Paul Hohnen Sustainability Strategies
Year in Pictures 2009
Through his high level global network and policy expertise, Paul Hohnen offers clients leading edge advice on sustainable development challenges and opportunities.
See also Year in Pictures 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010
December: Season's Greetings and Best Wishes for 2010 to all clients & friends
December: Amsterdam had a White Christmas
December: Keynote Accenture NL address on ‘The Road Beyond Copenhagen’, Amsterdam, 11 December.
“inspiring”
email feedback from several participants
December: Discussing ‘The Road Beyond Copenhagen’ with Accenture staff, Amsterdam, 11 December
December: Featured in UNIDO video on its activities to promote green industry & energy in 2009.
December: The UNIDO High Level Round Table on the role of sustainability standards in promoting green industry was addressed by former ISO Secretary-General Alan Bryden as keynote speaker. Discussants included (r/l) Dr Lalith Goonatilake (UNIDO), Yasemin Basar (Yesim Textiles), Markus Arbenz (IFOAM), AB, Hans-Jürgen Matern (METRO) and PH (moderator), Vienna, 9 December
December: St Stephen's cathedral by night, Vienna, December 9. Austria plans to derive 34% of electricity from renewable sources by 2020.
December: CEO meeting with UNIDO Director-General, Dr Kandeh Yumkella, 8 December, Vienna. (l/r) Murali Sivaraman (Philips India), PH, Edward Corcoran (Waste Management Siam), Dato Mukhriz Mahathir (Dep. Minister for International Trade and Industry, Malaysia), Taeil Kang (KC Cottrell), Rajiv Mittal (VA Tech Wabag), Jifan Gao (Trina Solar), Z. Wang (UNIDO) and Dr Yumkella. (Photo: Nancy Falcon Castro)
December: Continuing its efforts to promote sustainable economic growth through green industry, UNIDO hosted a CEO/ministerial panel at its General Conference. (l/r) Edward Corcoran (Waste Management Siam), Jifan Gao (Trina Solar), Murali Sivaraman (Philips India), PH, Dato Mukhriz Mahathir (Dep. Minister for International Trade and Industry, Malaysia), Rajiv Mittal (VA Tech Wabag), Taeil Kang (KC Cottrell), Vienna, 8 December.
November: With (l/r) Ravi Sharma (Director, Implementation & Outreach, Convention for Biological Diversity Secretariat) and Arab Hoballah (Chief, Sustainable Production and Consumption, UNEP), outlining structure and objectives at opening session of 3rd Business and the 2010 Biodiversity Challenge Conference, Jakarta, 30 November
December: Addressing the opening plenary session of the UNEP/CBD ‘Business for Biodiversity’ conference, Jakarta.
December: Nicola Breier (Head of Division, International Conservation Unit, German Ministry of Environment) outlines the draft strategy for the 2010 Year of Biodiversity COP 10 Conference. (r/l) NB, Josh Bishop (IUCN Chief Economist), Edgar Endrukaitis (Coordinator, GTZ Germany) and James Griffith (Managing Director, WBCSD), Jakarta 2 December
December: Mohammad Rafiq (Rainforest Alliance) underscores the power of standards and certification in integrating biodiversity protection into successful business models. (l/r) MR, Arthur Eijs (Dutch Ministry of Environment), Anne-Marie Fleury (ICMM) and Tineke Lambooy (Universities of Utrecht and Nyenrode), 2 December, Jakarta.
November: Keynote speakers at the CBD Biodiversity and Business Conference included (L/R) Arab Hoballah (UNEP, DTIE, Paris), Pavan Sukhdev (Head, Green Economy Initiative, UNEP) and Ahmed Djoghlaf (Executive Secretary, CBD Secretariat), Jakarta, 30 November. Pavan provided further compelling evidence for an urgent reappraisal of the economic value of ecosystem services, including their crucial role in climate mitigation and adaptation.
