Staff | Dunstan Allison Hope
Managing Director, Advisory Services | San Francisco
Dunstan works with a diverse range of companies—including those in the information and communications technology (ICT), consumer products, and heavy manufacturing sectors—on corporate responsibility issues such as human rights, reporting, sustainability strategy, and stakeholder engagement. Dunstan has significant experience working in the United States, Japan, and China. He also serves on BSR’s global Advisory Services Management team, which oversees BSR’s consulting and membership strategy and operations.
From 2006 onward, Dunstan facilitated the multi-stakeholder process to develop global principles on freedom of expression and privacy, which included a diverse mix of companies, civil society organizations, academics, and investors. This led to the launch of the Global Network Initiative in October 2008. Dunstan also helped create the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition Implementation Group, a collaborative initiative of more than 50 ICT companies working to improve conditions in their supply chains.
In addition, Dunstan was directly involved in the development of the G3 Global Reporting Initiative Guidelines and worked closely with GE on the creation of their first three sustainability reports.
Drawing on his experiences working with large corporations, Dunstan co-authored—with Matthew Gorman of BAA and Andy Wales of SABMiller—Big Business, Big Responsibilities (Palgrave Macmillan July 2010), a book describing the potential and limitations of corporate responsibility to address big global sustainability challenges.
Prior to joining BSR, Dunstan was part of British Telecommunications' corporate responsibility team.
Dunstan has a Master's degree in Sustainable Development from Forum for the Future.
Expertise
Materiality and strategy; human rights, privacy, and freedom of expression; and sustainability reporting
Thought Leadership
- Blog: Take That, Cynics! As Companies Detail PRISM Involvement, Transparency Proves Its Value
- Blog: In the Era of PRISM, ‘Knowing and Showing’ on Human Rights
- Blog: Planning for GRIIIRCSASB: How to Untangle Sustainability Reporting Strategy
- Blog: What the New Telecommunications Human Rights Principles Mean
- Blog: Microsoft Reports: What ‘the Law’ Is Asking of Internet Companies
