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== History ==
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== People ==
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=== Staff <ref> Staff,  "[http://www.green-alliance.org.uk/grea1.aspx?id=310]" , accesed 12.10.10 </ref>===
 
  
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[[ Matthew Spencer ]] is the director of the Green Alliance since May 2010. He worked for [[Regen SW]], [[Greenpeace]] UK, the [[Carbon Trust]] and for ppRenewable Advisory Board]].  
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[[ Tamsin Cooper ]] - deputy director. She is currently in charge of the organisational strategy of Green Alliance. She previously was employed by the [[Institute for European Environmental Policy]] on agricultural issues.
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[[Louise Humphrey]] - head of resources. Louise is managing the financial and human resources planning at Green Alliance.  
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== History <ref> "[http://www.green-alliance.org.uk/uploadedFiles/Our_Work/LookingBackThinkingForward.pdf 25 years of Green Alliance]", Accessed 08.11.10 </ref>==
  
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[[Richard Booth]] - events co-ordinator. He is planning all types of events such as seminars or publication launches.
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Green Alliance was created in 1979 and Mr Maurice Ash, its then chairman, said: “We’re a bunch of optimists. We’re not the doomsters. We believe in the possibilities of the future...”. At the beginning it was a small group of people but very soon they started lobbying on new issues. In effect, GA has achieved many “firsts” as they say in their 25th anniversary report <ref> “[http://www.green-alliance.org.uk/uploadedFiles/Our_Work/LookingBackThinkingForward.pdf 25 years of GA]” , Accessed 16/11/10 </ref>
  
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[[Rachel Cary]] - senior policy adviser. Rachel is in charge with Green Alliance's Climate and Energy Futures theme.
 
  
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[[Karen Crane]] - senior communications manager. She manages the communication department of Green Alliance which includes the web site, the magazine Inside Track.
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In 1983 Green Alliance lobbied for the Environmental Impact Assessment which was adopted in the 1990s. In 1984, they made political parties to present their first environmental policy statements. Three years later, GA raised for the first time the issue of Genetically Modified organisms (GM). In the same period, they combined businesses’ with environmental groups’ agendas. In the 1990s they gathered Eastern and Western European NGOs and lobbied for the first White Paper on environment in UK. Then, in 1992 the government promised GA to ratify the Rio Convention on Biodiversity. Two years later they lobbied for a more powerful Environment Agency in the UK. Furthermore, they hosted Tony Blair’s first “green speech” in 1995 then in 2000 as PM. In 1997 GA launched Green Globe Task Force as an independent group focusing on international environment issues.
  
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[[Josie Evetts]] - PA to the director and office manager. She supports Matthew Spencer and she is also in charge with the IT service.
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== People ==
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Green Alliance gathers three types of members <ref> "[http://greenalliance.org.uk/  Staff]", Accessed 07.11.10 </ref>. It has a permanent staff (director, paymaster, etc.) that is in charge with administrative and communication tasks. Twelve trustees meet quarterly to supervise the programmes and eight associates (professors and consultants in specific areas) who work on an ad-hoc basis but have strong links with GA.
  
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[[Chris Hewett]] - associate. He is leading the Sustainable Economy theme and worked previously for the [[Environment Agency]].
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For more details, see following page: [[Globalisation:Green Alliance: Staff]]
  
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[[Hannah Hislop]] - senior policy adviser. She is managing the Designing Out Waste theme.
 
  
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[[Hannah Kyrke-Smith]] - policy team assistant. She currently works on the Green Living project.
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== GA and Neo-liberalism ==
  
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[[Chris Littlecott]] - senior policy adviser. Chris is in charge with Green Alliance's expansion in the EU and on the international stage. He is also a coordinator at the European Environment Bureau's Network.
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The creation of Green Alliance has a lot to do with neo-liberalism. Indeed, it was created in 1979 – the year when [[Margaret Thatcher]] came into power at the Whitehall. Her policy encouraged the emergence of quangos and GA is one of those numerous groups.  
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It is difficult to say if GA is really impartial in its lobbying activities. Many of them were focusing on protecting the environment and have usually succeeded. Some of its partners started to go green (especially supermarkets) but the problem comes from funders, like [[BP]] for instance, who do not seem ready for a greener development.  
  
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[[Laura Mackenzie]] - policy adviser. She is currently working on the Political Leadership theme.
 
