Contributions To Public Policy
Davidson has been given a number of accolades for her work. She was the third most influential environmentalist in the UK for the Independent on Sunday in 2009 and has been Resource magazine's no 1 and 2 in 2009 and 2010 for her work on waste which has seen Wales come from behind the rest of the UK to be the lead recycling country in Britain and the first UK country to charge for single use carrier bags . She holds honorary fellowships from CIW (Chartered Institute of Waste) and CIWEM (Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management) and has recently joined WWF's UK Council of Global Ambassadors. Davidson was a judge on this year's Green Awards and is a member of the Telegraph's summit team writing about the green economy in the run up to Rio+20. She has recently been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Glamorgan for her work.
Her public policy agenda was significant, though not always popular, with her significantly influencing education, animal welfare and environmental policy agendas.
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