About us

Amanda Carpenter founded Achill Management to enable her to do something positive about the state of the planet. Helping firms to transition towards net zero, to take meaningful actions to reduce their environmental impact and have a positive influence on those they work has become something of an obsession. She has worked across public, private, and not for profit sectors at C-Suite and Board level for many years and is a passionate and confident communicator advocating change and encouraging action. She is a Trustee for the Environmental Law Foundation and spends much of her spare time hosting Planet Pod the successful environmental podcast. When she isn’t doing that, she can be found walking and paddle boarding in the marshes of coastal Suffolk.

Having spent the early part of his career in engineering and management roles in the Royal Navy submarine service, Jim widened his experience further in environmental management roles with international ‘blue chip’ corporates. He set up the Environment Agency’s centre for expertise in flood forecasting and warning before going on to head up the environment campaign of one of the (then) Prince of Wales’ responsible business charities. A passionate environmentalist, he now brings all his passion and expertise together through his own consultancy business, executive producer of Planet Pod podcasts and as a key member of the Achill Management team.

Stan is an energy and environmental consultant dealing with the environmental impact of workplaces. His background spans both engineering and surveying and he brings a strong knowledge of buildings, their services and operational factors. He advises on compliance with ISO energy and environmental management and is an ISO 14001 ISO 150001 and ESOS lead auditor. Stan works with Achill Management as an associate and brings specialist knowledge gained through working with large city law firms.

Starting out as a runner in documentary producer 3bm TV Beth spent nearly a decade working on an array of documentaries for 3bm and Brook Lapping Productions, working her way up to Producer/Director. She spent two years as an Assistant Producer at BBC World News, Executive Producing series and commissioning and running the short format content for the channel. Following a career break to start a family, Beth looks after two young boys and works as a freelance social media producer and researcher. She provides programme research and social media support to Planet Pod and tries to spend as much time outside and live as sustainably as she possibly can.