  
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[[Amy Persson]]  - senior policy adviser. Amy is a lawyer and also leading the Political Leadership theme.
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Moreover, GA describes itself as independent but it is funded by a large range of corporations that actually should be advised by GA itself. The example of BP is again very interesting and it is developed in the “Funding and Connections” sub-page. Their definition of independence is thus questionable and occurs several times in GA's activities. In the report called “Firetail review of GA” <ref> “[http://www.green-alliance.org.uk/uploadedFiles/About_Us/Firetail%20review%20of%20Green%20Alliance%20Feb08.pdf  Firetail on GA]”, Accessed 17.11.10 </ref> the think tank presents it as an independent review of its activity in the past two years. However, the report was commissioned by GA itself.
  
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[[Rebekah Phillips]] - senior policy adviser. Rebekah is the Green Living theme leader.
 
  
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[[Edward Robinson]] - media and communications manager. He is in charge zith Greem Alliance's public relations. He worked for the [[Bell Pottinger]] agency.
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Another aspect of GA is its great influence at the Whitehall and in Westminster. The relationship that the think tank has created with the official institutions is a very close and a very influencing one. In this era of globalisation where governments are more and more advised by quangos, GA is not an exception. In their reports it can be read exactly what achievements they have succeeded.
  
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[[Sylvia Rowley]] - policy adviser. She is also working on the Green Living theme, more precisely on how to change our behaviour in a greener one.
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==Sub-pages==
  
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[[Faye Scott]] - senior policy adviser. Faye is the Third Sector theme's leader as well as an advider for the Green Living project.
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[[Globalisation: Green Alliance: Ideology and aims]]
  
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[[Marta Silva]] - book-keeper. Marta is in charge with Green Alliance's finances.
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[[Globalisation: Green Alliance: Funding and connections]]
  
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[[Laura Williams]] - fundraising manager. Laura manages the relations with funders and has to maximise Green Alliance's income
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[[Globalisation: Green Alliance: Lobbying activities and influence on policy]]
  
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=== Trustees ===
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[[Globalisation: Green Alliance: Views on climate change]]
  
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[[Robin Bidwell]] (Chair). Robin is also executive chairman of Environmental Resources Management (ERM), London
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== Contact Information ==
  
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[[Philip Parker]] (Hon. Treasurer).
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http://www.green-alliance.org.uk/
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[[Tom Burke CBE]] (services to the environment).
 
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[[Ben Caldecott]] - Ben is head of UK & EU climate change and energy policy at Climate Change Capital (CCC), an environmental investment banking group.
 
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[[Zac Goldsmith]] - Zac is former editor and current director of ''The Ecologist'' magazine. In these roles he has launched campaigns on climate change, GM food and pesticides.
 
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[[Alistair Keddie]] CB - Alisdair works with several private and public sector organisations on strategic business development and organisation, concentrating on the areas of innovation and sustainable development.
 
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[[Dorothy Mackenzie]] - Dorothy is director and co-founder of Dragon Brands, an independent, international brand agency.
 
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[[Deborah Mattinson]] CEO (Opinion Leader Research) - Deborah is also one of Britain’s leading practitioners of issue-based research and consultation.
 
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[[Dame Julie Mellor]] - Julie is a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) in their public sector consulting practice
 
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[[Derek Osborn]] CB - Derek is a currently non-executive director of Severn Trent PLC, and chair of Jupiter Global Green Investment Trust.
 
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[[Dame Fiona Reynolds]] CBE - Since 2001 Fiona has been director-general of the National Trust.
 
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[[Sophia Tickell]] - Sophia is the co-founder and Director of Meteos Ltd., a company which supports businesses to respond creatively to the challenges and opportunities of environmental and social sustainability. She is also a non-executive director of SustainAbility.
 
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=== Associates ===
 
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[[Ian Christie]] - Ian is an independent adviser, researcher, teacher and writer on sustainable development and environmental issues on a national basis. He is currently a visiting professor at the Centre for Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey.
 
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[[Chris Church]] - Chris independently works on researching the ways in which policy and practice around issues of climate and sustainability can be made into actions at the local and community level in the UK.
 
  
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[[Julie Hill]] - Julie works with Green Alliance on projects including waste, producer responsibility, procurement and product policy. She is also a past director of the company (1992-1997).
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Green Alliance
  
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[[Jiggy Lloyd]] - Jiggy is a consultant in public policy, corporate strategy and sustainable development. She works independently.
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36 Buckingham Palace Road
  
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[[Stuart Singleton-White]] - Stuart is currently a non-executive Director and Deputy Chairman of Reading Transport Limited which provides public transport services through Reading Buses, Newbury Buses and Goldline Travel.
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London SW1W 0RE
  
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[[Derek Smith]] - Derek is a director of SD Analytica Ltd, a consultancy specialising in the business impact of sustainable development across the UK.
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Tel      (44) 0 20 7233 7433
  
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[[Sheila Watson]] - Sheila is director of environment at the FIA Foundation, a UK Charity committed to promoting international sustainable mobility.
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Fax      (44) 0 20 7233 9033
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[[Rebecca Willis]] - Rebecca is an independent researcher and vice-chair of the UK Sustainable Development Commission.
 
