Membership
The Steering Group draws its membership from a range of organisations from across the social, economic and environmental sectors.
Steering Group membership
The following are members of the Sustainable Development Strategy Implementation Plan Steering Group (SDSIPSG):
- Junior Minister Robin Newton MLA, OFMDFM, Joint Chair
- Junior Minister Gerry Kelly MLA, OFMDFM, Joint Chair
- John Armstrong, Construction Employers Federation (CEF)
- Olive Hill, Invest NI
- Philip Irwin, Dept. of Finance and Personnel (DFP), representing NICS Sustainable Development Champions
- Jim Kitchen, Sustainable Development Commission (SDC)
- Seamus McAleavey, Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action (NICVA)
- Anne-Marie McDevitt, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
- John French, The Consumer Council
- John McMullan, Bryson Charitable Group
- John O’Farrell, Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU)
- Geoff Smith, Carbon Trust
- Nigel Smyth, Confederation of British Industry (CBI)
- Alistair Curran, Northern Ireland Local Government Association (NILGA)


