Dr Jan Vernon, RPA’s Business Development Director, has worked in environmental research and consulting for nearly 25 years. Since joining RPA in 1998, Dr Vernon has directed and managed a range of projects involving evaluation and assessment of the impacts of environmental policy on government, business and other stakeholders. She is responsible for the development of RPA’s work on business responses to environmental regulation and has worked with a wide range of sectors, with particular experience of the chemicals and energy industries. She has led projects covering a range of EU policy areas, including the new EU chemicals policy (REACH), the Water Framework Directive, the EU Marine Strategy as well as regulations covering cosmetics, toys and electrical products.
Areas of particular expertise include:
- Business implications of environmental policy and regulation;
- Assessment of environmental costs and liabilities;
- Integration of sustainability issues into business management and finance;
- Environmental and social accounting and reporting; and
- Environmental and product safety issues for chemicals, energy, cosmetics and construction industries.
Dr Vernon has a keen interest in climate change issues and was the prime author of BSI's UK - Climate Change: A Manager’s Guide (2001) and Focus on Climate Change (2006) on the implications of climate change for UK businesses.