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== Funding ==
 
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Just suggestions - feel free to change/add to this - although it is recommended that you create several main pages linked to from this main project page so group members can edit simultaneously. 
 
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[[Globalisation:Green Alliance: Ideology and aims]]
 
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[[Globalisation:Green Alliance: Funding and connections]]
 
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[[Globalisation:Green Alliance: Lobbying activities and influence on policy]]
 
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[[Globalisation:Green Alliance: Views on climate change]]
 
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== Web site ==
 
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== Notes ==
 
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Latest revision as of 11:07, 18 November 2010

Marie-Louise Apostolescu Rebecca Hogg Barry Strain

Videos

<youtube size="small" align="right" caption="Lib-Dem conference">A-hzj6E9wl4</youtube>

<youtube size="small" align="right" caption="S.Hale's speech">nhcAde9IEGw</youtube>

<youtube size="small" align="right" caption="The Last Parliament">KQtzaURPkio</youtube>

History [1]

Green Alliance was created in 1979 and Mr Maurice Ash, its then chairman, said: “We’re a bunch of optimists. We’re not the doomsters. We believe in the possibilities of the future...”. At the beginning it was a small group of people but very soon they started lobbying on new issues. In effect, GA has achieved many “firsts” as they say in their 25th anniversary report [2]


In 1983 Green Alliance lobbied for the Environmental Impact Assessment which was adopted in the 1990s. In 1984, they made political parties to present their first environmental policy statements. Three years later, GA raised for the first time the issue of Genetically Modified organisms (GM). In the same period, they combined businesses’ with environmental groups’ agendas. In the 1990s they gathered Eastern and Western European NGOs and lobbied for the first White Paper on environment in UK. Then, in 1992 the government promised GA to ratify the Rio Convention on Biodiversity. Two years later they lobbied for a more powerful Environment Agency in the UK. Furthermore, they hosted Tony Blair’s first “green speech” in 1995 then in 2000 as PM. In 1997 GA launched Green Globe Task Force as an independent group focusing on international environment issues.

People

Green Alliance gathers three types of members [3]. It has a permanent staff (director, paymaster, etc.) that is in charge with administrative and communication tasks. Twelve trustees meet quarterly to supervise the programmes and eight associates (professors and consultants in specific areas) who work on an ad-hoc basis but have strong links with GA.

For more details, see following page: Globalisation:Green Alliance: Staff


GA and Neo-liberalism

The creation of Green Alliance has a lot to do with neo-liberalism. Indeed, it was created in 1979 – the year when Margaret Thatcher came into power at the Whitehall. Her policy encouraged the emergence of quangos and GA is one of those numerous groups. It is difficult to say if GA is really impartial in its lobbying activities. Many of them were focusing on protecting the environment and have usually succeeded. Some of its partners started to go green (especially supermarkets) but the problem comes from funders, like BP for instance, who do not seem ready for a greener development.


Moreover, GA describes itself as independent but it is funded by a large range of corporations that actually should be advised by GA itself. The example of BP is again very interesting and it is developed in the “Funding and Connections” sub-page. Their definition of independence is thus questionable and occurs several times in GA's activities. In the report called “Firetail review of GA” [4] the think tank presents it as an independent review of its activity in the past two years. However, the report was commissioned by GA itself.


Another aspect of GA is its great influence at the Whitehall and in Westminster. The relationship that the think tank has created with the official institutions is a very close and a very influencing one. In this era of globalisation where governments are more and more advised by quangos, GA is not an exception. In their reports it can be read exactly what achievements they have succeeded.

Sub-pages

Globalisation: Green Alliance: Ideology and aims

Globalisation: Green Alliance: Funding and connections

Globalisation: Green Alliance: Lobbying activities and influence on policy

Globalisation: Green Alliance: Views on climate change

Contact Information

http://www.green-alliance.org.uk/

Green Alliance

36 Buckingham Palace Road

London SW1W 0RE

Tel (44) 0 20 7233 7433

Fax (44) 0 20 7233 9033

Notes

  1. ↑ "25 years of Green Alliance", Accessed 08.11.10
  2. ↑ “25 years of GA” , Accessed 16/11/10
  3. ↑ "Staff", Accessed 07.11.10
  4. ↑ “Firetail on GA”, Accessed 17.11.10
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