Craig Simmons
Chief Technology and Metrics Officer, UK
Expertise
- Agriculture & Food
- Technology & Digital
- Cities & Regions
- Retail & CPG
- Net Zero Framework
- Science-Based Targets
- Circular Economy
- Strategy + Governance
- Sustainable Products + Services
- Supply Chain + Operations
- Cities + Environments
- Digital Solutions
Back to people
After 15 years in industry working for technology giants such as IBM and Xerox, Craig co-founded Best Foot Forward (now Anthesis) in 1997, the first consultancy in Europe to focus on ecological footprinting and other natural capital accounting methods. He has continued to lead in this area and now provides technical leadership at Anthesis, including methodology development, and sector expertise in the areas of construction, software and world class events.
Craig has advised a number of FTSE 100 companies as well as international agencies including the United Nations Environment and Development Programmes, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, the Global Footprint Network, the World Resources Institute, the Carbon Trust, the European Environment Agency, and the European Commission Environment Directorate-General.
He co-authored Sharing Nature’s Interest, the award-winning ZEDbook and The Green Guide for Business. He has Bachelor of Science and Master’s Degrees covering behavior change, statistics and computing.