December: Group photo with UN Environment Programme team at closing session of Business for Biodiversity Conference, Jakarta, 2 December. (l/r) Nicolas Bertrand, Garrette Clark, Arab Hoballah and Sophie Dunkerley.
November: After a working dinner with Thilo Bode (Executive Director, foodwatch, Germany) and Bart van Opzeeland, Amsterdam 18 November
November: The London City skyline from the ReedSmith offices, where the workshop was held.
November: With Catherine Radojcin (Carbon Smart) and Kegan Lovely (BOA Merrill Lynch) during a break.
November: Esther Rodriguez outlining Carbon SMART's research project on sustainability assurance to City financial experts, London, 17 November
November: Chairing Carbon SMART financial sector workshop on assurance of sustainability reporting. (l/r) Cecile Churet (SAM), Rory Sullivan (Insight Investment) and Sue Whitehead (DEFRA).
November: With children at Baan Fah Sigh-y (Home of Blue Skies), Hot, Northern Thailand. This incredible home for orphaned or abandoned kids was established by my brother Philip and his wife Wanida. November 7
November: Moderating ‘OECD Watch’ regional conference on proposed review of OECD Guidelines. (l/r) Marie-France Houde (OECD), Herman Mulder (independent and member of Dutch NCP) and Rosemary Sainty (St. James Ethics Centre), Bangkok, 5 November.
‘Thanks for your excellent chairing and input in Bangkok. It was by all accounts a great success.’
Joseph Wilde-Ramsing, Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations
November: Sharing a panel with Norwegian CSR Ambassador Are-Jostein Norheim, ESCAP OECD Conference, Bangkok, 3 November. Paul presented a paper on what the OECD MNE Guidelines can do for Asian firms. (Photo: Katherine Miles)
November: Business opportunity No. 101. Solar hot water can be a cheap and quick way of reducing electricity bills and cutting CO2 emissions. An early candidate for mandated building standards, it is a hugely under-exploited market waiting to explode. Bangkok, 4 November.
November: Moderating opening ESCAP/OECD session on responsible business practice, with (l/r) Manasvi Srisodapol (Thai Foreign Ministry), Gerald Pachoud (Special Adviser to John Ruggie), Filamon Uriarte (ASEAN Foundation), Haruo Funabashi (Sirius Institute) and Ricarda McFall (ILO).
November: United Nations ESCAP and OECD host an Asia Pacific regional conference on responsible business conduct, ESCAP HQ, Bangkok, 2 November
October: Mayor of Amsterdam, Job Cohen accepts the Amsterdam Declaration from Club of Rome President Ashok Khosla, 27 October.
Photo: Robert Goddyn
‘I am writing to thank you for your remarkable contribution to the success of our Global Assembly in Amsterdam. From the very beginning, your warm and friendly manner and your evident mastery of content and process created a positive atmosphere which contributed enormously to the positive outcome of the Assembly.’
Martin Lees, Secretary General, Club of Rome
October: Prof. Ernst von Weizsacker makes a compelling case for a five-fold improvement in resource efficiency, 27 October
Photo: Robert Goddyn
October: Robert Rubinstein (CEO, TBLI) and Liesbeth van Tongeren (ED, Greenpeace Netherlands) add to a powerful final panel session at the Club of Rome Global Assembly, 27 October.
Photo: Robert Goddyn
October: With oceanographer Charles Moore in discussion on the high level of plastics building up in the world's oceans, 27 October.
October: Christine Loh (Civic Exchange, Hong Kong) outlines China's ambitious solar energy plans, 27 October.
October: Jorma Ollila, Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell and Nokia, addresses the CEO panel on the future corporation 27 October.
