[1] John Sauven was educated at St Benedict's School, Ealing and graduated from the University of Cardiff with a BSc (Econ).
[2] Sauven helped to develop Greenpeace's "Greenfreeze" campaign (greenfreeze technology is now a global refrigeration industry standard utilising isobutane and propane as refrigerants and cyclopentane for producing the insulating foam[3]) to protect the ozone layer from disappearing because of our use of CFCs and other ozone layer destroying chemicals.
This is particularly the case with climate change where cleaner, more efficient products, processes and ways of producing energy need to be brought to market by government regulation and company innovation.
[7] Videre describes itself as "give[ing] local activists the equipment, training and support needed to safely capture compelling video evidence of human rights violations.
[9] Sauven lives in Crouch End, north London, and is married to Janet Convery, a campaigner at the charity Action Aid.