The official, Philip Angelides, the California state treasurer, said he was trying to arouse a sustained interest in change among trustees of public pension funds because "one of the real dangers in the reform movement is that it could be quickly forgotten".
James is a member of GE's ecomagination board, Pepsico UK's advisory board, chairman of the World Economic Forum's Agenda Council on Climate Change, a trustee member of the UK Green Building Council and of the Carbon Disclosure Project, a member of the prime minister's Business Advisory Group and was a member of the Green Investment Bank Commission.
Unless the board of trustees has a change of heart, it seems probable that construction will continue, according to the plan, for the next 18 years.
A change of regulatory regime may clarify what trustees need to think about, and a more proactive attitude from the Information Commissioner would also be useful: but these things will have limited impact without a change in attitude and behaviour in the sector, and this starts with the attitudes and values promoted by trustees about every aspect of a charity's activity.
L. Weinberg, husband of Trustee Sue Ann Weinberg.
On Sunday, Georgiana Grant, a longtime parishioner who is also a member of the village Board of Trustees, changed her regular weekly contribution from $20 to $0 -- and wrote the word "zero" on her check.
The rabbi, a bearded, bespectacled member of a 14-generation rabbinical family, hoped that the mandatory public hearings on the draft proposal would go smoothly, that Chabad would be able to incorporate any changes the village Board of Trustees required into a final proposal, and that his 70,000-square-foot Jewish community center would soon be a reality.
He is also founder of co-creation consultancy Collaborative Change, a D&AD Trustee and author of an upcoming book based on his behaviour change work.
"I was brought in to the charity because I have a successful track record of leading change and trustees were aware after they conducted an external 'listening exercise' that was a great deal of change and improvement needed at the charity when I joined.
She explained that the decisions are made by the camp's board of trustees who change annually and bring a different flavor to what goes on there during the spookiest month of the year.
Library campaigners also spoke out about the changes, with Elizabeth Ash, trustee of the Library Campaign, saying that "for a council leader to consider the shutting of 11 of 15 libraries in Swindon as innovative truly beggars belief".
