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Chris Sherwin

Chris Sherwin is Head of Sustainability at Seymourpowell, the leading design the innovation consultancy, where he works on driving sustainability through innovation and new thinking. Chris has 15 years experience of working on environmentally and socially-driven innovation with companies like Akzo Nobel ICI Paints, PepsiCo, Unilever, P&G, Boots UK, O2, Tata Beverage Group, Interfaceflor, etc. Prior to Seymourpowell, Chris held sustainable innovation positions at leading sustainability advisors/think tank Forum for the Future plus worked inside Philips Electronics and Electrolux. He has lectured and presented widely on these subjects and holds a PhD titled ‘Innovative Ecodesign’ from Cranfield University.

All articles by Chris Sherwin:

50 Great Innovators, One Better Future

April 5, 2012 | In: Enabling Factors

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Sustainability may still not be on the top of everyone’s priority list, but those who do take green action get results, and big ones. Chris Sherwin, Head of Sustainability at Seymourpowell, shares his reaction to this year’s Fast Company 50, where a few pleasantly surprising sustainability innovators could be found among the trend setters.

Time to Front up On Green: How Innovation Managers Can Kick-Start Sustainable Innovation

March 31, 2011 | In: Strategies

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Innovation management is a formative discipline and innovation managers have had their hands full with ideas management, design thinking, service innovation and many more new ideas. But sustainable innovation should be a key tool in any innovation manager’s skill-set, argues Chris Sherwin, sustainability expert at Forum for the Future.