Sir Jonathon Porritt CBE
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Eminent writer, broadcaster and commentator on sustainable development
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Formerly Director of Friends of the Earth and co-chair of the Green Party
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Author of Capitalism As If The World Matters
Jonathon Porritt, Co-Founder of Forum for the Future, is an eminent writer, broadcaster and commentator on sustainable development. Established in 1996, Forum for the Future is now the UK's leading sustainable development charity, with 70 staff and over 100 partner organisations including some of the world's leading companies.
In addition, he is Co-Director of The Prince of Wales's Business and Sustainability Programme which runs Seminars for senior executives around the world. He is a Non-Executive Director of Wessex Water, and of Willmott Dixon Holdings. He is a Trustee of the Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy, and is involved in the work of many NGOs and charities as Patron, Chair or Special Adviser.
Jonathon Porritt was formerly Director of Friends of the Earth (1984-90); co-chair of the Green Party (1980-83) of which he is still a member; chairman of UNED-UK (1993-96); chairman of Sustainability South West, the South West Round Table for Sustainable Development (1999-2001); a Trustee of WWF UK (1991-2005), a member of the Board of the South West Regional Development Agency (1999-2008).
He stood down as Chairman of the UK Sustainable Development Commission in July 2009 after nine years providing high-level advice to Government Ministers.
Jonathon's books include, Capitalism As If The World Matters (Earthscan, revised 2007), Globalism & Regionalism (Black Dog 2008) and Living Within Our Means (Forum for the Future 2009).
Sir Jonathon Porritt received a CBE in January 2000 for services to environmental protection.
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Jonathan was fanastic – his speech was captivating and all of the feedback from delegates was extremely complimentary. I think its fair to say that Jonathan gave our event credibility on a huge scale.
Jonathon's passion for the issues and focus on practical solutions quickly won the audience round.
He was perfect for the nature of the conference and had clearly done research around the event and organisation. He was approachable and an excellent public speaker.
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