Sam Perry

Sam is the policy lead for the heat workforce, focussed on home heating and workplace climate action. His varied background has been in union organising, political activism, workplace climate action, and social housing delivery. He now works to improve job quality in the clean heat and home retrofit sector, driven by a passion for just and inclusive net zero transitions and a core belief in the power of workers’ voices to positively shape decision-making. He established the North East, Yorkshire, and Humber Just Transition Network; works very closely with government in the Warm Homes Plan Workforce Taskforce; is a commissioner on the Yorkshire and Humber Climate Commission; and is a national champion for the role of ‘green reps’ within trade union structures.