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Communications | Public Affairs | Public Relations | Business Development | Research | Investor Relations | Grant + Proposal Writing | Regulatory Compliance
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WEACT for Environmental Justice
Toxics Consultant, leading the Beauty Inside Out (BiO) Campaign. BiO is a campaign to educate women on toxic chemicals in beauty and personal care products, especially those marketed to women of colour. Responsibilities include developing outreach strategy for survey of 13-17 year old girls, developing communications and advocacy strategy for the campaign, analysing policy, and leading the Advisory Committee and Working Group.
Global Alliance for Health and Pollution
Program Manager for several Health and Pollution Action Plan projects in Asia and Africa. Managed and oversaw on the ground implementation of the Blood lead level determination and environmental assessment in children living in at-risk neighbourhoods of Dakar, Senegal Project in November 2021.
Consultant on regulatory compliance for EU and US environmental and chemicals regulations, including developing Safety Data Sheets and Certificates of Compliance.
Research analyst for study on the capital landscape of recycling infrastructure, developed a database of public policies and public funding for recycling across 48 continental states and 25 major US cities.
Conducted research on recycling landscape of flexible LDPE and HDPE in EU.
Providing communications and public relations services to a technology start-up building complete e-commerce solutions for the solar industry.
Developing communications materials for waste management technology company.
Sahara Economic Development Organisation
Fundraising Consultant for Iraqi NGO focused on economic development. Develop fundraising strategy and manage and write grant applications.
Developed and executed public relations strategy to market the release of the 2nd edition of Ray C. Anderson’s book “Mid Course Correction Revisited”.
Medécins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders
Writing proposals to apply for funding from Global Affairs Canada.
Organising a series of events on waste management and recycling in New York City, including panel discussion on ‘Getting to Zero: How to achieve Zero Waste in NYC’.
Developed public relations and public affairs strategy to address lack of demand for recycled polymers.
Consulted on developing a public affairs strategy directed at state legislators to promote compostable bags and differentiate them from plastic bags.
Through a partnership with Oxfam consulted on developing organisational capacity in communications and networking to help increase NGO’s visibility at local and international level and advocate for their causes.
Managed the Safety Data Sheets for Recyclers (SDS-R) project, developed a database of over 1000 iterations of plastic types, applications, and toxic chemical content that was the basis for the tool. Successfully launched tool online and implemented the translation of SDS into 14 EU languages. Liaised with toxicologist to develop bespoke SDS for clients and consulted them on compliance with a range of EU environmental regulations including REACH, CLP, and WEEE.
Sophia Huda Consulting 