Jason Longhurst
UK Head of Sustainable Investment & Partnerships, Prologis UK
Chair
UK Head of Sustainable Investment & Partnerships at Prologis UK, supporting the company’s plans to strengthen its position and commitment to drive sustainable growth opportunities whilst maintaining its leadership as one of the world’s most sustainable corporations. Acting as lead on public, private and trade sector engagement on wide-ranging agenda areas including innovation, market disruption and sustainable economic growth as well as a positively increasing the company’s profile as a world leader in industrial & logistics real estate.
Jason is Chair of the UK Business Council for Sustainable Development, he is also a NED advising Clean Growth and Sustainable Development SME innovation companies shaping Net-Zero and Green Economy in the UK. He has held a number of Director/Board positions in both public and private sector organisations including regional development agency, county and unitary bodies, driving growth, investment and sustainable development approaches with industry leaders across multiple sectors.
These include national growth programmes unlocking the Humber Energy Bank (offshore energy), the Oxford to Cambridge (OxCamb) Growth Corridor, the City of Bradford national Clean Growth City programme and City of Culture 2025 approach. Current chair of the South East Consortium Housing Sector Workgroup Zero Carbon Challenge, sits on the UK Business Group Alliance for Net Zero and SME Net Zero Working Group for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), and chairs UKBCSD Mainstreaming SDGs Board. Continues to supporting cross sector sustainable development and economic growth in the UK.