Designing Better Systems for People and Planet

Francesca Lee (Founder)

My career began in law — advising businesses on commercial risk, compliance, governance and regulatory obligations. For over 20 years, I helped organisations understand how systems, policies and decisions create consequences: legal, operational, financial and human.

Over time, I realised something powerful.

The same principles that drive strong governance — clarity, transparency, accountability, and respect for stakeholders — are exactly the principles that sit at the heart of sustainability and social value.

That experience became a turning point in how I support organisations.

My focus is always the same: to help organisations gain climate literacy and practical skills to understand sustainability risks in governance design — not as an aspiration, but as a climate literacy muscle that infiltrates decisions they make.. To do this, training has to be tailored and innovative.

Credentials:

• Certificate in Sustainability Leadership in the Built Environment, Cambridge University, 2023

• Climate Clauses Working Group (part of The Chancery Lane Project) since Oct 2024

• Regular article contributor to Inside Housing and Social Housing since Feb 2024

• Commissioned by The Law Society of England & Wales to design courses for solicitors since Feb 2024 including courses on sustainability in 2026 for solicitors

• Commissioned by The Law Society of Scotland to design courses for solicitors since March 2026 including one on sustainability and governance

• Member of Chapter Zero

• Member of the Scope 3 Peer Group

• Member of the Environmental Business Network

• Member of MSDUK

Interesting facts:‍ ‍Loves Labradors (on my 6th one today), opera enthusiast, Shakespearean plays, jazz music, travelling and foodie encounters, needlepoint work and amateur art admirer