Samantha Heath
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Samantha Heath is Director of London Sustainability Exchange; a groundbreaking voluntary organization supporting the delivery of London as the most sustainable world city. She is a member and former co-chair of the London Sustainable Development Commission and a member of the London Climate Change Partnership. She is also sits on the Stratford City Environmental Review panel. Her experience includes ten years in London politics, eight years in academia and research and ten years in civil engineering.
Prior to joining LSx, Samantha was Sustainability Manager for Future London, the capital’s regeneration centre of excellence. Until 2004 she was a London-wide Assembly Member, Deputy Chair of the London Assembly
and Chair of Assembly’s Environment Committee. In 2003 she was the Mayor’s representative on the Energy Taskforce - part of the London Sustainable Development Commission, and responsible for setting a carbon emission reduction target for London. In 2004 she became chair of the DTI / GLA London Renewables group. As lead member for the Mayor on London Waste Action she facilitated funding for London’s waste awareness campaign.
She has written for various publications and speaks at conferences and seminars on: community empowerment, lifestyle change social marketing, air quality, energy waste and other issues.
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Samantha trained as a Civil Engineer and worked for many years in the construction industry. She was a lecturer in design and construction management at the University of Greenwich until May 2000. Until she stood down in May 2002, Samantha was a Wandsworth Councillor and served on the Education, Housing and Environment committees from 1994, and was a lead member on housing in London Borough of Wandsworth
up until the May election for the GLA..
She was third on the party list in the 2000 election and won a seat due to this. She led on environmental and energy issues in the Assembly. In the 2004 Labour Party
failed to poll enough votes to give her a seat.
Prior to joining LSx, Samantha was Sustainability Manager for Future London, the capital’s regeneration centre of excellence. Until 2004 she was a London-wide Assembly Member, Deputy Chair of the London Assembly
London Assembly
The London Assembly is an elected body, part of the Greater London Authority, that scrutinises the activities of the Mayor of London and has the power, with a two-thirds majority, to amend the mayor's annual budget. The assembly was established in 2000 and is headquartered at City Hall on the south...
and Chair of Assembly’s Environment Committee. In 2003 she was the Mayor’s representative on the Energy Taskforce - part of the London Sustainable Development Commission, and responsible for setting a carbon emission reduction target for London. In 2004 she became chair of the DTI / GLA London Renewables group. As lead member for the Mayor on London Waste Action she facilitated funding for London’s waste awareness campaign.
She has written for various publications and speaks at conferences and seminars on: community empowerment, lifestyle change social marketing, air quality, energy waste and other issues.
Additional information
Samantha trained as a Civil Engineer and worked for many years in the construction industry. She was a lecturer in design and construction management at the University of Greenwich until May 2000. Until she stood down in May 2002, Samantha was a Wandsworth Councillor and served on the Education, Housing and Environment committees from 1994, and was a lead member on housing in London Borough of Wandsworth
London Borough of Wandsworth
The London Borough of Wandsworth is a London borough in southwest London, England, and forms part of Inner London.-History:The borough was formed in 1965 from the former area of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea and much of the former area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth, but...
up until the May election for the GLA..
She was third on the party list in the 2000 election and won a seat due to this. She led on environmental and energy issues in the Assembly. In the 2004 Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
failed to poll enough votes to give her a seat.