Andrew Brown - Business in the Community
Andrew Brown smiling at the camera

Andrew Brown

Group Chief Sustainability Officer,
Anglian Water Group

Place Taskforce
Pride of Place: Norwich Leadership Board

As Group Chief Sustainability Officer Andy Brown works with Anglian Water’s board to oversee the delivery of its purpose, “to bring environmental and social prosperity to the region we serve through our commitment to Love Every Drop”. He has worked for over 10 years embedding sustainability and purpose throughout the business, overseeing the development of its six capitals framework and the Purpose Scorecard. He is the sponsor of Anglian Water’s Sustainability Centre of Excellence and is working with the AVH Group companies to develop its sustainability frameworks. 

Having worked in sustainability for the past 25 years he has led in the areas of natural environment, climate change adaptation and now sustainability and purpose. He has worked with BSI to develop PAS 808 Purpose Driven Organisations and now chairs BSI National Group on this subject. He is an external advisor and Chair of Tarmac’s Sustainability Panel. In 2021 & 22 he was also appointed as a Visting Fellow of Practice for the Government Outcomes Lab based at the Blavatnik School of Government in the University of Oxford focusing on place-based regeneration and responsible business. 

Business in the Communty’s place programme

Business in the Community’s (BITC) Place Programme is about bringing everyone together in a place to act collaboratively. To act on long-term goals, based on a common agreement of the challenges, opportunities and solutions and drawing on the strengths of everyone in that community, whether they are a business, a community organisation or from the public sector.

Our mission

To facilitate meaningful connections between businesses, communities, and local councils to reset economic ambitions and collaborate on new, innovative solutions that will deliver long-term, transformative impact.