Peter Burston

Senior Strategic Director and Strategic Director, Renewables

BSc (Hons)

Peter has over twenty years of experience working in business and biodiversity, supporting companies to better understand their impacts and dependencies on nature. He leads TBC’s specialist global renewables team, working in countries across Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.

Peter has extensive knowledge and practical experience of project finance, and in particular the application of environmental and social (E&S) standards of international financial institutions. This includes working directly for lenders, such as the International Finance Corporation, completing independent E&S due diligence, and supporting project developers. Peter supports TBC’s clients throughout the project design, build and operation phases of their projects, including initial risk screening, environmental and ecological impact assessments, critical habitat assessments, biodiversity action and management plans, biodiversity offsets, as well as long-term monitoring. Other areas of focus include biodiversity in agriculture and fashion.

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