Every little helps as AY makes sustainability hire from Tesco

Avison Young has hired supermarket group Tesco’s former head of energy and engineering to lead its sustainability offering. Chris Wright joins the agency as head of sustainability and decarbonisation. He spent 12 years at Tesco, joining in 2012 as a regional maintenance manager and holding roles including head of development for the North. In a social media post announcing the move, Wright said: “The market is saturated with people and organisations that tell you what you need to do from a sustainability and decarbonisation perspective, but very few people tell you how to do it. This will be our area of focus, where delivering client value and cost effective solutions is front and centre of everything we do.”  James Porter, AY’s chief client officer, said: “Environmental impact and sustainability practices are being increasingly demanded by today’s occupiers and businesses. “We are grounded in our belief of the positive social impact real estate can make in people’s lives and we will continue to work with our clients to improve the sustainability and resilience of commercial property, economies and communities.”