Ian Blythe

Head of CSR for Boots UK

A former Pollution Control Officer for Severn Trent Water, Ian joined Boots in 1990 to project manage the company's response to the introduction of Integrated Pollution Control legislation in the UK. In 1998 he coordinated Boots first external environmental report, and has continued to drive environmental performance management and reporting processes within the company to where it is today.

More recently his experience has been used in developing Boots approach to broader CSR strategy and reporting and, following the merger with Alliance Unichem in July 2006 and subsequent acquisition by private equity partners in June 2007, has been a key contributor to developing an international approach to CSR across the Alliance Boots group. 

Ian represents the business on various national and local committees, including the All-Party Parliamentary Environment Group, British Retail Consortium's Environment Policy Advisory Group, CBI Environmental Affairs Committee, and is Chair of INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment).

Ian has been a guest speaker at our One Day Introduction to Corporate Responsibility workshop.