I work independently but have affiliations with a number of people and organisations.  Below are the main ones.

THE HALLER FOUNDATION In 2003, I co-founded the Haller Foundation  with Louise Piper, who is currently the Executive Director and a fellow Trustee.  Since then we have built an environmental education centre, started a mobile medical centre and run courses in sustainable agriculture for subsistence farmers. But the idea is much wider than this - aiming to promote the innovative, eco-system thinking to development - initially in Africa but ultimately further afield.   We're currently revamping our website and promotional activities.  Charles Middleton, MD of Triodos Bank is Chair.

FOOD ETHICS COUNCIL I sit on the Food Ethics Council, which is a charity and independent think tank, challenging government, business and society to 'make wise choices that lead to better food and farming'.  I've also chaired the business forum meetings on 'food miles',  'meat consumption' and, most recently, on food labeling. 

ECOS TRUST (Formerly The Somerset Trust for Sustainable Development) The Ecos Trust is a charity promoting sustainable building projects by sharing resources and expertise, as well as through lobbying for stronger regional policies.  I first came across them when I was a District Councillor in South Somerset and they were building their pioneering green houses at Bow Yard in Langport.  And for the last couple of years, I've sat on the board, and spoken at their Green Homes Exhibitions - Green Homes 2008 is being held at the Bath & West Showground near Shepton Mallet. 

OTHER ORGANISATIONS OR PEOPLE

• Jonathan Ford and Mike Branson, Pearl Fisher - A leading edge design consultancy that includes Green & Black chocolate and Innocent Drinks as clients.  I'm working with them on packaging issues.  Jonathon is also a Trustee of the Haller Foundation. 

• Giles Gibbons, Good Business - Corporate Responsibility Consultancy set up by Giles Gibbons and Steve Hilton.  

• Jules Peck, formerly WWF and then Quality of Life Challenge, Jules is a recognised authority on sustainability issues in relation to both business and government.  He now works independently from his home in London. 

   

   

• Michael Pawlyn, Exploration Architecture - Michael has recently left Grimshaw Architects, and set up Exploration, to focus on environmentally sustainable solutions inspired by nature.  He was instrumental in the design development of the Eden Project amongst other things. And one of his current projects is building a boat made from plastic bottles and recycled materials, which will be sailed across the Pacific to the Eastern Garbage patch - the objective of the Plastiki Expedition is to change attitudes towards pollution in the world's oceans.
  
  
  
• Blue Rubicon:  Blue Rubicon have introduced me to a number of their clients including McDonalds and Morrisons.  I've also given them an in-house presentation on sustainability issues.

PREVIOUS AFFILIATIONS

• SUSTAINABILITY - Set up in the Spring of 1987 by John Elkington and me.  We were in the midst of writing the Green Consumer Guide.  It became an umbrella organisation for both writing books and carrying out environmental consultancy - advising companies on sustainability issues.  We started working for blue chip companies such as Procter & Gamble, ICI, Novo Nordisk and British Airways quite early on. And built up a reputation as a campaigning consultancy and think tank.
  
  

• JUPITER GLOBAL GREEN INVESTMENT TRUST - Run by Jupiter Asset Management I was a Non-Executive Director of  Jupiter Global Green Investment Trust between 2001 and 2006, when it was rolled into a new fund - Jupiter Green.  The aim of JGGIT was to provide capital growth by investing worldwide in companies that responded positively to the challenge of environmental sustainability or were making a commitment to social well-being. JGGIT was advised by the Jupiter Environmental Research Unit, a team of full time researchers dedicated to the assessment of companies' environmental and ethical performance.  This team is led by Emma Howard Boyd.  In 2006 this fund was rolled into Jupiter Green, which invests in environmental solutions - it has a new board of directors.  
  
  
  
  

• ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE INSTITUTE 
  In 2007 I worked with the Environmental Change Institute in Oxford exploring the potential for a personal carbon trading initiative. 
  
  

• ACCPE - The Advisory Committee on Consumer Products and the Environment - I was vice-chair of this DEFRA run committee from when it was set up in 1999 to when it was disbanded in 2005. We advised government on the most effective ways to use marketing forces to push for environmental improvements in products and services.  One area of particular interest was in relation to commodity crops. 
  
  
  

• UKEB - The UK Eco-labelling Board - A pre-cursor to ACCPE, we advised government on the introduction of the EC Eco-labeling scheme into the UK, working on washing machines, nappies and detergents amongst other things.  
  
  

• OUT OF THIS WORLD - I was a Non-Executive Director of Out of This World between 1994 and 2000, when I stood down.  The idea was to create a chain of ethical supermarkets around the country, as a co-operative. Although only a few stores opened, OOTW had a large membership and in 2002 won an award for the UK's Best established Retail Store.  But in 2007 it had to close down, largely because of competition from larger supermarkets stocking more ethical produce.
  

• HISTORIC FUTURES:  Worked with this company on traceability in supply chains demonstrating the benefits - including improved efficiency and cost-saving - of knowing where and how products have been grown and made.  If you are interested in supply chain traceability, have a look at their website - click here.
  
  

• RACE TO THE TOP - An initiative set up by the International Institute for Environment & Development (IIED), essentially benchmarking supermarkets on a range of sustainability performance indicators - tracking their progress towards a greener, fairer food system.  I advised them on their communications strategy.