Annual review 2010-11

Leadership for the

environment 1 Contents A year of change Robin Bidwell, chair 1 Optimism in the storm Matthew Spencer, director 2

Influencing change Fourth carbon budget 4 Waste review 4 Renewable Heat Incentive 5 Transport appraisal 6 Comprehensive spending review 6

Leading thinking A greener economy 8 Behaviour change 8 Localism and the Big Society 9 Electricity market reform 10 Designing out waste 11

Nuturing political thinking The Climate Leadership Programme for MPs 13

Funding and partnership 14 Summary financial statement 16 Treasurer’s report 2010-11 18 Individual members 19 Contact details 20

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and transport sector in the coming years. Chair’s letter This is a difficult period for environmental politics. After the A year of change disappointments of the Copenhagen summit in 2009, climate change has suffered its own recession as the prospects of a global deal have receded. At the same time rising oil and commodity prices have increased concern that environmental limits maybe beginning to have global economic effects. Green Alliance has led the debate about how society and government can address these economic and investment challenges whilst respecting the physical limits of our world. It was also a year of change on our board, as we said goodbye to some long standing trustees, including We led a co-ordinated push It was a year of change for Green Dorothy Mackenzie, Dame Julie Mellor, for government to set an Alliance. As the country voted in the and Deborah Mattinson. We would like new Coalition government, we to thank them for their contribution ambitious carbon budget and welcomed a new director and deputy over the years. We also welcomed Leo gained the Prime Minister’s director. They are taking the organisation Johnson, sustainable finance partner at support for an agreement to into a new era for environmental PwC, and Sir Graham Wynne, former halve UK emissions by the policy and politics. I am proud to say chief executive of the RSPB. they are achieving great things in the Our job is to encourage and mid-2020s. This commitment new political landscape, cementing our define leadership for this new era and will have a profound and role as the pre-eminent environmental to support and encourage NGO, positive effect on investment think tank in the UK. political and business leaders in their in our power, buildings and Working with our network of commitment to sustainable development. transport sector in the coming business and NGO partners, we We can only do this because of the engaged with the new government confidence and generosity of our years” successfully on the green agenda and funders and supporters. On behalf of secured significant progress. We the trustees I would like to thank you all. brought the voices of the environmental community and the finance community together to make the case for a new public infrastructure bank, with the result that the UK has now committed to creating the world’s first Green Investment Bank. We helped to secure funding for the UK’s carbon capture and storage demonstration programme in a very challenging public spending round. We made the intellectual case for renewable heat and were pleased that the government then delivered a new financial incentive for it. Last, but not least, we led a co-ordinated push for government to set an ambitious carbon budget and gained the Prime Minister’s support for an agreement to halve UK emissions by the mid-2020s. This commitment will have a profound and positive effect Robin Bidwell on investment in our power, buildings chair of trustees 1 Director’s introduction/ Annual review 2010-11

has not stopped significant progress being made on the green agenda. Director’s Amidst turmoil in the markets the UK government set a bold and legally introduction binding carbon constraint on the UK economy, it committed UK taxpayers Optimism in to the largest carbon capture and storage programme in the world, the storm and put aside £3 billion to create a Green Investment Bank. None of these decisions were easy because of the economic climate, and they followed very public battles which meant the government missed the opportunity to raise investor confidence. Nevertheless they were made the right way because the NGO and business communities successfully built a positive view amongst political leaders that they were in the UK’s Hopefulness is an essential Reading over the news and commentary economic interest. from the past year it’s hard to escape It may turn out that the past year tool of progress. It encourages deep pessimism. Since the financial has been a rehearsal for an extended a search for new ways of crisis of 2009 it has moved up a notch. period of volatility in politics and the doing things. The belief that We now have to worry about structural financial markets, but there are also big new solutions are possible weakness in our political system as opportunities ahead. Out of this well as in the financial markets. financial tumult a new economic has driven all of the great Environmental commentators settlement will emerge, and it will social and technological have not escaped the contagion, with change the relationships between breakthroughs of the modern many now expressing their fear that it business, society and governments. age” might be too late to stop major collapse Once our economy is out of intensive in our ecosystems and the services they care there will be a profound search for provide. Indeed, it is a fact that most long term security, and sustainable environmental trends continue to head development provides the answers. in the wrong direction. With this It is Green Alliance’s job to ensure pessimism comes the danger that we that the best thinkers from NGOs, stop exploring solutions, miss new business and politics put the opportunities, and deny progress when environment at the heart of this search it does occur. for stability. As old certainties disappear Hopefulness is an essential tool of we have a historic chance to help forge progress. It encourages a search for new structural change. It will require a ways of doing things. The belief that unique combination of interests, new solutions are possible has driven intellectual enquiry and positive vision. all of the great social and technological Which is why we at Green Alliance feel breakthroughs of the modern age, optimistic about the next stage of the from the National Health Service to political cycle and the opportunities it the internet. offers. We will be expanding on what The challenge for environmental this means with the launch of our new leaders living through such tumultuous three year strategy early in 2012. times is to hold two different perspectives in creative tension. To borrow from Gramsci, it is to avoid illusion without becoming disillusioned. It is to combine optimism of the will with pessimism of the intellect. The past year has seen the tide go out on environmental debate in Matthew Spencer mainstream media and politics, but it director 2 Influencing change At a tough time for environmental politics, we are helping to secure important decisions

