Alan Knight
 | Alan Knight has 15 years experience of understanding the impact and opportunities CSR and sustainable development provide to global retail and is the SDC's Commissioner on Sustainable Consumption. He is the founder of Single Planet Living Limited, a company that offers advice on Sustainable Development. |
He is currently the Independent Sustainable Development Advisor to SABMiller, Wyevale Garden Centres and Fortnum and Mason. He is the Political Editor of Organic Life and is director of the Forest Stewardship Council.
He serves on the UK Sustainable Development Commission, chairs DEFRA's Food Industry Ethical Trading Champions Group and DTI's Retail Innovation and Sustainability Group. He sits on the technical advisory panel for Duchy Originals, is a fellow WWF UK and visiting professor at Southampton University.
For two years he was SABMiller's Head of Corporate Accountability (the world’s second largest brewery). He joined in December 2004 and was responsible for creating a group wide framework for sustainable development. This included issues as diverse as water and climate change to HIV and the issues associated with small scale farmers.
From 2000 to 2004 he served as Head of CSR for Kingfisher and between 1990 and 2000 as Head of Sustainable Development at B&Q, the UK's market leader in home improvement and part of the Kingfisher Group. He was responsible for pioneering work on embedding SD and ethics into their global supply including contributing to the creation of the Forest Stewardship Council.
He co-chaired the UK Government's Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption; he has just started his third term on the UK Sustainable Development Commission and was for six years chair of the Government's Advisory Committee on Consumer Products and the Environment (ACCPE).
He was awarded the OBE in June 1998 for services to environmental audit in business and in 2005 received a life long award from the US based Rainforest Alliance for his contribution to findings solutions to rainforest destruction caused by timber industry.
You can find out more about Alan and his work at www.singleplanetliving.com. (Opens in new window)
Articles
Read "Giving micropower to the people" - Viewpoint by Alan (BBC Green Room)
The Retailing Paradox - article first published in the magazine 'Consumer Policy Review'
A Knight's Tale - SDC Commissioner, Alan Knight, is profiled by Retail Week magazine.
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Alan Knight in glasses (1mb)
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Direct Pecuniary Interests
Head of Corporate Accountability - SAB Miller
Contributor to Organic Life magazine
Indirect Pecuniary Interests
Co-Chair: Round table on Sustainable Consumption
Non-Pecuniary Interests
Ambassador: World Wide Fund for Nature- UK
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