Hello!

I am an independent Sustainability Advisor with over 35 years of experience applying my diverse skills to help clients navigate complexity and integrate tailored approaches to environmental, social and governance (ESG) best practices into their DNA and all that they do.

I specialise in environmental and social due diligence, sustainability/ESG risk management, strategy development, implementation and reporting, as well as stakeholder engagement and training.

My deep experience across sectors and industries in Asia enables me to work with my clients to identify salient risks and develop tailored strategies to move toward best practice. As an expert facilitator, I am also experienced in effectively engaging stakeholders in the process to not only identify and address ideas and concerns, but to build ownership for outcomes.  

I am the founder and CEO of Copeland and Partners Limited, Sustainability Advisor of Sedgwick Richardson, a Member of Red Links, an advisor to The Mekong Club, Lumivoce and Habitat for Humanity, and a Founding Partner of ORCA Asia.

I am also a Board Director of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and a Board Advisor of Arowana Impact Capital Group. Arowana is the only B-Corp accredited investment manager headquartered in Southeast Asia. Arowana’s purpose is to help build people, companies and value through sustainable investment practices across the Asia Pacific region.

I have been active in the sustainability field in Hong Kong and Asia for over 28 years, where I have honed my expertise in assisting companies and the financial sector to identify and manage environmental and social risks and embed sustainability issues into operations and reporting.  My clients range from multinationals to private equity firms and sector experience ranges from supply chain management, infrastructure, transportation, manufacturing and agribusiness, to hospitality, health care and education.

From 2004-8, I was an Environment and Social Specialist with the International Finance Corporation where I worked on a wide range of investment and portfolio management projects, in a variety of sectors, throughout the region.  Previously, I worked for consultancies including BMT Asia Pacific and ERM in Hong Kong, and the LURA Group in Canada.  I was a founding member of the Global Reporting Initiative’s Stakeholder Council, the HKSAR’s Council for Sustainable Development’s Strategy Sub-committee and the Hong Kong Business Coalition on the Environment.

I was a founding co-chair of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s Sustainable Development Committee in Hong Kong, led the committee for 7 years and remain an Advisor.  I am member of ACCA’s Global Sustainability Forum and Moxie Future’s Advisory Committee, supporting its work to empower women to use investments to change the world. I was a Mentor on The Women’s Foundation (TWF) Mentoring Programme for Women Leaders and served as a member of TWF’s Mentoring Programme Advisory Council’s and am a co-director or the Canadian Chamber’s Women’s Network.

I also lectured at the University of Hong Kong, and earned a MA in Political Science and Environmental Studies from the University of Toronto and a BA (Honours) in Political Science from McGill University in Montréal, Canada.