October: The second day of the Global Assembly began with a CEO panel on the future company. (l/r) Jorma Ollila (Chairman, Shell & Nokia), Harry Hendriks (CEO Philips Benelux), Stef Kranendijk (CEO, Desso), Adam Lowry (CEO, Method) and Peter Blom (CEO, Triodos Bank). 27 October
Photo: Robert Goddyn
October: Informal dinner with Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Parma and Sir Crispin Tickell, 26 October
Photo: Robert Goddyn
October: The panel on the urgency of a sustainable economy included (r/l) NASA climate expert Jim Hansen, Dutch Environment Minister Jacqueline Cramer, Chair of the California Air Resources Board Mary Nichols, and Club of Rome Secretary General Martin Lees. 26 October
Photo: Robert Goddyn
October: In a high-level panel on governance, Ruud Lubbers spoke of the importance of the Earth Charter and GRI. (l/r) Martin Lees (Secretary-General, Club of Rome, Ricardo Lagos (fmr President, Chile), Mikhail Gorbachev, Ruud Lubbers (fmr Prime Minister, Netherlands), 26 October.
October: Mikhail Gorbachev tells the Club of Rome Global Assembly that saving the planet must now be "our common cause", Amsterdam, 26 October
October: The Club of Rome Global Assembly 2009 began with a panel of statesmen: (r/l) Ruud Lubbers (fmr Dutch Prime Minister), Mikhail Gorbachev (fmr President of the Soviet Union), Ricardo Lagos (fmr President of Chile), and CoR Secretary-General Martin Lees. 26 October
Photo: Robert Goddyn
October: Opening Club of Rome Global Assembly 2009, Amsterdam, 26 October
Photo: Robert Goddyn
October: Consultations with UNEP and World Health Organization on sound chemicals management. Sunrise at WHO HQ, 20 October.
October: Geneva ‘roules’, OK? Free bike system, Geneva, 19 October.
October: Chairing meeting on "Peak Oil Demand?", Chatham House, London, 13 October
October: Informal planning session for Club of Rome Global Assembly 2009, with Marcello Palazzi, Piet Briet, Wouter and Jeanette van Dieren, Ilpendam, 10 October.
October: Interview on climate change, The Australian, 8 October
September: Introducing Earth Charter climate video
September: Kotor, Montenegro
September: Solar panels shade cars and provide hot water to Hotel Splendido, Kotor, Montenegro.
September: Folk dancing, near Kotor, Montenegro
"By consensus of the organizers, speakers and participants, the presentation and involvement of Paul Hohnen ... has been most inspirational..."
Conference evaluation
September: With Ljubiša Perović (Head, Sustainable Development Office, Montenegro) and Bosiljka Vukovic, Regional Conference on Sustainable Development, UNESCO World Heritage listed village Kotor, 24-25 September.
September: Chairing UNIDO Green Industry Panel on ‘The Way Forward’, Manila, 10 September. With l/r Stefan Giljum (Sustainable Europe Research Institute), Lei Shi (Tsinghua University) and Kazunobo Onagawa (UNCRD). (Photo: Francis Dejon, IISD)
'excellent', 'wonderful organization' , 'masterful management'
Written feedback from convenor and speakers
September: With Malaysian Deputy Trade Minister, Dato' Mukhriz Mahathir, UNIDO Green Industry Conference, Manila 9 September.
September: Moderating UNIDO Ministerial Panel on Green Industry, Manila, 9 Sept.
July: Meetings at Royal Overseas League, London, 28 July
July: Client meetings in London with Leesa Fogarty, Augure, 28 July
July: Meetings at Chatham House, London, 27 July
July: Op-ed on climate (with Jeremy Leggett) in International Herald Tribune.
July: On the Amstel
July: On the Amstel
July: On the Amstel (Louis Rademaker)
July: On the Amstel (Kien Seebregts)
June: Conducting a ‘sustainability strategizing session’ for an executive leadership group, Noordwijk, 18 June
June: Lunch with Neil Moore at his Umbrian studio
June: Holiday in Umbria
May: Mongolian Vice-Minister for Health, Dr Jadamba Tsolmon, describing domestic policy integration approaches to Dr Maria Neira (WHO), High Level Round Table on Health and Environment, Geneva, 15 May.
May: Dr Maria Neira (Director, Public Health and Environment, WHO) addressing High Level Round Table on Health and Environment, Geneva, 15 May.
