2022 FMB Building Conference: The role of builders in achieving Net Zero by 2050

Josh Emden

Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)

Josh Emden's work at IPPR focusses on developing just transition policy across all sectors of the economy. He is the programme lead for heat decarbonisation, industrial decarbonisation and green jobs and skills.

Josh has previously worked on renewable generation, energy networks and systems and implementation strategies that include devolved and local governance. He is a regular commentator on climate, energy and just transition policy appearing on national news and radio including BBC News, Sky News and LBC. He has also written on the subject for Huffington Post, Red Box, Business Green and Energy Monitor, among others.

Brian Berry

Chief Executive, Federation of Master Builders

Brian Berry is Chief Executive of the Federation of Master Builders. Prior to his current position Brian was Director of External Affairs at the FMB with responsibility for UK and EU policy, public affairs and media relations. Before the FMB, he worked at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), where he was Head of UK Public Policy. Brian regularly provides commentary on construction issues for TV, Radio, national and trade press.

Juliet Phillips

Senior Policy Adviser, Energy Efficiency Infrastructure Group (EEIG)

Juliet leads E3G’s UK place-based transition workstreams, focusing on the policies and politics of decarbonising UK housing, as well as the financial solutions needed to underpin this major infrastructure opportunity. 

Juliet joined E3G from the Environmental Investigation Agency where she worked as an Ocean Campaigner, focused on UK and EU policies around the circular economy, and working with Greenpeace on a supermarket campaign targeting plastic reduction and reuse measures.

Before then, she was Campaigns Manager at ShareAction, coordinating climate change-focused shareholder activism around the fossil fuel and banking sectors.

She holds a MSc in Political Theory from the London School of Economics.

Chris Carr

Managing Director, Carr & Carr (Builders) Limited

Chris Carr works for Carr & Carr (Builders) Ltd; house developers and general construction contractors for over 90 years. Carr & Carr specialise in high-end new homes and have won awards for their developments in the North East Lincolnshire area.