Alex MacGillivray
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Alex MacGillivray works with the non-profit strategy consultancy AccountAbility. He previously served as deputy director of the New Economics Foundation
. MacGillivray has worked for a range of governments, companies and non-profit organizations, as well as with UN
agencies. He was part of the team that created the Living Planet Index for the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF). MacGillivray was also lead author of the research report, Low Flying Heroes, whose title stems from the notion that social entrepreneurs and community activists operate mostly under the official radar that monitors community development.
He is the author of A Brief History of Globalization, a popular account of global trends in which he discusses the concepts of Global Intent and globalization
. MacGillivray has twenty years experience working on corporate responsibility and sustainable development
. Since 2006 he has lectured MSc students at Imperial College's Centre for Environmental Policy where he studied for his own masters in 1990.
New Economics Foundation
The New Economics Foundation is a British think-tank.NEF was founded in 1986 by the leaders of The Other Economic Summit with the aim of working for a "new model of wealth creation, based on equality, diversity and economic stability"....
. MacGillivray has worked for a range of governments, companies and non-profit organizations, as well as with UN
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
agencies. He was part of the team that created the Living Planet Index for the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF). MacGillivray was also lead author of the research report, Low Flying Heroes, whose title stems from the notion that social entrepreneurs and community activists operate mostly under the official radar that monitors community development.
He is the author of A Brief History of Globalization, a popular account of global trends in which he discusses the concepts of Global Intent and globalization
Globalization
Globalization refers to the increasingly global relationships of culture, people and economic activity. Most often, it refers to economics: the global distribution of the production of goods and services, through reduction of barriers to international trade such as tariffs, export fees, and import...
. MacGillivray has twenty years experience working on corporate responsibility and sustainable development
Sustainable development
Sustainable development is a pattern of resource use, that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but also for generations to come...
. Since 2006 he has lectured MSc students at Imperial College's Centre for Environmental Policy where he studied for his own masters in 1990.