May: Swedish Environment State Secretary Elisabet Falemo making a point at ICCM2 High Level Round Table on Health and Environment, 15 May.
May: Introducing High Level Round Table on Health and Environment, Geneva, 15 May. With Dr Peter Orris, World Federation of Public Health Associations.
May: Offering closing remarks at Round Table on Finance, 14 May.
May: Alain Perroy, Council Secretary, International Council of Chemical Associations, making a point at the High Level Round Table on Finance, 14 May
May: UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner opening the High Level Round Table on Finance, International Conference on Chemicals Management, Geneva, 14 May. Assistant UN Secretary-General and UNDP Director Olav Kjorven (right) also addressed the meeting.
May: Moderating High Level Round Table on Finance at International Conference on Chemicals Management, 14 May, Geneva. With (l/r) Achim Steiner (Executive Director, UNEP), Olav Kjorven (Assistant Secretary General and Director, UNDP), Steve Gorman (GEF Executive Coordinator, World Bank), Hon. Dennis Lowe (Environment Minister, Barbados), Dan Reifsnyder (Deputy Assistant Secretary, Environment and Sustainable Development, USA), Alf Wills (Deputy Director General, Department of Water and Environment, South Africa), Alain Perroy (Council Secretary, ICCA), and Joe DiGangi (World Health Fund).
(Photo: IISD ENB)
April: Spring comes to Weteringstraat 13, Amsterdam
March: Chatham House session with Sanjay Guha (Coca Cola), Andrew Coker (Syngenta) and John Morrison (Institute for Human Rights and Business)
March: Keynote speaker Richard Howitt, MEP
March: Opening 2009 Chatham House CSR Conference, London, March 30
March: CorporateRegister.com debate with Esther Rodriguez (CarbonSmart) and Mallen Baker (Business Respect)
‘...your excellent chairmanship and your incisive questions and comments did much to make this event a meeting of minds.’
Paul H Scott, Director, CorporateRegister.com Limited
March: Facilitating CorporateRegister.com debate with Mike Tyrrell (Sustainable Investor) and Susan Blesener (Novo Nordisk), London 27 March
March: CorporateRegister.com holds its annual conference on corporate responsibility reporting at the Royal Institution, London, 27 March
March: The CR debates were held in the historic theatre, where physicist Michael Faraday once lectured.
March: Meeting of Henderson Global Investors SRI Advisory Committee with SRI Team, London, 20 March. With (l/r) Gwen Ruta, My-Linh Ngo, George Latham (Head of SRI Funds), Hyewon Kong, Seb Beloe and Ram Gidoomal.
March: Attending Henderson Global Investors Advisory Committee on Sustainable and Responsible Investment, London, 20 March.
March: Testing vintage bio-ethanol with Aki and Jeremy Leggett, London, 19 March
February: Interview for CPA Australia
February: With Leeora Black, Executive Briefing, Melbourne Business School, Mt.Eliza
February: Delivering ACCSR workshops on using international CSR standards to add business value: Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Melbourne. With John Purcell (CPA Australia, pictured) and Leeora Black.
‘Thoroughly enjoyed learning about the connections of the various standards and guidelines. I'm inspired about using the information in developing our next steps.’
Inge van der Poel, Manager Sustainability, Western Power
February: Discussing Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) progress with Senator Nick Sherry (Minister, Superannuation and Corporate Law) and Leeora Black (Managing Director, ACCSR), Sydney, 5 February.
‘Excellent speaker bringing together disparate threads incredibly well.’
Participant feedback
February: Presenting at ACCSR Conference, Sydney, 5 February.
‘For someone at the forefront of what is influencing CSR, it is wonderful to hear realism without hyperbole’
Participant feedback
February: Senator Nick Sherry announcing Australian government policies to encourage CSR, Sydney.
February: Westpac CEO Gail Kelly opening the Westpac/ACCSR conference, Sydney.
January: Chairing Chatham House stakeholder consultation, London, 22 January.
January: With ice thinning everywhere, skating fever seized Holland when the chance arose.
