Talia is the ESG Manager at Colpac, an award-winning British designer and manufacturer of innovative food packaging solutions. Talia leads on multiple strategic projects including net zero and deforestation free supply chains.
Prior to this, she spent five years working in political communication, nature policy campaigning, and sustainability. This includes leading pan-European engagement on the 2019 European Elections for the European Parliament in Brussels and as Co-Director for UK Youth for Nature (UKY4N), the UK’s leading youth movement calling for urgent political action to address the nature crisis.
In 2021, she was seconded as a Policy Advisor to the Cabinet Office on the UK’s COP26 Nature Campaign. Using her experience in forest supply chains and campaigning, her work here led to advancing policy on illegal deforestation, driving forward the meaningful participation of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, and engaging business. She sits on the Board of both UKY4N and Global Canopy, a data-driven not for profit that targets the market forces destroying nature.
Talia has a BA in French and Russian from the University of Bristol and an MSc in Environment, Politics and Society from UCL. Talia is a committed sustainability and nature advocate.