Addressing the elephant in the room: Corporate foundation alignment with parent company’s purpose and strategy

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The Environment Agency's new PFAS thresholds for freshwater

30 January 2026

5 minutes read

Last week, the Environment agency published research on Developing thresholds for managing PFAS in the water environment.[1] Richard Ogden and Jonathan Parry from SLR’s Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) team offer some initial thoughts on the document, with the intention of facilitating discussion within the community of PFAS and controlled-waters practitioners.

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We achieve this by having a team of expert advisors and technicians, who partner with our clients to tackle some of the world's most complex sustainability challenges, by utilising our collaborative and entrepreneurial ‘One Team’ culture.

Our next event in the series is scheduled for the first week of June at 1pm BST, it focuses on ‘alignment with parent company’s purpose and strategy’, and the guest speaker is Kate Ashworth.

Kate has been the Societe Generale UK Foundation Director since 2020, leading strategy development, governance and operational management of the corporate foundation. Kate works collaboratively with the Board of Trustees and has overseen a change in legal structure, best practice administration, delivered a strategic review and is currently implementing the new Bright Futures strategy. Prior to this, Kate was Head of CSR for in Societe Generale for eight years and was responsible the CSR strategy and delivery in the UK.

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