Having been with the Caledonian Environment Centre since October 2007, Paulo has worked on a number of projects centred on resource use and waste management. Prior to joining the Centre, he was Business Development Manager with Cleanaway/Veolia Environmental Services (VES), where he was responsible for developing services for municipal clients.

As Project Manager, Paulo works with trade associations and member organisations to ensure the programme is available to member businesses. He also provides direct support to food and drink SMEs, working with them to reduce their emissions by helping them identify appropriate low tech solutions.

Paulo is a Chartered Waste Manager, has a BSc (Hons) in Environmental Sciences and Biology and a MSc in Wastes Management, and is interested in how low technology solutions can be applied to mitigate and reduce the impacts of climate change.

Charles has over 14 years experience in delivering climate and carbon management projects and his recent portfolio includes a range of projects from developing a renewable energy feasibility tool for Fife Council to assessment of new building energy usage, developed the Carbon Cutter tool for Going Carbon Neutral Stirling, numerous Carbon Footprints for SMEs and a range of organisational carbon reduction programmes for large organisations.  

Charles has project managed several large scale projects including Baseline assessment of the Scottish Prison Service Glasgow Caledonian University and Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Carbon Footprint and Carbon Management Programme.  He also has led reviews on greenhouse gas emissions for the waste sector, including reviewing New Zealand’s waste inventory in 2008/09 and advising SEPA on carbon emissions modelling of the Zero Waste Think Tank.  Prior to joining the University in 2006, Charles worked for the New Zealand Government’s Climate Change team on emissions and policy reporting and Massey University in the agricultural soil ecology research and development, including developing remediation and indicator tool kits for soil pollution.

Jess joined the Caledonian Environment Centre in November 2009 having previously worked as a Research Assistant at the State University of New York. Her work there covered food system planning and waste management planning with an emphasis in Zero Waste Policies. She has also worked on projects developing best practice case studies for community food system planning.

As Environmental Adviser, Jess helps SME access the resources and on-line tools offered by Sustainable Food & Drink. She can also help businesses identify and implement appropriate carbon reductions measures.

Jess has a Masters in Urban Planning and a BA in Economics and Management and is a member of the American Planning Association. She has a particular interest in the creation of healthy, sustainable food systems.

Rosanna joined the team at the start of 2012. She recently graduated with an MSc in Environmental Management where she was particularly interested in the food and drink sector and chose to do her research project on Scotland’s food waste. She also has an MA Honours degree in Geography. In the past she has worked with food and drink manufacturing, retail and distribution companies. 

Gillian has worked at Caledonian Environment Centre for 3 years in an administrative role. She will soon complete an HNC in Business and Management.

Gillian is a good first port of call if you have a question about eligibility for Programme support, upcoming events or any other general enquiries.