Dr Thomson has over 20 years working experience including 14 years in Asia undertaking environmental and corporate social responsibility programs for business and public clients. As CEO of the Business Environment Council (BEC), he is responsible for realising the mission of the organisation; to advocate the business case for sustainable development, and encourage the uptake of practices, which reduce waste, conserve resources, prevent pollution and improve corporate environmental and social responsibility.
His Asian career has been mainly based in Hong Kong with BEC and its forerunner the Centre of Environmental Technology. However he spent the millennium's first year working as a specialist environmental advisor to BP on the planning and design of a major gas field development in Southern Vietnam.
Andrew specializes in strategies for corporate sustainability from development of framework management systems (ISO 14001, ISO 18000, SA 8000 etc) to more in depth implementation plans for cleaner production, waste minimization, energy efficiency and corporate governance.
In the course of 14 years of research and consulting in Hong Kong he has assisted clients in the development and verification of environmental reports, undertaken studies on eco-labeling and life cycle analysis, completed techno-economic feasibility studies into waste management and recycling, assisted in due diligence and compliance audits, contributed to EIA and Planning studies, and provided numerous training courses.
He serves in the following public and private capacities:
