Julia Hailes (born 1961) , is an author who first came to prominence in 1988, when she wrote The Green Consumer Guide which sold a million copies worldwide. She subsequently wrote The New Green Consumer Guide published in 2007. She has authored or co-authored nine books. In 1989 she was elected to the UN `Global 500 Roll of Honour’ for ‘outstanding environmental achievements'.
In 1986, Julia Hailes and John Elkington co-founded SustainAbility Ltd, a think tank consultancy that now has offices in London, Washington and Zurich, with another planned later in 2008 in India.
Julia has been a director of Jupiter Global Green Investment Trust, co-founded the Haller Foundation (being re-named 'Haller), a charity supporting eco-system projects after meeting Dr. Rene Haller as a fellow Global 500 Laureate and Louise Piper, sits on the Food Ethics Council and is a Patron of the Ecos Trust, which promotes green building practice.
She is an environmental campaigner and a sustainability consultant advising a number of multi-national companies, including Marks & Spencer, Reckitt Benckiser, Morrisons, McDonalds, Shell, Numis Investment Bank and Procter & Gamble. She also regularly makes speeches and presentations, write articles - and a blog.
In 1989, Julia Hailes she was elected to the UN `Global 500 Roll of Honour’ for ‘outstanding environmental achievements' and in 1999 was awarded an MBE in the New Years Honors List.