An internationally recognised expert with almost 40 years’ experience of setting quality standards for sports surfaces and sports facilities. During my career I have participated in the development of all leading international and UK standards including the FIFA Quality Programme for Football Turf, IRB Performance Standard for Synthetic Turf Rugby Surfaces, Rugby Football League Performance and Construction Standards for Synthetic Turf Pitches, European and British Standards, World Bowls Board Performance Standard for Artificial Flat Green Bowls Surfaces, The International Tennis Federation Initial Study on Performance Standards for Tennis Surfaces, The All England Netball Association Performance Requirements for Netball Courts, UEFA Requirements for Artificial Football Surfaces (2004), GAA Performance and Construction Standards for Synthetic Turf Pitches and the ECB Performance Standard for Non-turf Cricket Surfaces.
I am currently Facilities and Quality Programme Manager at the International Hockey Federation (FIH), advising on all aspects of facilities infra-structure and hockey equipment. I also provide technical support to the England Netball, European Synthetic Turf Organisation (ESTO) and the UK's Sport and Play Construction Association (SAPCA). I also chair the European Standards working groups dealing with standards for outdoor sports surfaces and test methods for sports surfaces.
During my career I have provided consultancy services to FIFA, UEFA, The Football Association, Football Association of Wales, Football Association of Ireland and Rugby Football Union (RFU), Lawn Tennis Association and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). I am privileged to been elected to serve two terms on the Synthetic Turf Council (USA) executive board.
Colin Young has over 20 years’ experience in the synthetic turf industry, he received an PhD from Loughborough University, UK investigating the performance of synthetic turf. Since then he has worked in research, testing, regulation and now product development within the sports surface industry.
His employment history is as follows:
Loughborough University – Post Doctoral Research Associate
The Sports and Play Construction Association – Technical Manager
Labosport Ltd – Operations Manager then Managing Director
My mission is to support organizations in their transition towards sustainable business. For that, I strongly believe that sustainability can only the achieved on basis of solid metrics and if this becomes an important aspect of a company’s business strategy. Life cycle assessment and environmental footprinting are my core expertise.
The greatest reward is seeing when I succeeded in helping an organization take a step forward in their sustainability journey. I hope to continue to do this with many organizations because there is still plenty improvement opportunities out there.
PhD in chemical, environmental and safety engineering, with 17-years solid history of success at university, private sector, and European Commission level in doing research on sustainability, promoting innovation, and creating a bridge between science and policy (e.g. Circular Economy, Sustainable Consumption and Production, Green Deal).
Key areas of expertise include the life cycle assessment (LCA) of sustainability aspects for chemicals, technologies, products, sectors and energy systems (e.g. foods, bio-fuels, ICT products, textiles, buildings), and the evaluation of associated policy scenarios and territorial implications.
Sustainability Expert, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Pré Sustainability
Georgios Pallas
Quantifying environmental impacts of products and organizations; providing expert advice to businesses towards achieving their sustainability goals.
Working on multiple solutions:
- Life cycle assessment (LCA),
- Corporate carbon footprinting (scope 1, 2, 3)
- Impact measurement and valuation,
- Portfolio sustainability assessment,
- Product environmental footprint (PEF),
- Scaling up and automating sustainability calculations using the SimaPro API solution (real-time LCA)
- SimaPro Tools and flexible models | Python programming
Passionate about technology, sustainability, innovation, analytics.
Marina is LCA consultant at PRé Sustainability, where she has worked for over 2 years. She has a horizontal expertise in sustainability assessments, ranging from method development and research to developing tooling solutions to bridge the gap between various stakeholders. Marina has a background in Industrial Ecology from TU Delft in the Netherlands.
Paul Fraser is the Head of Marketing & Strategy for Tarkett Sports Europe and the Chair of ESTC. Paul is also the Tarkett Sports representative for sports governing bodies FIFA and World Rugby’s preferred producer programmes. Based in Scotland, Paul has more than 20 years experience in the synthetic turf industry, specifically in yarn extrusion and turf production. Having worked in a variety of roles including marketing, business development, R&D and product management, Paul has significant international experience across Europe, South America, Australasia and Eastern Asia.
