Biography
Since 2013, Paul Monaghan has been Director of the management consultancy Up the Ethics – which helps pioneering social enterprises to precipitate much needed systematic change. A major focus is encouraging and enabling corporate leaders to engage in progressive public policy intervention.
He was previously architect of much of the UK co-operative movement’s ethical and environmental excellence for nearly two decades. He led sustainability programmes in areas as diverse as Food, Finance, Pharmacy, Funerals and Travel. Contributions included the creation of world-class programmes of environmental management, ethical finance, sustainability reporting and a unique commitment to campaigning and progressive public policy intervention.
Before that he combined biological sciences research with campaigning.
In December 2014, he was voted #1 in a GLOBAL CEO poll of the ‘Top 100 CSR Leaders’.
He was previously a member of WWF-UK’s Programme Committee, BRE’s Sustainability Board and Accountability’s Council, where he co-chaired their Technical Committee for a number of years.
He acts as Sustainability Adviser to the rapidly growing Co-operative Energy, and is a founding Director of the Fair Tax Mark.
Paul lectures at Manchester and Nottingham Business Schools and recently co-authored the well-received Lobbying for Good.
The rise and fall and rise of Wigan Athletic keeps him awake at night.