group is a pivotal step forward. It's an opportunity to collaboratively address the industry's pressing challenges and promote sustainable solutions. I look forward to providing our expertise for the betterment of our community and environment.”

- Phil Rozier, Chief Executive Officer, Lucion Group.

As a company, dedicated to protecting people from hazardous environments and protecting the environment from the impacts of people, we are proud to be able to continue this key membership with Environment Analyst. 

Environment Analyst UK Business Summit

Set to take place on the 4th of October 2023 at the Leonardo Royal Hotel, London City. The 9th annual UK Business Summit will bring together sustainability consulting leaders, clients and stakeholders to get the insights they need to respond to market disruptors, maximise market opportunities, and inform growth and investment strategies.

Damian and Director (Business Development) Paul Dowson will be in attendance at the summit.

This year, Lucion enters its 20th year of operation. The Group has 26 UK locations and directly employs over 600 specialists, offering a wide range of professional environmental services. 

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