Paul Hohnen - Sustainability Strategies


	Paul Hohnen Sustainability Strategies


	Publications (2000-2009) Recent publications can be found on the recent publications page. ‘What the OECD Guidelines can do for Asian Firms’, paper presented to ESCAP/OECD Regional Conference on Corporate Responsibility, Bangkok, 2-3 November, 2009 Briefing paper on CSR, Regional Conference on Sustainable Development, Montenegro, 24-25 September 2009 ‘Getting serious about climate change’, (with Jeremy Leggett), op-ed New York Times/IHT, 13 July ‘A new global architecture for corporate responsibility’, Ethical Corporation, 12 June ‘Sustainability: Extracting the best from Canadian Miners?’, Ethical Corporation, 20 April 2009 ‘Isn't it good, Norwegian Wood?’, Ethical Corporation, 19 February 2009 ‘Non-financial reporting: Denmark ups the ante’, Ethical Corporation, 13 January 2009 ‘OECD MNE Guidelines: A responsible business choice’, OECD Observer, December 2008-January 2009 ‘The Earth Charter, GRI, and The Global Compact: Guidance to Users on the Synergies in Application and Reporting’, GRI publication, 2008 ‘Article on ISO Social Responsibility standard’, Ethical Corporation, 22 September 2008 ‘G8 summit: Encouraging words for CSR’, Ethical Corporation, 22 July 2008 ‘Overview of Selected Initiatives and Instruments relevant to Corporate Social Responsibility’, OECD, June 2008. ‘Climate change: Is Branson the next Churchill?’, Ethical Corporation, 31 March 2008 ‘The Earth Charter, GRI, and the Global Compact: Guidance to Users on the Synergies in Application and Reporting’, February 2008 ‘A prediction for 2008: We'll see more action from Governments on corporate social responsibility’, article, Ethical Corporation, 2 January 2008 ‘If sustainability isn't the Next Big Thing we're in trouble’, letter, Financial Times, January 2008 ‘Corporate Social Responsibility: An Implementation Guide for Business’, report, IISD, 2007 ‘Easyjet flies climate change politics to new heights’, article, Ethical Investor, October 2007 ‘Big Governments and corporate responsibility - some reasons to be interested’, article, Ethical Corporation, 29 August 2007 ‘Corporate social responsibility on the up, but government still lags behind’, article, Ethical Corporation, 14 August 2007 ‘Speech on soft power to ministerial roundtable’, Global Compact Leaders Summit, Geneva, 6 July 2007 ‘Governmental ‘Soft Power’ Options’, paper, July 2007 ‘The G8 and responsible business: wading into CSR waters’, article, Ethical Corporation, June 2007 ‘Climate change will be a key test for United Nations’, letter, Financial Times, April 2006 ‘A Global View: The Big Issues for Responsible Companies in 2007’, Keeping Good Companies, March 2007, Chartered Secretaries Australia ‘Future Gazing: Sustainability expert foreshadows trends for 2007’, Business Community Intelligence (Australia), February 2007 ‘Ampliar, accelerar: l'ordre del dia per a l'acció’, invited article for Barcelona Centre for Support of the UN Global Compact annual report, February 2007 ‘The Big Issues for Responsible Business in 2007’, editorial interview with Toby Webb, Ethical Corporation magazine, January 2007 ‘Get it wrong now and we will suffer for centuries to come’, letter, Financial Times, December 2006 Informal Synthesis Report, Finnish EU Presidency Conference: Corporate Social Responsibility Policies Promoting Innovation and Competitiveness, Brussels, 22 November 2006 Informal Report of GRI Global Conference Reporting: ‘A Measure of Sustainability’, Amsterdam, 4-6 October 2006 (Chief Editor) ‘Global Compact surely one of Annan's greatest legacies’, letter, Financial Times, 18 October 2006 ‘What Governments Can Do About CSR: An International Perspective’, Address given at Breakfast Briefing Event organised by the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR), Melbourne, 25 July 2006 ‘Worth the effort: