The UK’s leading multi-channel electrical distributor, CEF has strengthened its commitment to sustainability and social value by adding two senior appointments to its team.
Paul Thomas joins CEF as Head of Environmental Sustainability, reporting into Connor Dalton, Director of ESG & Sustainability. Paul will lead, coordinate and implement the environmental goals of CEF’s sustainability strategy across its UK sites. He will also be responsible for environmental topics including CEF’s commitment to become carbon net zero by 2040.
Paul says: “I am looking forward to implementing real world environmental improvements to this exciting company to help make us a world-class sustainability leader within our industry.”
Paul will be working in close partnership with fellow new appointee Nathalie Ritchie in her role as Head of Sustainable Supply Chain.
Working in partnership with CEF’s Procurement and Category Management teams, Nathalie will support the business to develop and deliver a world class, industry leading and ambitious sustainable supply chain strategy that ensures compliance with legislation, industry standards and growing customer requirements.
Nathalie will be responsible for the co-ordination of CEF’s EcoVadis supply chain programme as well as social topics such as human rights, modern slavery and factory working conditions. Nathalie says she’s “truly excited about this new challenge and the opportunity to make a significant and positive impact”.
As the UK’s leading multi-channel electrical distributor, CEF is in a unique position to lead the industry and include sustainability in everything that it does. The company has defined its commitment to several challenging and long-term goals on the issues that matter most to its customers, business and the wider communities in which it works, highlighted through its new sustainability and social impact report “Creating Opportunities, Improving Lives.”
For more information on CEF’s sustainability and social value strategy, view the 2022 impact report here: https://catalogue.cef.co.uk/cef-impact-report-2022/