Tara Greaves (pictured), who is currently environment correspondent for the Eastern Daily Press and the Evening News in Norwich, began her career at the Evening Star in Ipswich in 1997 as an editorial assistant and then underwent journalism training with Johnston Press before spending three years at the Haverhill Echo in Suffolk where she finished her time as news editor.
She rejoined Archant as a senior reporter for the EDP in 2002 and less than two years later created the role of environment correspondent.
When the news teams of the EDP and the Evening News merged last year, she took on the role for both papers - winning the EDF regional environment correspondent of the year award for her work.
As sustainability correspondent, Tara will be responsible for coming up with stories about what the company is doing in this field, both for Archant publications and external press. She will also keep staff updated on the moves the company is making to become more sustainable and share ideas from across Archant.
"I'm delighted to have been appointed as the first sustainability correspondent for Archant. It was a tough decision to leave a job that I love but, after six years, I felt it was the right time for a new challenge. Like the environment, sustainability is a subject that I feel passionately about and even during the interview process for the new role I have learned so many things that the company is doing to be more sustainable and I think other staff will appreciate hearing about them too," she said.
"Many people have asked me what sustainability means and I tell them it is about looking at what we do today to see if it can be done in a better way that perhaps doesn't use as much of the planet's resources so that we can carry on doing it in the future, hopefully at a lower financial cost."
Greg Parton, Archant's head of procurement and sustainability, said: "We are pleased to have Tara join the team as she has a wealth of knowledge and experience, and is clearly passionate about sustainability.”
Tara starts her new role on July 19.