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… thank you for all your support on the fourth carbon Fourth carbon Waste review budget victory…it wouldn’t budget New promises have happened without Green Alliance co-ordinating and Historic decision delivered on leading the campaign. Through the ability to operate by the UK to adopt waste on the inside and mobilise an ambitious and hold together a broad The decision The government’s waste review, alliance on the outside, this carbon budget published June 2011, wasn’t the ambitious was very skilfully done. and reforming document hoped for. The result speaks volumes The decision But it did contain promising signals. about the success of Green On 17 May 2011 the government It included a government commitment Alliance’s work” made a historic decision to accept the to explore the use of landfill restrictions Committee on Climate Change’s for some biodegradable waste streams, John Sauven, executive director, recommendation to reduce the UK’s and to incorporate waste prevention Greenpeace CO2 emissions by 50 per cent (from requirements into mandatory product 1990 levels) during the fourth carbon standards for the design of energy budget period (2023-27). This means using products. the UK now has the most ambitious legislated emissions reductions targets anywhere in the world. It will reduce exposure to fossil fuel price volatility and enable the UK to influence global climate negotiations from a position of domestic strength. This has implications across a range of government decisions including those around electricity market reform, energy efficiency and low carbon transport policy.

Green Alliance’s role Although not a high profile public issue, we understood the strategic significance of the fourth carbon budget to investors and the policy framework. In the months running up to the decision, we made the case to government and the opposition for Green Alliance’s role accepting the Committee on Climate These decisions bore evidence of Green Change’s advice. We co-ordinated Alliance’s interventions. Since 2008 letters to the Prime Minister and we’ve worked closely with officials at Deputy Prime Minister and led a Defra, and with our Designing Out strategic push to raise the profile of Waste consortium of businesses and the decision amongst opinion formers waste organisations, to promote and and policy makers. establish the concept of ‘the circular economy’ and resource efficiency in government thinking. Providing evidence of successful landfill ban strategies from abroad, and major business support for better product standards, we were successful in making the political case for the inclusion of both in the government’s 2011 waste review. 4 Influencing change / Annual review 2010-11

Groundsource heat pump installation Renewable heat Incentive Building momentum for a world first courtesy of Kensa Heat Pumps Heat Kensa of courtesy

