Contact Dr Syed Yaqzan
- Email: S.Yaqzan@cranfield.ac.uk
Areas of expertise
- Environmental Impacts
- Renewable Energy
Background
Syed is a NetZero enthusiast; his consultancy, teaching and research interests focus on how companies can strategise to reach NetZero emissions and how this can be embedded within the organisation's growth plan.
As a director of Torque Energy Consultants, he works with clients in industry and other built environments to measure current emissions and strategies for reaching NetZero before 2050. He has worked on multiple NetZero and energy efficiency projects helping the key UK industries, including construction, automobile, pharmaceutical, energy, and public.
At Cranfield, Syed is actively involved in executive education, working with company executives to devise climate action and leverage the green credential of the business for its growth. Alongside, Syed's recent research at Bettany Centre of Entrepreneurship explores the micro-foundations for pro-NetZero actions among SMEs in the UK. As part of this project, he is studying the cognitions of entrepreneurs to transcend NetZero plans into pro-NetZero actions among SMEs.
Research opportunities
Syed's doctoral research explores the accrual process of entrepreneurs' social capital through their use of social media. His research focuses on explaining the interplaying role of antecedents such as privacy concerns and the context of audiences to predict the networking behaviour of entrepreneurs that may help them nurture bridging and bonding social capital.
Current activities
Syed is a NetZero enthusiast; his consultancy, teaching and research interests focus on how companies can strategize to reach NetZero emissions before 2050. He is working with clients to measure their current emissions and strategies to reach NetZero emissions. He has worked on multiple NetZero and energy efficiency projects helping the key UK industries, including automobile, pharmaceutical, energy, and public.
Syed's recent research at Bettany Centre of Entrepreneurship explores the micro-foundations for pro-NetZero actions among SMEs in the UK. As part of this project, he is studying cognitions of entrepreneurs to transcend NetZero plans into pro-NetZero actions among SMEs.
Clients
Morgan Sindall
Nissan
AstraZeneca
EDF Energy
Total Energy
Goodyear Tires
Leeds Building Society (Bank)
CBRE Group
Abingdon on Thames Town Council
Pirbright Institute
Gleneagles
Finastra
SGS
Restore Plc
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