About
DRIVING SUSTAINABILTY FORWARDS
Dr Vicky Lofthouse
Trained as an industrial designer, with a PhD in sustainable design, I’ve been working in sustainable innovation for 25 years. EN:ABLE Sustainability was founded in 2021 to help companies create exciting and innovative products, which delight customers – whilst having a significantly reduced sustainability impact.
I love helping companies to design, make and sell more sustainable products, using my experience to bridge their knowledge gaps. My ethos is very much around making things happen in real time, creating change through practical action.
I’m curious by nature, and love connecting ideas together and uncovering opportunities to transfer concepts from one industry to another. I’m a user-centred designer through and through which means I often come at a problem from a slightly different angle to traditional business consultants.
Think of me as your extra pair of expert hands, steering your organisation towards a more sustainable (and successful) future.
Let’s have a chat about how I can help move your business forward.
DRIVING SUSTAINABILTY FORWARDS
My Approach
critical friend
Provide insights and challenge the norm to find the best solution for your business.
explore with curiosity
Question whether there is a better way. What can we learn from others?
commercial value
Balancing the dual needs of sustainability and commercial value.
a helping hand
Integrate into your established team and work across several departments
Our impact
We understand the importance of managing our own impact. Since our baseline assessment in 2023-34 (422.01 kgCO2e) we have had solar panels installed, which power ‘The Studio’ throughout the year.
Our Sustainable Travel & Procurement policy prioritises; sustainable travel options, purchasing refurbished equipment and sourcing from small businesses that share our values.
Surrounding ‘The Studio, we actively support biodiversity:
- Planting fruit trees, wildflower areas, native hedgerows and species that attract pollinators, with no hard landscaping
- Installing bird feeders and a bee bath
As a service-based business, our footprint is small, but it is not negligible and we are growing. Despite the solar installation, we saw emissions rise from 422 kgCo2e to 622 kgCO2e in 2024-25 due to increased in-person meetings, events, and travel to deliver training. To help to address this going forward, we have:
- defaulted to virtual meetings, unless in-person adds clear value
- sought to bundle trips
- selected events more strategically
- extended online training provision.