Polly Courtice

Dame Veronica Anne Courtice, DBE, LVO, DL (born June 1952),[1] known as Polly Courtice, was Founder Director of the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership[2] at the University of Cambridge until April 2021.

Courtice was the Founder Director of The Prince of Wales's Business & Sustainability Programme, and Academic Director of Cambridge University’s Master of Studies in Sustainability Leadership. She is a Fellow of Churchill College and an Honorary Fellow of Murray Edwards College, Cambridge.

She is a Deputy Lieutenant for Cambridgeshire, a member of the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Independent Commission on Climate, and a Trustee of Cambridge Past, Present and Future. She is a Non-Executive Director of Anglian Water Services Ltd, a Director of Jupiter Green Investment Trust and a Board Advisor to the British Standards Institute. She serves on the environmental/sustainability advisory boards for AstraZeneca and Nespresso and is a member of the judging panel for the Queen’s Award for Sustainable Development.

Courtice has an MA from the University of Cambridge and is also a graduate of the University of Cape Town.

Honours

She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to sustainability leadership.[3]

Courtice was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) in the 2008 Birthday Honours.

She is the recipient of the 2015 Stanford Bright Award for Environmental Sustainability.

In 2016, she received a Lifetime Achievement Award at Ethical Corporation’s annual Responsible Business Awards, and in 2018 she received Business Green’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

References
  1. "VERONICA ANNE COURTICE - HUNTINGDON - DIRECTOR, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SU". Checkcompany.co.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  2. "Our Director, Polly Courtice LVO — Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership". cisl.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  3. "No. 61608". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2016. p. B8.
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