Disclosures

While we have both written this Wiki Book and the blog in a purely personal capacity, it is nonetheless important to recognise where our personal and professional lives overlap.

For Robert, in his day job as the UK CEO of Edelman, he advises multinational clients who operate across a wide range of industries affected by the issues described, including the health, food & drink, energy and consumer goods sectors. Some clients, including (but not exclusively) Shell, Microsoft, E.ON, are mentioned in passim in Citizen Renaissance. The Edelman Trust Barometer – an independent, annual study on the state of Trust - is quoted in parts and the Edelman Public Engagement Model is used as an indicator of the possible future direction of the Communications sector. Edelman has also co-created goodpurposecommunity.com.

Edelman is the world’s largest, independent PR firm – with 3,200 people in 53 offices worldwide.
Jules is a strategic counsel to Edelman in the UK.

Jules was the Director of David Cameron’s Quality Of Life Commission and the Conservative Party’s Blueprint for a Green Economy, published in 2007, a roadmap for future UK government policy on Quality Of Life Issues. Together with John Grant he has founded the business consultancy Arkism – so called because “just as in Biblical mythology an ark was needed, so today”. Jules is a trustee of a number of charities and worked as a Global Policy Adviser at WWF for five years, where he was part of the team that initiated the Happy Planet Index that is mentioned in this book.

Jules is a prolific writer whose recent publications include Let Them Eat Cake (2006), a report on the commercial potential of ‘responsible’ mainstream brands co-authored with Anthony Kleanthous from WWF, and Hope and Glory (2008), a report on Venture Capital and sustainability co-authored with John Grant. He is currently writing a book on Quality Of Life issues with Zac Goldsmith.