Paul Hohnen - Sustainability Strategies

About Paul Hohnen

Paul Hohnen has worked intensively since 1975 on a range of global economic, development and environmental issues as a diplomat, international civil servant, Director of Greenpeace International, and Strategic Director of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Now an independent consultant, his clients include governments, intergovernmental agencies, business and non-profit organisations.

Trained as an international lawyer, Hohnen worked from 1975 to 1989 as an Australian diplomat at the OECD in Paris, to the EU institutions, and in Fiji and Sri Lanka. He was closely involved in the 1992 and 2002 Earth Summit processes, and has personally participated in the negotiation of a wide range environmental conventions, including on climate change. He has served on the OECD Expert Panel on CSR, and since 2004 has been participating as an expert in the ISO Working Group on Social Responsibility negotiations.

Frequently invited to act as a conference facilitator, Hohnen has been a keynote speaker at a variety of high-level business, government and NGO forums. He was featured on the cover of the Dutch magazine ‘Ode’ in 2000, and is a regular contributor to Ethical Corporation and other publications.

Hohnen is an Associate Fellow of the Royal Institute for International Affairs (Chatham House), a member of the SRI Advisory Committee of Henderson Global Investors, a Special Adviser to the UN Global Compact, a Special Adviser to the GRI, a Senior Consultant to the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), and Adviser to the Earth Charter.

Photo: Esmee Burgersdijk


	Paul Hohnen Sustainability Strategies If sustainability isn't the Next Big Thing we're in trouble “Leading companies now recognise the growing markets for cleaner energy, water, food, transportation and the like, and are already seeing bottom-line benefits from business strategies and innovation based on sustainable development. Indeed, it seems likely that climate change and sustainability issues are already defining what history will describe as the next industrial revolution, based on increased material efficiency and the production of public goods.”. Letter, Financial Times, January 2, 2008.


	About Paul Hohnen Paul Hohnen has worked intensively since 1975 on a range of global economic, development and environmental issues as a diplomat, international civil servant, Director of Greenpeace International, and Strategic Director of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Now an independent consultant, his clients include governments, intergovernmental agencies, business and non-profit organisations. Trained as an international lawyer, Hohnen worked from 1975 to 1989 as an Australian diplomat at the OECD in Paris, to the EU institutions, and in Fiji and Sri Lanka. He was closely involved in the 1992 and 2002 Earth Summit processes, and has personally participated in the negotiation of a wide range environmental conventions, including on climate change. He has served on the OECD Expert Panel on CSR, and since 2004 has been participating as an expert in the ISO Working Group on Social Responsibility negotiations. Frequently invited to act as a conference facilitator, Hohnen has been a keynote speaker at a variety of high-level business, government and NGO forums. He was featured on the cover of the Dutch magazine ‘Ode’ in 2000, and is a regular contributor to Ethical Corporation and other publications. Hohnen is an Associate Fellow of the Royal Institute for International Affairs (Chatham House), a member of the SRI Advisory Committee of Henderson Global Investors, a Special Adviser to the UN Global Compact, a Special Adviser to the GRI, a Senior Consultant to the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), and Adviser to the Earth Charter. Photo: Esmee Burgersdijk