About Ceres Waste, Renewables & Environment
About us
Dr. Stephen Wise founded the company in 2018. Ceres Waste, Renewables & Environment (Ceres WRE) brings together decades of senior-level expertise in waste management, recycling, organics, and environmental consultancy. In March 2024, industry leaders Simone Aplin, Jamie Warmington, and Claudia Amos joined as Directors, strengthening our ability to deliver specialist, high-impact solutions for clients across the sector.
Our Mission
We provide stakeholders in the waste, recycling, and organics industries with direct access to senior consultants who have a proven track record of success. Our tailored approach ensures strategic insight, technical excellence, and practical solutions—without the layers of delegation common in large consultancies.
Why choose Ceres?
Unlike traditional multi-disciplinary firms, your project is delivered exclusively by experienced Directors. We combine our knowledge to deliver:
Current thinking and best practices
Data-driven insights and compliance expertise
Tailored strategies aligned with your goals
Our approach
We are personal, responsive, and client-focused, building long-term partnerships that drive measurable results. Our clients choose to work with us year after year because we consistently deliver precision, innovative solutions, and a foundation of trust.
Our Leadership Team
Dr. Stephen Wise FCIWM
Stephen founded the business in 2018. With a background in site operations, including anaerobic digestion and refuse derived fuel, Stephen supports boards and investors to optimise their operations and maintain compliance. He is an expert in management systems and auditing, with long-running relationships with clients. He also acts as an expert witness in commercial disputes.
Founder & Director
Claudia is well known amongst infrastructure investors and has supported many of the most significant transactions in the sector. Her commercial expertise and attention to detail show in her due-diligence and she often acts as a senior level, industry advisor to investment committees. She is also a recognised expert in plastics and compostable materials.
DirectorClaudia Amos
Jamie Warmington
Jamie is recognised for his detailed policy and market analysis. Understanding how feedstock availability and pricing are likely to evolve is key to anaerobic digestion, waste wood, recycling and waste treatment infrastructure and Jamie specialises in these markets. He is also an expert in carbon policy, including the Emissions Trading Scheme, and its impacts on markets.
Director
With a background in policy, waste regulation and site operations, Simone combines this with her commercial understanding of residual waste, recycling and biomass markets to advise project developers, investors and company boards in the sector. She is an experienced expert witness.
Simone Aplin MCIWM
Director“Ceres has the sweet spot of the personal touch a smaller team brings, backed up with a depth of knowledge that you expect from a big consultancy. Their connections in the sector were evident....”
Lee Marshall, formally CIWM
Our values
We manage our business, relationships with clients, and stakeholders in line with our core values. We demonstrate our values in the way that we conduct our business.
PASSION
For what we do, the relationships that we build, and the work that we do.
INTEGRITY
In how we work and communicate with everyone inside and outside our business.
FAIRNESS
In how we treat each other, our clients, and our suppliers.
KNOWLEDGE
From more than 100 years of combined experience that we continue to develop so that our expertise benefits our client.
We are ISO 9001 and 14,001 certified.