Penny Walker is an independent facilitator and coach, who also trains facilitators. She helps groups of people have better conversations about sustainability issues including low-carbon futures, environmental protection, flooding, climate adaptation and organisational sustainability.
In 2023:
In the last year, these areas of commitment have been successful:
- Offering professional paid opportunities to people of colour who are new to my networks, to join me working with clients.
- Continuing to work with She is Sustainable / She is Still Sustainable to support women, including women of colour, disabled women and LBTQ+ women, who work in sustainability.
- Explicitly considering diversity and inclusion when designing and delivering work for clients. This has been the area where I have learned and improved the most. My approach has included considering the diversity of the teams I put together for projects, leading to more partnerships with people from a diverse range of backgrounds. I have also been able to learn from colleagues and include their diversity expertise when training client teams.
- Including diversity topics in my Making the Path by Walking newsletter.
- Seeking out and amplifying the voices of people from marginalised and minority groups.
- Offering mentoring in the sustainability and facilitation professions, to people from underrepresented groups.
In 2024:
- Mentoring at least one person of colour, who is interested in working in sustainability, either via IEMA or SocEnv or in some other way.
- Continuing to broaden my network of associates to be more diverse.
- Continuing to work with She is Sustainable to support women, including women of colour, disabled women and LBTQ+ women, who work in sustainability.
- Explicitly considering diversity and inclusion when designing and delivering work for clients.
- Including diversity topics in my Making the Path by Walking newsletter.
- Seeking out and amplifying the voices of people from marginalised and minority groups.
- Collaborating with others in the sustainability and facilitation professions to learn, to challenge and to improve.