Josie Cadwallader-Hughes, Director of Sustainability at Thakeham

As Sustainability Director at Thakeham Group, Josie Cadwallader-Hughes is responsible for keeping Thakeham at the leading edge, building partnerships with distinguished organisations with a long history of championing change, and advising on a number of cross-industry programmes enabling zero carbon placemaking.

Josie is the sustainability director for the Thakeham Group. She was a keynote speaker at the event. Her talk was entitled Low-cost all-electric homes. As we are heading for an all-electric, fossil fuel-free future, questions are raised about how energy costs can be managed as we try to find the sweet spot between building fabric, heat pump and heat emitter design efficiency and hot water storage space.

As Sustainability Director at Thakeham Group, Josie Cadwallander-Hughes is responsible for keeping Thakeham at the leading edge by building partnerships with distinguished organisations with a long history of championing change and bringing together stakeholders from Wildlife Trusts to the Plunkett Foundation.

Josie is a finalist for the Sustainability Leader of the Year Award 2022. She advises several cross-industry programmes such as in her role as Interim Head of Zero Carbon Placemaking and Nature at the Future Homes Hub, developing the interface between industry and government to meet ambitious climate goals.

The Thakeham Group believes that climate change is one of the most significant environmental challenges of the 21st century and that we all have a responsibility to act now. Delaying action on climate change will be costly for our natural environment, humans and the economy.

They are taking a highly proactive approach in responding to the climate crisis by setting themselves challenging targets. They believe that urgent action is necessary to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

“The homes that we deliver by 2025 will be zero carbon, none of this tricky transition period”