Current roles:
- Director, Elliott Wood
- Founder & Director, Fighting Dirty
- Chair, Engineers Without Borders
- UKGBC Ambassador
Biography:
An engineer, Chartered Environmentalist, and former UNESCO Special Envoy for Youth & the Environment, Georgia started her career as the first Environment Manager in the UK construction industry. She is now Director of Sustainability at engineering practice, Elliott Wood – pioneers in delivering resilient and regenerative buildings.
With 30 years’ experience as a sustainability expert, Georgia has advised organisations such as HSBC, Nike, Amnesty International, and the Bank of England, delivering her “disruptive sustainability” approach – a combination of best practice and activism that generates meaningful change.
In 2021, Georgia challenged the UK government in the High Court over their failure to uphold the Paris Agreement. As a result, major polluters must now report and pay for their carbon emissions. In 2023, she founded the non-profit Fighting Dirty with journalist George Monbiot, leading strategic judicial reviews that close regulatory loopholes, force government action, and prevent pollution at source.
As Chair of the Board for Engineers Without Borders UK, she is a leader in the drive for globally responsible engineering, regularly advising Parliamentarians, contributing to industry and policy committees and standards that advance sustainable development. In 2024 & 2025 she was named in the ENDS Power List as one of the UK’s leading environmental campaigners.
An internationally acclaimed keynote speaker and media contributor, she has spoken at TEDxUCL, New York Times Climate Forward Conversations, Green Footprint Mumbai, European Climate Summit, Cambridge University Zero Festival, and BBC Women’s Hour explaining how to move from anxiety and procrastination to positive action at scale and pace.
