Water Matters 2024

Annual Conference

Water Matters 2024

Water Matters supports non-household water users in working towards a more resilient, sustainable water future.

London, UK

20th June 2024

Chris Hines MBE / Jessica Sansom / Dr. Tony Juniper CBE

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Water Matters 2024

Water Matters 2024 was a roaring success! 

Over 100 attendees joined us for the day, including over 50 business water users!

Top highlights included learning about cloud rivers, the impact of a humble strawberry, how intelligent activism can stand you apart from the crowd, and how water is connected to everything we do. Attendees found the varied speakers provided fantastic insight and a vast number of actionable takeaways, helping them to develop practical solutions to water-related challenges via expertise from a range of backgrounds.

Thank you for being part of this open conversation, where collaboration, innovation, and peer-to-peer solutions take centre stage.  

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Speakers at the event

Chris Hines MBE

Former Sustainability Director of the Eden Project and Founder of Surfers Against Sewage

Chris’ interview

Jessica Sansom

Sustainability Director at Huel and Former Head of Sustainability at Innocent Drinks

Jessica’s interview

Dr. Tony Juniper CBE

Sustainability Adviser and Environmentalist

Trisha McAuley

Panel Guest, and Head of Strategic Panel

Neil Pendle

Panel Host, and Managing Director at Waterscan

Neil’s interview

Karma Loveday

Panel Host, and Founder and Editor at The Water Report

Don Maher

Head of Non-Household Services at Anglian Water

Dr Rebecca Heaton

Environmental Advisor

Ben Caspersz

Founder of Claremont

Thomas Walker

Senior Innovation Manager at Spring Innovation

Sarah McMath

Chief Executive at MOSL

Ian Thompson

Associate Director, Economic Insight

  • Freshwater works in a cycle that when functioning as it should sustains life, our food and the economy. The tendency is, however, to lose sight of the whole and to focus on one aspect at a time, causing us to go around in circles, and usually not virtuous ones.

    Dr. Tony Juniper CBE

    Sustainability Adviser and Environmentalist

  • Water Matters is a platform for mature, long-term conversations irrespective of politics and open to an ever-changing pace of change.

    Chris Hines MBE

    Former Sustainability Director of the Eden Project and Founder of Surfers Against Sewage

  • Water is an issue that crosses boundaries – be it between regions and countries, cultures, different industries and land uses, land-based and aquatic ecosystems. We cannot address water issues in isolation or individually. We need to collaborate, we need an interconnected response. As businesses it is crucial that we understand our own impacts and potential solutions, and bring these to the table to agree a way forward with all the other stakeholders.

    Jessica Sansom

    Sustainability Director at Huel and Former Head of Sustainability at Innocent Drinks

Venue

Water Matters 2024 will be held at Convene, 22 Bishopsgate, London.

Further information about the location, as well as nearby parking, bus stations and underground lines, can be found on the venue’s website.