Professor Martin Charter, Director, The Centre for Sustainable Design ®, Business School for the Creative Industries, University for the Creative Arts (UCA).
Professor Martin Charter is the Founding Director of The Centre for Sustainable Design ® at the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) that was established in 1995. Martin is also a member of the Senior Management Team, UCA Business School for the Creative Industries. He is a former Visiting Professor in Sustainable Product Design at UCA and presently Professor of Innovation & Sustainability at UCA.
Martin has 30 years’ experience in business sustainability with particular expertise in sustainable innovation, product sustainability and circular economy and has been an author and editor of many reports and publications including Sustainable Solutions, Greener Marketing I & II, ‘Designing for the Circular Economy and Accelerating Sustainability in Fashion, Clothing and Textiles (forthcoming 2023). He has also been active in international and national standardisation in eco-design and circular economy both as a convenor and expert.
Martin is the founder and organiser of the Sustainable Innovation series of international conferences. He is a regular speaker at conferences worldwide and has sat on a range of advisory groups. Martin founded and is the chair of the charity Farnham Repair Café.
