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Emma has over 22 year’s experience working in the Sustainability field of the Highways and quarrying industry. Emma has presented at a number of events focusing on carbon accounting and decarbonisation.

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Emma has over 22 year’s experience working in the Sustainability field of the Highways and quarrying industry. Emma has presented at a number of events focusing on carbon accounting and decarbonisation.

Areas of Expertise

Carbon accounting

Do you know what to measure and why? It is essential to accurately measure carbon, the first step is to discover where to get data from and what to include.

PAS 2080

Guiding organisations in whole life carbon management, reducing costs, and adapting to a low-carbon future.

ISO 14001

Environmental Management is key to reducing environmental impacts. A successful system is when all staff are onboard and have a good level of understanding. Training is key.

Sustainability Strategies

Future proofing your company is key through balancing impacts on the environment, social with financial goals.

Upcoming Events

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SPL, Green Roads Ahead

January 2025
Taking place at Lords Cricket Ground, London
This event will focus on how SPL are working with industry partners toward reducing carbon.

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Recent Events

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SPL, Green Roads Ahead

November 2024

SPL’s training day in Newcastle was an educational day giving insights into the future of sustainable infrastructure.

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Highways UK

October 2024
Day 2 – Where does highway maintenance fit in a carbon life cycle?
Emma talks about the need to align highway maintenance activities with the BS EN 15804 standard to measure and reduce greenhouse gas emissions throughout the infrastructure’s lifecycle. Currently the focus is on the beginning of the life cycle, but highway maintenance actually fits in ‘B’. The presentation explored what therefore needed to be including to avoid green washing.
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Highways

October 2024
Highways UK brought together the people responsible for planning, developing, managing, maintaining, and future-proofing the nation’s roads networks, for an event held at the NEC Birmingham on 16 – 17th October 2024.
Day 1 – Paving the way to net zero through low carbon materials. A panel discussing topics including PAS 2080, Local Roads, Technical risk acceptance for new materials & durability confidence, Carbon Cost of Recycling, How do standards need to change to allow use of new materials and what the focus should be.
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ATM Away Day

June 2024
Emma was invited to speak to all members of the ATM Ltd company at their annual away day. Emma presented ATM’s ambitions for carbon reduction. Emma has been working with ATM for 6 months and it was an appropriate time to present the work that has been completed, the areas the team members can get involved in and the overall aim for ATM in regards to carbon reduction. The presentation was very well received, with a number of questions asked, sparking debate in regards to how the company can further decarbonise.
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Traffex

May 2024
Traffex is the UK’s leading road maintenance, traffic management and road safety event. In partnership with National Highways and supported by the DFT, Traffex brought together local authorities, contractors and suppliers responsible for maintaining and managing the UK road network.

We heard from leaders at National Highways, Department for Transport, councils and major contractors who will examine funding, transport infrastructure, AI traffic controlling, carbon reduction, asset management, and connected vehicles.

Talking on the Sustainability and Safety stage, the panel discussed:
– Decarbonising roads from cradle to grave.
– A discussion on the lifecycle stages of carbon, from design to construction, operation, and end of life.
– With the whole value chain in mind, how can assist owners work towards PAS 2080 and ISO 14001?

Moderated by Giles Perkins, WSP. Panel members:
Craig Andrews, Technical Director at Foster Contracting Limited
Kunal Prasad, Zero Carbon Council Manager at Oxfordshire County Council
Emma Pye, Founder and Director at PYE Management Ltd
Andrew Kidd, Director of Environmental Sustainability Carbon Management, Lower Thames Crossing at National Highways
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Derby CC Supply Chain Day

February 2024
Emma presented alongside colleagues Helen Viner and Helen Bailey at the Derby CC highway maintenance supply chain day. Emma presented on the reasons why we carry out carbon accounting and current methodologies.
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RSTA Conference

April 2023
Emma supports RSTA’s ‘game-changing’ guidance to enable local authorities to understand and demonstrate, for the first time, the carbon savings they are making when using surface treatments.  The conference and Emma’s presentation launched the Carbon Emissions for Road Surface and other Maintenance Treatments Report and Guidance. The guidance, developed for local highway authority Asset Managers and other decision makers, will enable them to plan their future maintenance programs and demonstrate the carbon savings they have made, and are making, by implementing whole life carbon and cost lifecycle asset management.