Paul Hohnen

Senior Advisor,
United Nations Global Compact

Paul Hohnen has worked intensively since 1975 on a range of global economic, development and environmental issues as a diplomat, international civil servant, Director of Greenpeace International, and Strategic Director of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Now an independent consultant, his clients include governments, intergovernmental agencies, business and non-profit organisations.

Trained as an international lawyer, Mr Hohnen worked from 1975 to 1989 as an Australian diplomat at the OECD in Paris, to the EU institutions, and in Fiji and Sri Lanka. He was closely involved in the 1992 and 2002 Earth Summit processes, and has personally participated in the negotiation of a wide range environmental conventions, including on climate change. He has served on the OECD Expert Panel on CSR, and since 2004 has been participating as an expert in the ISO Working Group on Social Responsibility negotiations.

Mr Hohnen is an Associate Fellow of the Royal Institute for International Affairs (Chatham House), a member of the SRI Advisory Committee of Henderson Global Investors, a Special Adviser to the UN Global Compact, a Special Adviser to the GRI, a Senior Consultant to the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), and Adviser to the Earth Charter.

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"The United Nations Global Compact, the MDGs and Governance"
Paul Hohnen had intended to give this address at the B4MD Summit however, due to a session change an abridged version of this address was given on the day.