Julia Hailes MBE

Sustainability Pioneer

Speaking at Ashridge (jun12)

Ashridge Business School –  booked me to come and talk to their MsC students, who are taking a 2 year masters in ‘sustainability’ and ‘responsibility’.   The programme was aimed at people already working in business and corporations, including consultants, activists, public sector managers and NGO professionals, which means there was a pretty mixed bunch.  My […]

Futerra Sustainability Communications (Jun11)

I went to give a presentation to the team at Futerra.   It made me reflect on the early years of SustainAbility – the organisations are remarkably similar.  And the most surprising similarity of all was that we both came up with the same core objectives.  When we set up SustainAbility, in the late 1980s, John Elkington and I described these as […]

Oglivy Earth (Apr11)

OgilvyEarth, O&M’s global sustainability practice, has been named one of the world’s top agencies offering “genuine expertise in sustainability communications,”  I’ve started working with them on an ad hoc basis.  The first project was with Ogivly Earth US with advice on Siemens.

Greenhouse PR – Nominated as an Eco-Hero (Mar10)

I’ve started working with Anna Guyer, founder of Greenhouse PR.  We are collaborating on a number of project ideas and really enjoying the process!   Anna has nominated me as one of her Eco Heroes on her blog.

Shell (Feb08)

In February 2008 I made a presentation to Shell communication executives on sustainability energy issues.  They were looking to be challenged and provoked in an intense session lasting over an hour, which included time for a lengthy Q&A.  In 2005 Shell commissioned me to write one of a series of Guidance Notes, on social performance in […]