Sam
Hardy
Consentium JBS&G
Principal
A Bit About Sam
Sam Hardy is a Principal at Consentium, the specialist stakeholder engagement, communications, and sustainability arm of JBS&G. Sam has managed stakeholder engagement campaigns for several major contaminated land projects including at mining and port facilities. Overall, he has twenty years’ experience in stakeholder engagement, communications and ESG. Prior to Consentium, Sam led ESG strategy and communications at an Adelaide based agency where he delivered projects mainly in the energy, resources, and infrastructure sectors. This included working with listed businesses in Australia, the UK and the EU. Before moving to Adelaide, Sam was Director of Outreach, and Co-Head of Advisory and Knowledge at Berlin-based ESG consultancy and audit firm, RCS Global Group. While at RCS he focused on fostering ESG due diligence engagement between investors, the mining sector, and global ICT and auto companies within the battery metals and industrial metals markets.
Presentation Details
​Identifying community stakeholders and deciding how and when to ‘inform’, ‘consult’ and ‘involve’ them in PFAS projects can be critical for the success of the investigation and remediation phase, while also being a key factor in social license to operate on the site into the future. Drawing on lessons from JBS&G’s PFAS work and wider involvement in Australia-wide stakeholder engagement and consultation projects, the presenter will outline a good practice approach to community engagement which is replicable across any PFAS or broader contaminated land or groundwater project