The Liberty House Group and sister company Simec have sponsored the setting up of the Greensteel Council to help the development of low-carbon metals industries in the UK.
The council is an independent high-level panel set up to advise business and to “champion the case for green solutions to the challenges facing these sectors”.
It held its first meeting at the Materials Processing Institute in Teeside.
The council’s initial line-up of members will include Professor Julian Allwood, professor of engineering and the environment at the University of Cambridge, Martin Lawrence, previously managing director at EDF Energy and Chris McDonald, chief executive of the Materials Processing Institute at Teesside.
Edwina Hart, who was Minister for Business, Enterprise and Technology in the Welsh government between 2011-2016, is the council’s chair.
She said: “Our advice will be independent and based on solid evidence, and our clear objective will be the development of a more sustainable future for the metals industries in Britain.”
Liberty House executive chairman Sanjeev Gupta said: “The council brings together an excellent team, offering a really valuable cross-section of experience and perspective related to the metals and energy sectors.”
Image: (Left to right) Chris McDonald, Edwina Hart, Professor Julian Allwood and Martin Lawrence (Greensteel Council)
New ‘champion’ for clean metals
Greensteel Council set up to provide low-carbon advice to industry
By EBS