Green Alliance played a pivotal The decision Green Alliance’s role role in amplifying the need to In March 2011, the government Green Alliance’s work between 2007 announced the launch of the world’s and 2010 was vital in establishing the encompass heat in the energy first Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), momentum that led to this decision. policy agenda. The RHI and the with the first payments made to Renewable heat was the Cinderella of government’s [forthcoming] non-domestic generators from energy policy and suffered years of heat strategy owe much to this November 2011. This scheme provides ‘paralysis by analysis’. In 2007, we early work bringing coherence long term tariff support for businesses, determined the need to take action and industry and the public sector for reduce the significant contribution of and consistency to business generating and using renewable heat heat generation to the UK’s climate voices pressing for change” and will, in future, also provide change emissions. We convened a large Graham Meeks, director, support for the domestic sector. and unique coalition of interests, Combined Heat and Power including businesses, trade associations and parliamentary bodies, concerned Association about the need to use and produce heat more sustainably. Our Manifesto for sustainable heat (March 2007) proposed solutions supported by thirty of the coalition’s organisations. Over the next three years Green Alliance led the debate, convening discussions and seminars with a range of interests at many levels and carrying out targeted advocacy to government. In September 2010, in our paper Cost effective renewables: the role of the Renewable Heat Incentive in decarbonising energy we advocated modifications to government proposals for a Renewable Heat Incentive, to make it even more cost effective and to ensure it could promote energy efficiency.

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Green Alliance’s work on Transport reforming the economic Comprehensive appraisal of transport schemes appraisal produced real results, leading spending review to a new ‘transport business Changing policy case’ framework from the Government Department for Transport, for greener which included many of the committed to CCS reforms we called for” transport schemes The decision Stephen Joseph, chief After six months in office, the Coalition The decision executive officer, Campaign promised funding for the first carbon In April 2011, the transport secretary for Better Transport capture and storage (CCS) demonstration Phillip Hammond, announced that the plant as part of its October 2010 government was reforming the way it comprehensive spending review (CSR). makes decisions on transport It committed to invest in four CCS proposals, so the benefits of low demonstration projects and the CSR carbon would be fully recognised. provided £1 billion from the public finances for the first phase. Green Alliance’s role In 2008, we worked with the Green Alliance’s role Campaign for Better Transport to We recognise that CCS technology is review the way that the transport likely to be crucial in enabling the UK appraisal process was working, to meet its climate change targets, and publishing our findings in Decision- that there are clear economic benefits making for sustainable transport (2008). from developing a UK-based CCS We suggested a number of industry. Since 2009 we have explored improvements. The system used by the how to drive forward a UK CCS government, known as the ‘new programme with a wide range of approach to transport interests and organisations. We have appraisal’ or NATA, was also conducted advocacy, both with the distorting the selection of previous government, directly transport projects informing its progressive policy receiving funding, on CCS, and then with the Coalition, favouring car use over to ensure that support for the schemes that demonstration programme was encouraged walking, maintained. In close collaboration with cycling and public energy industry and academic partners, transport. We published The we led a concerted effort around the right route (2009), to emphasise 2010 CSR which helped to secure this the problem further illustrating how decision. our recommended changes to policy would have led to different results in five real decisions, improving their environmental outcomes. Many of our proposals have now been adopted by the Department for Transport, with officials acknowledging the role that our work played in bringing about the changes.

6 Leading thinking Keeping green ideas fresh and salient, we are addressing some of the big questions facing our well-being and our economy

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A greener Behaviour change economy What should What role can government do to green growth play help people live in reviving the UK more sustainably? economy?

Economic recovery is the most pressing summer 2010, we joined up with the In 2010, under our Green Living theme, political priority for government. Aldersgate Group to hold a major event we looked at how behavioural economics We’ve been looking at the to debate the subject. We are still could be used to increase the take-up of opportunities green growth can offer pressing for it to be a fully independent environmental action in the home. for a more sustainable and resilient bank with borrowing powers. This is an area in which the government economy. We have since fostered broader has expressed an interest with its We led the push, both behind the debate with senior players around the support of the ‘nudge’ agenda. scenes and publicly, for a Green concept of green growth. The spring We commissioned ethnographic Investment Bank, now a central 2011 issue of our magazine Inside Track research exploring the success of promise of the government’s low featured the views of three leading current government policies in a carbon strategy. Through a series of economists, Professor Dieter Helm of number of areas aimed at encouraging Green Alliance roundtables and high the University of Oxford, Diane Coyle, greener behaviour. Supporting our level discussions across five director of Enlightenment Economics, research with film, we gained insights government departments, we helped and Dimitri Zenghelis of the LSE and into the real difficulties and to develop the ideas and framework Cisco Systems. We picked up the theme complexities faced by people from all around which the government is now again to launch our new series of walks of life and revealed the building its plans for the new bank, Catalyst Debates in June 2011, which sometimes contrary nature of human due to be launched in April 2012. discussed the role of green growth in behaviour in relation to issues like Invaluable high level support was the UK’s economic recovery with energy saving and recycling. We found gained for the idea from the business economists and environment that these insights were not being community, including the CBI and the specialists. translated into mainstream policies, Institution of Civil Engineers. In and, as a result, many were ineffective.

