Partners
Business partners
Business engagement
We regularly work with private sector partners, and have a long history of working closely with the agricultural sector and utility companies.
Our research makes a real difference to business and can help inform long-term strategic and investment decisions and grow skills and capacity.
If you feel we can help your sector or organisation contact us.
Examples of where we have partnered successfully with businesses include:
- Leading environmental consultancies such as Mott MacDonald, Eftec and Ricardo routinely use NEVO in their commercial practices as a knowledge-gathering, high-level screening and analysis tool.
- Outdoor Recreation Valuation (ORVal) is the frequent use ‘go-to’ tool for a range of private sector businesses, including Mott MacDonald, AECOM, JBA Consulting.
- The "Natural Capital Approach" was used to advise AECOM on the public benefits of river water quality - this also supported a business case for waste water treatment for Yorkshire Water.
LEEP academics have worked with the following companies:
Policy partners
Policy support
LEEP works with policy makers in designing and appraising public policy. We aim to provide insight to enable governments to formulate effective policies and to understand their impact on society.
Our academic staff have an impressive track record of working with policy makers and have been involved in major projects for the UK Government funded by DEFRA, NERC and others.
LEEP academics are or have recently been involved as members of several advisory bodies including:
- First Minster’s Environment Council advising the Scottish Goverment.
- UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) Natural Capital Committee (NCC) reporting to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
- Defra Science Advisory Council (SAC).
- Member of the Board of Directors of the UK Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC).
- Aldersgate Group linking environmental research, policy and business.
Examples of where we have partnered successfully with policymakers include:
- Writing the relevant sections on the treatment of the natural environment in the H.M. Treasury guidelines for public spending published in 2018.
- Proposing a 25-year Environment Plan, subsequently adopted by all major UK political parties, and incorporated into Government policy in 2018.
- Leadership of the Natural Environment Valuation Online (NEVO) project by Brett Day and Amy Binner. This has been adopted by central and local government as the principle decision support system for natural capital policy in the UK.
Community partners
Working in the community
A significant proportion of our work is about informing decisions to help build sustainable and resilient communities. Our team has a long history of working at grass roots level to carry out research and better understand how policies affect individuals, their households and businesses.
A key example of where LEEP has partnered successfully with communities is its leadership of SWEEP (South West Partnership for Environment and Economic Prosperity).
SWEEP used multi-disciplinary research, expertise and evidence to deliver economic and community benefits to the South West, and, at the same time, protect and enhance the region’s natural environment. LEEP academics are active members of local/regional and community advisory groups, and have worked/or are working with the following:
