Meg Postle is a founding Director of RPA, with over 18 years of consultancy experience. With a background in environmental economics, Ms Postle has extensive experience in undertaking economic analyses of projects, programmes and policies, and has worked internationally in Hong Kong, China and Indonesia as well as throughout the EU.

She has been responsible for most of RPA’s work in the field of chemical risk management at both the EU and UK levels. This has included, for example, acting as the major author of a series of documents on socio-economic analysis in chemical risk management including the OECD Technical Guidance Document on Socio-Economic Analysis in Chemical Risk Management, which provides extensive detail on the assessment of impacts on industry, the environment and human health.  She has also led RPA’s work on the business impact assessment and environmental and health impact assessments of REACH, the business impacts of introducing a Globally Harmonised System (GHS) for the Classification and Labelling of Chemicals, various studies concerning the harmonisation of chemicals regulations across the EU and the development of Risk Reduction Strategies under the Existing Substances Regulation.  She has also led a number of other impact assessment studies for the European Commission, such as a study on revisions to the Toy Safety Directive and an assessment of induced and opportunity costs arising from waste management policies.

In the UK, Ms Postle has been at the core of developing appraisal methods for application to environmental issues. In particular, she has developed cost-benefit analysis based decision aiding methods for the UK Environment Agency. This has recently included overseeing RPA’s work to develop a methodology for even-handedly assessing the costs and economic impacts of measures required under the Water Framework Directive and preparation of guidance on the valuation of the environmental and social benefits of changes in water quality and water resources.