Beth Knight

Beth is an award-winning corporate sustainability director with over fifteen years' experience driving transformational change across large scale, global and cross-sector organisations. Recognised as 'Great British Businesswoman of the Year' in 2022, Beth focuses on: 'technology for good', sustainable production & consumption, finance and business transformation. She is highly skilled in shaping strategy and policy, community investment, program/ product innovation, academic research, thought leadership, materiality assessment and ESG reporting.

Beth's previous roles have included: Head of Community Investment for Europe at Amazon, Global Markets Director at EY, and Head of Corporate Sustainability for EY's EMEA Financial Services business. During her time at Amazon, she led the company's humanitarian aid response to the Ukraine war and COVID-19 pandemic relief programs. As a member of the GRI stakeholder council for a full four-year term, Beth advised the GRI Board of Directors on strategy and policy changes related to international reporting standards. She also trailblazed the first UK Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (CRS) Apprenticeship standard - improving access to sustainability careers for individuals from the global majority.

Beth is a working parent with two young children. She is passionate about diversity in sustainability, supporting displaced people /refugees, and innovating through technology.