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Six Arup staff named in the Top 50 Women in Engineering: Sustainability awards 2020

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Sarah Wright - Communications Coordinator Sarah Wright UKIMEA Press Office,London
23 June 2020

Six Arup staff have been named in the Top 50 Women in Engineering: Sustainability awards (WE50), which celebrates International Women in Engineering Day, this year in collaboration with UNESCO UK.

The Women’s Engineering Society (WES) produces the annual WE50, which this year focuses on women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) who are involved in the creation or delivery of sustainable strategies and solutions – helping to address the global climate change challenge and the delivery of Net Zero Carbon and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

The six Arup staff who have been named in the WE50 2020 are:

  • Clare Lavelle, Energy Consultancy Leader for the North (Edinburgh office)

  • Ritu Garg, Senior Planner in Transport Consulting (London office)

  • Jennifer Kelly, Associate, Climate Change & Sustainability (Manchester office)

  • Martha Hart, Senior Energy Consultant (Sheffield office)

  • Adele Carey, Sustainability Specialist (Leeds office)

  • Laura Frost, Associate in Energy, Cities & Climate Change (London office)

Six Arup staff have been named in the Top 50 Women in Engineering Six Arup staff have been named in the Top 50 Women in Engineering
Six Arup staff have been named in the Top 50 Women in Engineering Awards 2020 - Top row (L-R): Adele Carey; Clare Lavelle; Jennifer Kelly. Second row (L-R): Laura Frost; Ritu Garg; Martha Hart

A further five have been highly commended by WES for their contributions to the industry this year:

  • Cate Anthony, Infrastructure Consultant (London office)

  • Lucie Barouillet, Product Manager, Advanced Digital Engineering (London office)

  • Kara Brussen, Sustainability Consultant (Cardiff office)

  • Ayisha Paw, Civil Engineer (London office)

  • Jo Spencer, Structural Engineer (Newcastle office)

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We congratulate the Arup women who have received this prestigious recognition for their hard work and achievements in sustainable development, which is an integral part of our global strategy. They are role models who can inspire future generations of women to bring their talents and perspectives to STEM industries. As a firm, we recognise the opportunities that having a gender-balanced workforce brings to our projects, our clients, and the communities that we operate in. Enabling all women to realise their potential at work is critical to tackling some of the most urgent global challenges, such as climate change, that we are facing today. ” Andrea Callender Director of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion for the UKIMEA Region

The full list of all 50 winners can be viewed here.