About
DRIVING SUSTAINABILTY FORWARDS
Dr Vicky Lofthouse
Trained as an industrial designer, with a PhD in Sustainable design, I’ve been working at the intersection of sustainability and product development for 25 years. EN:ABLE Sustainability was founded in 2021 to help companies create innovative products that customers love — whilst significantly reducing their environmental impact.
I work closely with product and packaging teams to bridge knowledge gaps and turn sustainability ambition into practical, commercially viable solutions.
I dig deep to identify the root cause of complex problems, drawing on hands-on product based experience to identify clear priorities and create the robust evidence needed to support confident decision making.
DRIVING SUSTAINABILTY FORWARDS
My Approach
critical friend
Providing insights and challenging the norm to find the best solution for your business.
commercial viability
Balancing the dual needs of commercial value and sustainability in your context
seamless integration
Integrating specialist expertise into you established product development team
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.