Julia Hailes MBE

Freelance writer and consultant

Julia Hailes is a leading opinion former, consultant and speaker on social, environmental and ethical issues. She has worked with a number of blue chip companies, including Marks & Spencer, Procter & Gamble, McDonalds and Morrisons. In 1987 she co-founded SustainAbility Ltd, a think tank and consultancy company, where she was a director until 1994, when she started working freelance. Julia is co-author of nine books, including the number one best-selling Green Consumer Guide, which sold over a million copies worldwide and The New Foods Guide published in 1999.  Her most recent book The New Green Consumer Guide was published in 2007 by Simon & Schuster.  Julia regularly writes for Telegraph online, as well as other publications and frequently covers food issues.  In 1989 Julia was elected to the UN Global 500 Roll of Honour for her outstanding environmental achievement and in 1999 was awarded an MBE.

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