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Stuart Stone is editor of BusinessGreen Intelligence. He has led the platform's output since it launched in March 2023 by writing case studies, interviews and trend reports designed to help sustainable business leaders in their work. He has also provided news and analysis for the site since joining BusinessGreen in January 2023.

Stuart is particularly interested in green start-ups, culture and behaviour change, nature, the role of clean tech and circular innovation in day-to-day living, and the uphill battle to make sport more sustainable.

Prior to joining BusinessGreen, Stuart spent almost four years covering the hospitality and drinks sector at “pub trade bible” The Morning Advertiser, where he was a head category judge at the Great British Pub Awards on multiple occasions.

He also enjoyed a brief spell covering innovation and technology in the water and energy sectors at Utility Week, has freelanced for British GQ and Telegraph Sport, and written matchday blogs for UEFA’s Champions League, Europa League and international fixtures. Before training as a journalist Stuart spent four years working in commercial media at Men’s Fitness and The Telegraph Media Group’s branded content team.

Stuart studied journalism at City University, a BA in modern history and politics at Royal Holloway, University of London, and is certified Carbon Literate by The Carbon Literacy Project.

Bethany Thomas leads sustainability at Allianz UK, driving environmental strategy and embedding sustainable practices across its multi‑brand portfolio, including Petplan and LV=. She has played a key role in progressing work on decarbonisation, resource efficiency, ethical governance and transparent reporting.

Bethany joined Allianz in 2014 on the underwriting graduate scheme and went on to hold several underwriting roles, including Head of Multinational. She later worked at Allianz Group as Business Manager to the Global Head of Property and Casualty, including supporting sustainability activity across the P&C business. She returned to Allianz UK in 2021 to lead the CEO Office team, overseeing projects, governance, reporting and strategy.

 She holds a degree in History and French, along with professional qualifications including ACII certification and Business Sustainability Management from the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.

James is a sustainability strategist and systems thinker with twenty-five years’ senior management experience in sustainable finance and business. He has provided leadership for organisations and projects and served on a wide range of business and charity boards and governing bodies.

Through RePattern, James is a strategy advisor to a number of regenerative agriculture-tech companies and has led the development of the WWF Nature-based Solutions Accelerator. James was previously Group Director of Strategy for Triodos Bank – Europe’s leading international sustainable bank and investment manager. In his career at Triodos, he set up and managed the UK investment business comprising corporate finance and crowdfunding services, venture capital fund management and fund distribution.

James is now Strategy Director at Regeneration Wealth Management, which enables wealth holders to catalyse transformative change through strategies spanning philanthropic to investment capital.