Mel Allwood is Sustainability Director for Arup London’s Buildings group. She and her team work with a number of the world’s leading property asset owners, investors and developers on net zero carbon strategies at both the portfolio, urban district and individual building level, in London and across the world. An environmental engineer and chartered environmentalist, Mel and her team have a reputation for innovative and market-leading use of sustainability strategies, and have achieved a number of UK and global ‘firsts’ in the field of sustainable building certification.