Faculty Member, School of the Built Environment
Professor of Regenenration and Sustainable Development
About
Erik Bichard is Professor of Regeneration and Sustainable Development at the
University of Salford’s School of the Built Environment. His career, entirely
spent in the area of sustainable development has spanned the public, private,
third and now the academic sector. Until June 2007 he was Executive Director
of The Co-operative Bank inspired National Centre for Business &
Sustainability. In addition to his role at Salford Erik has been sustainability
advisor to the City of Liverpool and Co-operatives UK. He is on the Board of
the Liverpool-based social enterprise the FRC Group, and Migrant Workers
North West. He is a member of the UK Sustainable Development Panel and
has been working with the Environmental Agency, and the Energy Saving
Trust to motivate communities to invest in measures that will lessen the impact
of climate change using incentive strategies. His book ‘Positively Responsible’
deals with tactics that overcome the reluctance of individuals and groups to
take action in the face of the threat of environmental and social decline.
