It is with great excitement that we announce the judging panel for the 6th INTERNATIONAL GREEN AWARDS™ for Creativity in Sustainability.
The judging panel is composed of carefully chosen professionals, renowned in the communications, environmental and sustainability fields. They represent government, business and third sector initiatives aimed at promoting sustainability in the global arena
Confirmed judges for this year include;
Nick Nuttall – Acting Communications Director and Spokesperson; UNEP KENYA (Chair of the 2011 Judging Panel)
Ahmed Djoghlaf – Executive Secretary; UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) CANADA
Arianna Huffington – President & Editor-in-Chief; AOL Huffington Post Media Group USA
David de Rothschild, Environmentalist & Explorer & ‘Plastiki’ Expedition Leader USA
Bonnie Nixon – Executive Director, Sustainability Consortium USA
Richard Guy – Senior Strategy & Operations Manager, Innovation, Carbon Trust UK
Prof. Dr. Claudia Kemfert – Head of the Department of Energy, Transportation, Environment; German Institute of Economic Research (DIW Berlin) GERMANY
Richard Reynolds – Manager, Supply Chain; Masdar City UAE
Daryl Arnold – CEO, Newton Circus; SINGAPORE
David Mason – Communications Director, Forum for the Future; UK
Dr. Malcolm McIntosh FRSA – Professor of Sustainable Enterprise; Griffith University, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
Julia Marton-Lefevre – Director General; IUCN SWITZERLAND
Lance Hosey – President & CEO; GreenBlue USA
Marina Silva – Environmentalist & Politician; Green Party BRAZIL
Adam Koniuszewski – Chief Operating Officer; Green Cross International SWITZERLAND
Professor Jacqueline McGlade – Executive Director; European Environment Agency DENMARK
Vicki Buck – Former Mayor of Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND
Aniol Esteban – Head of Environmental Economics; New Economics Foundation (nef) UNITED KINGDOM
Baroness Barbara Young – Chancellor; Cranfield University UNITED KINGDOM
Brendan May – UK Chairman; Rainforest Alliance UNITED KINGDOM
Cheryl Campbell – Executive Director; tve UNITED KINGDOM
Sir Crispin Tickell – Director, Policy Foresight Programme; Oxford University UNITED KINGDOM
Gabrielle Lovering – Head of Design; BBC Worldwide UNITED KINGDOM
Jane Davidson – Minister of Environment & Sustainability; Wales UNITED KINGDOM
Jilly Forster – CEO; Forster UNITED KINGDOM
Leonora Oppenheim – Designer and Writer/ Journalist; Treehugger UNITED KINGDOM
Liu Jianqiang – Journalist and Environmentalist; CHINA
Mark Lynas – Environmental Author & Commentator UNITED KINGDOM
Malini Mehra – Founder and CEO, Centre for Social Markets INDIA
Michael Gidney – Deputy Executive Director; Fairtrade Foundation UNITED KINGDOM
Peter Head – Director; ARUPUNITED KINGDOM
Peter Paul van de Wijs - Managing Director, Communications & Business Role Focus Area, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) SWITZERLAND
Rick Stathers – Head of Responsible Investment; Schroders UNITED KINGDOM
Rosie Boycott – Chair of London Food; Mayor of London/ GLA UNITED KINGDOM
Steven Gray – Vice President Carbon Finance; Climate Change Capital UNITED KINGDOM
Tim Smit – Chief Executive & Co-Founder; Eden Project UNITED KINGDOM
Please note that this is not an exhaustive list of 2011 judges.