By Claire Manuel, with thanks to Miriam Heale, Allen & York
Business for Social Responsibility is expanding its human rights practice with the appointment of a new adviser, Christine Bader. Bader is non-resident senior fellow at Duke University’s Kenan Institute for Ethics and former adviser to the United Nations secretary-general’s special representative for business and human rights.
Bader will be working with BSR human rights director Faris Natour advising clients such as Disney, Microsoft and Rio Tinto on human rights strategies and systems. She will also provide insight to BSR’s thought leadership through research and writing.
Peter Mason has joined Context as a client director, based in London. In his new role he will work closely with clients on sustainability strategy, reporting and communications.
Mason joins from Ethical Performance, the international corporate sustainability newsletter, and is one of the world’s leading journalists and commentators on corporate sustainability. Prior to Ethical Performance, Mason spent 20 years in various journalistic roles in the UK, including as news editor of Green magazine, on the foreign desk of the Guardian newspaper, and as a freelancer for several national newspapers.
Andrew Watterson will be joining sustainability and corporate responsibility consulting firm BrownFlynn as a senior consultant, serving local, national and global clients.
Watterson has an extensive sustainability management background, having served for more than six years in the office of sustainability for the city of Cleveland, most recently as the first chief of sustainability.
He is also active in numerous professional sustainability organisations, including the Urban Sustainability Directors Network and Planning Committee, Entrepreneurs for Sustainability and the GreenCityBlueLake Institute.
Shaun Mays is to step down from his position as chief executive officer at Climate Change Capital, the UK-based environmental investment manager and advisory group. Mays assumed the role two years ago. He will be replaced in the interim by current chief financial officer Mark Macleod, while his place on the board will be taken by head of advisory Ian Temperton.
Appointment of the month
James Smith has been appointed chairman of the Carbon Trust. He was appointed to the trust’s board in September 2010. Smith has more than 30 years of experience in the energy industry, the last seven spent as chairman of Shell UK. He replaces Sir Ian McAllister, who steps down after 10 years as chairman.
“The talented people in the Carbon Trust make a vital contribution to the development of a low carbon economy,” Smith says. “They see the power of the market, coupled with smart policy, as the best route to cost-effective, low-carbon technologies. In addition to tackling climate change, the extraordinary work of the Carbon Trust provides a stimulus for economic growth.”
Jack Fuller has joined the board of OZZ Clean Energy. Fuller retired from General Electric in July after a 47-year career. More recently, he was chairman of the board of GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy.
Vigeo, a European expert in the assessment of environmental, social and governance risks, is expanding into the UK. Lindsay Smart has been appointed UK business development manager and will be based in a new London office. She joins Vigeo with nine years’ financial industry experience, including roles with JP Morgan Asset Management and Chase Manhattan Bank.
William Cockbain and Prof David Macdonald CBE have been appointed to the board of Natural England. Macdonald is professor of wildlife conservation and the director (and founder) of the wildlife conservation research unit at Oxford University. Responsibilities include: land management, agriculture and the uplands, and the Lake District and Peak District national parks. Cockbain was Defra’s north-west of England sustainable food and farming champion until the end of March 2011. He currently chairs the grant panel for the northwest livestock programme and has recently been involved in promoting catchment sensitive farming to farmers.
Ethical fund firm Australian Ethical has announced two new appointments. Adam Kirk has been appointed general manager, business development, having worked previously with Catholic Superannuation, Skandia and Colonial First State. Paul Smith has been appointed general manager, strategy and communications. He has formerly worked with Schroders, Credit Suisse and Carbon Planet.
Simon Reid has been appointed to the role of director within Sirius Solutions’ energy trading and risk management services practice. Reid will be based in the business consulting firm’s London office and will be responsible for delivering business and technology strategic advisory services and creating solutions unique to commodity and energy supply and trading. Prior to joining Sirius Solutions, Reid served as vice-president and global head of agriculture and energy for Eka Software Solutions.
Dr Andrew Heather has been appointed leader of the new policy, sustainability and climate change team at Mott MacDonald, the global management, engineering and development consultancy. Achartered environmentalist with a background in agriculture, water and wastewater planning and regulation, Heather joined Mott MacDonald in 2007.