Paul Hohnen - Sustainability Strategies


	Paul Hohnen Sustainability Strategies


	‘At a macro level, our task this century is to adapt to the changes we have set in motion, minimize further adverse changes and restore natural systems where we can. If this assessment is correct, climate change and sustainable development will increasingly become not only the focus of a new global security imperative but also the new global economic locomotive.’ Extract, Letter to the Editor, Financial Times, 20 December 2006 Recent Publications Paul Hohnen has authored a large number of commissioned policy papers for government, international organisation, and civil society organization clients. Opinion articles and letters drafted for executive level clients have appeared in the International Herald Tribune and the Financial Times. He has also written speeches for a variety of executives on sustainability themes. Pieces under his own name have included: ‘The Pressing Need for Global Chemicals Governance’, Innovation Forum, 6 February ‘COP21: all roads now leave from Paris’, Innovation Forum, 17 December Letter in Financial Times on Paris Climate Summit outcome, 16 December Climate action – but what comes first?, Innovation Forum, 25 June Why smart business wants a clear climate deal, Innovation Forum, 11 June Back on the development goals merry-go-round, Innovation Forum, 8 May Companies warm to carbon pricing, Innovation Forum, 30 April Letter on climate change, Financial Times, 25 March ‘Life cycle thinking and the next industrial revolution’, Guest blog post, 3 December ‘Climate finance must top the international agenda’, Financial Times letter, 3 December $2.5tn shortfall for sustainable development in developing countries, Paul Hohnen, Guardian Sustainable Business, 27 October ‘Employers - promote gender balance along with meeting skills’, Financial Times letter, 8 October ‘The Social License - How to Keep your Organization Legitimate’, Book review, 22 September ‘Putting European food law back on the political menu’, Guardian article, 22 July ‘Sharing low carbon sources for a sustainable energy union’, FT Letter, 28 April ‘Smart rules will spur business action’, Ethical Corporation, 6 March ‘Sustainable development: business has a long way to go’, Guardian, 13 September ‘Is the UN Global Compact leadership summit an effective forum for change?’, Guardian, 6 September ‘New Options for Strengthening Standards on Social and Environmental Responsibilities of Corporations and their Implementation’, EU Parliament Policy Department report, contributing author, 24 June ‘The sustainable business future we need’, Ethical Corporation, 25 June ‘The external assurance of sustainability reporting’, GRI, 2013. (Contributing author.) The future of sustainability reporting: how can we make it better?, Guardian blog post, 20 May Kerry is up to the climate challenge, Financial Times Letter, 12 May Article ‘Thatcher's inadvertent corporate responsibility legacy’, Ethical Corporation, 8 April Why sector-based initiatives will take sustainability into the future, Guardian, 12 April The coming of age of Life Cycle Assessment?, Guardian, 19 November True cost of 'toxic' fuels is felt in climate change, Letter, Financial Times, 1 November Rio+20: global Green Industry Platform seems promising, Guardian, 6 July Article ‘Rio Earth summit: The 'Future We Want' is not the future we'll get’, Ethical Corporation, 27 June Article on launch of Green Industry Platform, Ethical Corporation, 25 May Profiled interview with Australian magazine WME on integrated reporting, 22 March Sustainability reporting: immediate choices for the future, Guardian, 30 January 2012 The Future of Sustainability Reporting, Chatham House Programme Paper, January 2012 Countdown to Rio+20 — learning the lessons of history?, Guardian, 11 January 2012 Sustainability Olympics: which medal would you win?, Ethical Corporation, 6 December 2011 What should a company do to be "best dressed" in the sustainability stakes?, The Guardian, 5 December 2011 Does mandatory sustainability reporting drive performance improvements?, Ethical Corporation, 10 November 2011 Why the message from Rio+20 matters more than ever, The Guardian, 28 October 2011 Why the private sector is holding back on sustainability, The Guardian, 26 September 2011 Environmental policy globalisation means better reporting, Ethical Corporation, 23 September 2011 Ode to the urgent prevention of human extinction, Financial Times, 17 September 2011 Guardian Sustainable Business blogs (ongoing) Materiality course for Accenture Supply Chain Academy, 2011 Scale-up CSR? Then governments must step in, Ethical Corporation, 27 July 2011 Is there a Long Term for Short Termism?, csrconnect.ed, 26 July 2011 OECD ministers adopt revised CSR guidelines, Ethical Corporation, 26 May 2011 The month in sustainable development, Guardian, 17 May 2011 What sustainability reports say about the state of business, Ethical Corporation, 16 May 2011 The Role and Contribution of Business Industry in Promoting Sustainable Consumption and Production and a Green Economy, UNEP Informational Discussion Paper, 12 April 2011 OECD guidelines: Big company rules revised, Ethical Corporation, 10 January 2011 Course on Sustainability Reporting for Accenture Supply Chain Academy, 2010 A shift to the climate adaptation agenda, Ethical Corporation, 7 December 2010 ‘In Focus’ article on Green Growth, UNFCCC Newsletter, September 2010 Green growth: Sustainability reflux, Ethical Corporation, 26 August 2010 Green growth: Sustainability redux, Ethical Corporation, 11 August 2010 The Global Compact and GRI: Nightmare or “dream team”?, Ethical Corporation, 21 July 2010 “The United Nations Global Compact - Achievements, Trends and Challenges”, Cambridge University Press, 2010. Author, Chapter 17 (‘The United Nations Global Compact and the Global Reporting Initiative’) Sustaining the sustainable development debate, Ethical Corporation, 28 March 2010 ISO 26000's long and windy road, Ethical Corporation, 12 January 2010 Details of other publications and presentations here.