Your Ethics and Sustainability Advisor is the lead the frontier to make LSE an ethical and sustainable community, they help ensure campus life supports sustainable development for all. They advise the SU on environmental issues to investigating LSE's ethical and social credibility.
SHREYA PRASAD
Ethics and Sustainability Advisor
She/Her
Get to know Shreya
What I studied
BSc Environment and Sustainable Development with Economics.
How I was involved with LSESU before becoming an officer
I'm stepping into these shoes for a second time. Before becoming an officer, I was a Research Analyst at the Green Finance Society, publishing research on climate finance that first pulled me toward wanting a real seat at the table on LSE's ethics and investment decisions. This past year, I put that into practice: conducting waste recycling campaigns, trying to expand our food waste tracking system, exploring an energy partnership that uncovered addressable energy waste at Saw Swee Hock, and staying in the room for the divestment conversation alongside SJP and fellow officers. So, this isn't a fresh start — it's a continuation.
What I'd like to achieve this year
Hitting the ground running is the plan, because I already know where the gaps are. This year is about turning groundwork into momentum: getting the Sustainability Leadership Network properly off the ground, acting on the energy efficiency findings, and most of all, engaging with students more regularly — clearer comms, more consistent updates, and making sure people know what's actually happening in their student union as it happens.
One tip for getting the most out of LSE
As Wayne Gretzky (or arguably Michael Scott, more famously) says, “You miss a hundred percent of the shots you don’t take”. Put yourself out there and don’t be afraid to try new things because sometimes the best memories and learnings are the ones you least expected.