sustainability is good for bottom line’, letter, Financial Times, June 2006 ‘Blair may be damaged but message is right’, letter, Financial Times, June 2006 ‘The other Lisbon Agenda - How ISO is changing CSR’, Ethical Corporation, May 2006 ‘Following Up The World Summit on Sustainable Development Commitments on Corporate Social Responsibility: Options for Action by Governments’, Chatham House paper, May 2006 (Commissioned by the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Ministry for Sustainable Development) ‘Embrace positive power of business: Corporate social responsibility is a public expectation’, opinion article (with Leeora Black), The Age (Australia), April 6, 2006 ‘CSR: Bubble or Boom, The World Today’, Chatham House, March 2006 ‘The connected world in 2006’, Leader, Ethical Corporation, January 2006 (with Toby Webb) ‘Social Responsibility Instruments: Building the Global Architecture for the 21^st Century — Issues and Opportunities for the Emerging Social Responsibility Instruments Landscape’, Discussion paper commissioned by Industry Canada, Fall 2005 ‘ISO moves towards a social responsibility standard’, Ethical Corporation, 5 October 2005 ‘The ISO and social responsibility: breakdown or breakthrough in Bangkok?’, Ethical Corporation, 9 September 2005 (with Tom Rotherham) ‘By invitation: The G8, globalisation, and the last wave’, Ethical Corporation, 29 June 2005 ‘Why not reward GE's green drive?’, letter, Financial Times, 12 May 2005 ‘How Governments can improve CSR in Three Steps’, Ethical Corporation, 2 May 2005 ‘Declare war on threat to ecosystems’, with Allen White, Financial Times, April 8 2005 ‘Setting the Standard in Salvador’, article on the first meeting of the ISO Social Responsibility Working Group, Ethical Corporation, 21 March 2005 ‘Can corporate social responsibility survive 2005?’, feature article, Ethical Corporation, 24 January 2005. ‘UN shows way on sustainability’, letter, Financial Times, 18-19 December, 2004 ‘Tax laws key in a transparent corporate future’, letter, Financial Times, 23 July, 2004. ‘Sustainability Reporting : The Path to ‘Clearly Better’ Performance’, invited paper for Ministerial Conference International Energy Forum, Amsterdam, 22-25 May 2004. ‘Relatorios de Sustentabilidade: o Caminho para uma Performance Nitidamente Melhor’, Impactus Empresa Sustentavel, Abril 2004. ‘Non-financial reporting set to grow in importance’, letter, Financial Times, 31 March 2004. ‘The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI): The Emergence of a New Issue, a New Partnership and a New Tool’, Ernst Ligteringen and Paul Hohnen, in ‘The Partnership Principle : New Forms of Government in the 21st Century’, Alfred Herrhausen Society, ed. Stern & Seligmann, Archetype Publications, 2004. ‘A Sustainable Future’, Chapter 11, ‘No Scruples? Managing to be Responsible in a Turbulent World’, Spiro Press, U.K., ISBN 1 904298 06 0, May 2002 'Crafting the Agenda for the 21st Century : How NGOs Can Help', OECD Observer, Summer 2001 ‘Make History or Be History – How Saving the Planet is becoming the New Business Environment’, European American Business Journal, Winter, 2000 ‘Greenpeace & The Financial Sector – The Possibility Of Profitable Relationships Between Not-For-Profits And For-Profits’, Global Public Policy Networks, 1999 Presentations (2004-2000) 2004 ‘Who’s Pulling Whose Chain? How Sustainability Factors are Driving Developments in Supply Chain Management’, IMD International Institute for Management Development, Lausanne, 25 November, 2004 ‘Networks and Partnerships: From Start-Up to Full-Fledged Institution – What Future for the GRI?’, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, 30 August, 2004 ‘Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainable Development : Issues and Trends’, private briefing for CEO of Panasonic Matsushita Electric Europe and team, London, 9 July, 