Tony Blair, UK Prime Minister, appointed Jonathon Porritt, one of the country’s best
known environmentalists, to chair the new Sustainable Development Commission. The
Commission will be charged with integrating sustainable development throughout the
economy.
Porritt was formerly director of the UK Friends of the Earth and co-chair of the Green
Party, and most recently founded Forum for the Future, a respected sustainable business
NGO. His first order of business in his new role will be to appoint 15 commissioners who
reflect the range of stakeholder interests throughout the country.
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