Sustainability communications strategist Victoria Brooks joins business woman and entrepreneur Grace Bian as vice-president of the tve Global Sustainability Film Awards together with Fastflow Group. Victoria has chaired the shortlisting panels for the Awards for the last three years, and been an Awards judge for the last five years.Companies are invited to enter films which focus on their efforts to address the Sustainable Development Goals and the Awards are now open for entries in five categories: Sky: Beyond Plastic; Protecting the Environment; Transforming Society; Reshaping the Economy and Global Digital Futures in partnership with Grace Bian.
It's been fascinating, as short-listing chair, to see first-hand how companies are increasingly understanding the power of a strong sustainability film to inspire change both within their business and more broadly within society,' says Victoria. These Awards, over the last seven years, have played their part in making that happen. So it is very exciting to have been invited to take on the role of vice-president this year, alongside Grace. I'm looking forward to working with the tve team to make this year's Awards even more impactful.'
Victoria is a catalyst for change within the UK advertising industry. Drawing on her 15 years as a strategist within agencies, she recently co-authored Pioneering Communications: Innovation and Opportunity in Advertising Sustainability', while director of strategic partnerships at London-based, The Comms Lab. Earlier this year, Victoria curated the BloomFest Naked Truths' conference in London, aimed at tackling taboo barriers to women's success in the industry including ageism, sexual harassment and equal pay. Victoria is currently the head of programmes at UK ad industry women's organisation Bloom, alongside running her sustainability communications consultancy.
Victoria joins Claudine Blamey, head of sustainability and stewardship at The Crown Estate, who is president of this year's Awards, and Grace Bian, chair of the China International Culture Stock Exchange who is vice-president of the Awards for the third year running.
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The tve Global Sustainability Film Awards are organised annually by the charity tve and are now in their 7th year. Claudine Blamey, head of sustainability and stewardship at The Crown Estate, is president of the 2018 Awards which are now open for entries. The film competition for companies and institutions recognises those whose films most powerfully portray solutions for sustainability. For the third year running it focuses on the UN Sustainable Development Goals, which set ambitious targets for world development: eradicating poverty and hunger; ensuring good health, quality education and gender equality; and setting targets for affordable and clean energy, climate action and responsible consumption and production. gsfa.tve.org
tve is the non-profit based in London that organises the Awards. It creates and enables others to create powerful, effective communications about the environment and sustainable development. Through film, animation, documentaries, debates and social media, the media charity reaches global audiences, giving a voice to a new generation committed to a greener and fairer world. The Awards are tve's main fundraiser each year.
Victoria Brooks is a sustainability communications strategist. Her experience bridges the advertising industry, global brands and NGOs, enabling Victoria to deliver high impact social and environmental campaigns. In partnership with Sony Europe and Naked, she executive-produced the documentary The Forest Guards' for the National Geographic channel. She also originated a digital crowd-sourcing platform, Sony's Open Planet Ideas, with IDEO and WWF, which won the Guardian Sustainable Business Award for Communicating Sustainability. Victoria is a catalyst for change within the advertising industry, having co-authored Pioneering Communications: Innovation and Opportunity in Advertising Sustainability' while director of strategic partnerships at The Comms Lab. Earlier this year she curated the BloomFest Naked Truths' conference, aimed at tackling barriers to women's success in the industry. Victoria is currently the head of programmes at ad industry women's organisation Bloom alongside her consultancy. www.bloomuk.org
Fastflow Group is the Awards' main sponsor for the fourth year running. The company provides infrastructure maintenance and improvement services to Northumbrian Water and Scottish Water, and a wide range of high pressure gas transmission engineering projects for clients such as National Grid and Cadent Gas, from bases in Washington, Tyne and Wear, and Warrington, Greater Manchester.
From Thame, Oxfordshire it delivers planned and responsive repairs for housing associations owning around 200,000 homes across the south of the UK. A recent addition to the business Partner Group based near Durham and Derbyshire, designs and builds homes for housing associations and major asset owners across the UK.
Fastflow Group operates within the support services sector, supplying cost-effective and value-added services in a collaborative, proactive, fair and responsible manner. The customer base includes Northumbrian Water and Scottish Water, FTSE top 100 company National Grid and Housing Associations A2Dominion, Catalyst Housing, Southern Housing, Karbon Homes and Midland Heart. The company embraces the strategic, competitive advantages of a sustainable business model and conducts its business ethically, thereby establishing and maintaining long-term relationships to make a positive contribution to society.
Fastflow Group has supported the tve Global Sustainability Film Awards since 2014, and has been main sponsor since 2015 www.fastflow.co.uk