2004 ‘Sustainability Reporting Recent Developments; Future Challenges’, Sustainability in Business Symposium, Jyvaskala, Finland, 26 May, 2004 ‘Sustainability Reporting : The Implications for Portuguese Business’, 1st Brisa Sustainability Conference, Lisbon, 22 April, 2004 ‘The CSR Agenda Post-WSSD : Sustainability Reporting’, Chatham House, London, 5-6 April, 2004 ‘The Norwegian Petroleum Fund and GRI’, Expert Group Session, Oslo, 24 March, 2004 ‘The Emerging Global CSR Framework’, One World Trust Lecture, House of Parliament, Westminster, London, 10 March, 2004 ‘Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility : “à la carte” or “set menu”? Keynote address to Akzo Nobel ‘Take Time for Technology’ Conference, Antwerp, 3 February, 2004 ‘Sustainability Reporting and Corporate Social Responsibility’, Keynote address to Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Global Responsibility Forum, Stockholm, 23 January 2004 2003 ‘Synergies between the OECD MNE Guidelines and the GRI Guidelines’, OECD Global Forum Workshop on CSR, Johannesburg, 19 November, 2003 ‘Sustainable Development : The New Agenda - GRI and Global Compact’, Keynote address, Instituto de Empresa, Madrid, 22 October, 2003 ‘Sustainable Development, Reporting and the Consumer’, 17th World Consumer Congress, Lisbon, Portugal, 15 October, 2003 ‘The Global Reporting Initiative and Sustainable Development’, UNEP 20th Anniversary Industry Associations Conference, Paris, 10 October, 2003 ‘The Global Reporting Initiative : Achievements and Challenges’, EU CSR Forum, Brussels, 23 September, 2003 ‘Synergies between the OECD MNE Guidelines and the GRI’, OECD Committee on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises, Paris, 24 June, 2003 2002 ‘The Advocacy World after WSSD : NGOs and Partnerships’, DSM Company Seminar on Sustainable Development, Oosterbeek, 25 November, 2002 ‘CSR Reporting : What to Disclose and How to Report it’, Corporate Social Responsibility Conference, London, 21 November, 2002 ‘The GRI : Strengthening Corporate Accountability in the 21st Century’, IUCN Business Briefings, Johannesburg, 31 August, 2002 (First ever) External Facilitator, UN Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue, WSSD Prepcom IV, Bali, 27-29 May, 2002 ‘The GRI and the OECD MNE Guidelines’, presentation to OECD Forum Panel on Transparency, Responsibility and Progress, Paris, 13 May, 2002 2001 ‘Implications of the GRI for Companies in Eastern Europe’, Keynote address, IFC/GRI Workshop on Corporate Reporting, Budapest, 10 November 2001 ‘The Electronics Industry & NGOs : How to Communicate Better?’, The Nokia Environment Forum, Helsinki, 6 June, 2001 ‘The “Anti-Globalisation” Movement and Governance : What’s the Message?’, Address to OECD Forum on Sustainable Development and the New Economy, Paris, 16 May, 2001 ‘Global Crisis : Challenges and Opportunities’, Address to Euro RSCG Professional Development Course, Vught, The Netherlands, 11 May, 2001 ‘Multi-Stakeholder Processes : Why, and Where Next?’, Keynote address, UNED Forum, New York, 28 April, 2001 ‘A la carte Internationalism : Back on America’s Menu, But at What Price?’, Keynote luncheon address, CERES Conference on Global Citizenship, Atlanta, 6 April, 2001 ‘NGOs and the UN in the 21st Century’, UNEP Conference, Nairobi, 1-2 February, 2001 2000 ‘NGOs and Engagement : How Close is Too Close?’, Civil Society Forum, Valencia, Spain, 28 November 2000 ‘The Global Reporting Initiative in 2010 : A Personal Perspective’, Global Reporting Initiative 2nd Symposium, Washington, DC, November 2000 'Environment and Technology', International Institute for Management Development (IMD), Lausanne, November 2000 ‘Coal : The End of an Era?’, keynote address, Coaltrans Conference, Madrid, October 2000 'Europe in 2005 : Environmental Trends', private presentation to CEO of Coca Cola, Lausanne, Switzerland, June 2000