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Curriculum Vitae
Halina Ward
Education
LLM (Law and Development), School of Oriental and African Studies, 1994-1995
Law Society Finals, The College of Law, York, 1989-1990
LLB, University College London, 1985-1988
Other
Affiliations
Non-practising solicitor
Fellow, Royal Society of Arts
Visiting Research Fellow, Policy Studies Institute, University of Westminster
(2012-date) Member Advisory Committee, Sustainable Development Research Network
(2003-2013) Member Scientific Committee, Vigeo (Paris-headquartered social ratings agency)
(2006-2008) Trustee, The Environment Foundation
(1992-2007) Associate, Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD)
Employment
History
Sept 2014-date: Head, Development Futures, Bond (www.bond.org.uk)
2013- 2014: Interim International Partnerships Director, Future Cities Catapult
2013-2014: Independent evaluation consultant
2009-2013: Director, Foundation for Democracy and Sustainable Development (www.fdsd.org)
2001-2008: Programme Director, Business and Sustainable Development (formerly Corporate
Responsibility for Environment and Development), International Institute for Environment and
Development (www.iied.org)
1999-2001: Senior Fellow, Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs)
1996- 1998: Consultant, Senior Consultant, Environmental Resources Management (ERM)
1995-1996: freelance consultant
1990-1994: Articled clerk, Solicitor, Mishcon de Reya
Selected
Publications
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Manifesto for Democracy and Sustainability, 2013 (www.democracyandsustainability.org)
(with Mai-Lan Ha) Voluntary Social and Environmental Standards, Public Policy and Democracy:
evidence review and a normative framework for standards-setters, Pacific Institute and FDSD, 2012
Beyond the Short Term: Legal and Institutional Space for Future Generations in Global Governance,
Yearbook of International Environmental Law 2011, OUP, 2012
ISO 26000 and Global Governance for Sustainable Development, Shaping Sustainable Markets Series,
IIED, 2012
The ISO 26000 International Guidance Standard on Social Responsibility: Implications for Public Policy
and Transnational Democracy, Theoretical Inquiries in Law, Volume 12, Issue 2, 2011
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Other Skills
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The Future of Democracy in the face of Climate Change to 2050 and 2100. Research paper series in a
major two-year project designed to develop scenarios to answer the question: ‘how might
democracy have evolved to cope with the challenges of climate change by the years 2050 and
2100?’ All papers are online via www.fdsd.org/reports
The interface between Corporate Responsibility, Globalisation and the Legal Profession, in Human
Rights and Corporations, David Kinley (ed), Ashgate Press, 2009 (article reprinted from University of
St Thomas Law Journal)
Corporate social responsibility, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Public Policy (2009)
Unpublished analysis and strategy paper for UNIDO
Oil and Gas Contracts for Sustainable Development in Kazakhstan, BDS Working Paper no. 8, 2009
Resource Nationalism and Sustainable Development: a primer and key issues, Discussion Paper, IIED,
2009
Boundaries to business action at the public policy interface: Issues and implications for BPAzerbaijan, IIED, 2008
Responsible enterprise, foreign direct investment and investment promotion (book chapter and coeditor with Annie Dufey and Maryanne Grieg-Gran), IIED, 2008
Corporate Social Responsibility in Law and Policy, chapter in “Perspectives on Corporate Social
Responsibility” (Nina Boeger and Rachel Murray, eds), Edward Elgar, 2008
Kosovo: Mining and Community Development Framework and Community Consultation Framework
(Riinvest Institute/World Bank Group, various papers, 2006-7)
CSR and Developing Countries: What Scope for Government Action, Sustainable Development
Innovation Briefs, Issue 1, February 2007, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs,
New York
Corporate Social Responsibility at a Crossroads? (with Craig Smith) Business Strategy Review ,Volume
18, Issue 1, 2007
(with co-authors in five countries) Lifting the Lid on foreign investment contracts: the real deal for
sustainable development, IIED Sustainable Markets Briefing Paper, 2005
Legal Issues in Corporate Citizenship, Swedish Partnership on Global Responsibility (Globalt Ansvar),
Swedish Foreign Ministry, 2003
Public sector roles in Strengthening Corporate Social responsibility: Taking Stock, World Bank Group,
2004
Securing Transnational Corporate Accountability through National Courts: implications and policy
options, Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, Volume 24 Number 3, Spring 2001
Trade, Investment and the Environment (co-ed with Duncan Brack), Earthscan, 2000
Trained facilitator and mediator
English (native), Spanish (advanced), Polish, Russian (upper intermediate) and French
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