issue 28 | spring 2011 The Bringing it home research film ‘A snapshot of everyday life’ (2011)

“the future economy is made up of the assets we bequeath” page 5

“the environmental movement’s obsession with with GDP and growth is misplaced” page 6

“the opportunities afforded by current macroeconomic conditions should not be missed” page 8

“make no mistake: a new world order is emerging. The race for leadership has already begun” page 10

“humans respond to problems late but dramatically and, crucially, effectively” page 18

A better route mAinstreAming the green economy

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Civil society minister Nick Hurd MP at Green Alliance’s Power Shift conference, February 2011 A very rigorous assessment of the evidence on household behaviour, and implications for design of policies to improve energy efficiency. It is essential reading for anybody working in this area” David Kennedy, chief executive of the government’s Committee on Climate Change, on Bringing it home

Our findings and recommendations to government were published in the report Bringing it home (Ma rc h 2011) launched at our annual debate. The debate’s panel featured the minister for policy, the Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP, Ben Page of IpsosMori and environmental psychologist Dr Lorraine Whitmarsh. Chaired by BBC Newsnight’s ‘ethical man’ Justin Rowlatt, engage with climate change. It looked at it was a lively discussion around how Localism and the different approaches among non- the government should do more than environmental organisations and what nudge us all towards sustainable living. Big Society had helped them to engage successfully. Our blog, launched in September We included interactive, online maps 2010, features our own and guest What do these new of climate change activity in the two commentary on the politics, policy and areas we studied: Dorset and inner city psychology of green living. Readership agendas mean Newcastle. Green Alliance’s senior has risen rapidly since its launch. policy adviser Faye Scott has since been This work is supported by the for environmental appointed to the advisory panel of the Green Living consortium (see page 15). National Council for Voluntary Organisations new climate unit. action? In February 2011, our conference Power Shift was the first major event to Localism, combined with planning examine localism and the Big Society reform, is likely to be a game changer agenda from an environmental for environmental action. perspective. It was addressed by Nick With little being said about the Hurd MP, the minister for civil society, environmental aspects of localism or and allowed attendees to fully consider the Big Society concept, Green Alliance the changing context of action. identified the need for new thinking. We have continued to look in more We set about analysing the issues and detail at localism throughout 2011. grew our network to new people and Using the results of interviews and organisations in the process. online surveys, we published Is localism Our party conference debates in delivering for climate change? (October 2010 asked what it would take to build 2011) presenting important new a Big Green Society. It was clear that a evidence that many local authorities are wide range of stakeholders would need opting out of taking action. This to see the environment as important, if research aims to help the environment it was to be part of the Big Society sector and government to understand conversation. Our report New times, new the risks and opportunities of localism connections (October 2010) supported for progress on climate change. by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, researched what it takes for non-environmental civil society to 9 Leading thinking / Annual review 2010-11

advance of the new energy bill due in industry, government and the NGO Electricity market 2012. We have facilitated wider community attended our EMR policy understanding of the policy, workshop in February 2011. reform environmental and public acceptance Following publication of the issues around the reforms, building white paper in July 2011 we have How should the relationships with new market entrants focused on two key areas. First, how and financiers and undertaking high the use of gas for power can support future energy profile media and advocacy work. decarbonisation. We have studied how Our publication Towards a bright poor policy decisions, particularly on future (November 2010), was the first power station consenting and CCS, market be shaped non-governmental report on the EMR might cause unnecessary conflict and firmly established Green Alliance between increasing gas use and carbon to meet climate as a leading, influential voice in this targets. Second, we published debate. Decarbonisation on the cheap (October targets and ensure We went on to give oral evidence 2011). In this we proposed a new to the Energy and Climate Change energy efficiency feed-in tariff, giving energy security? Committee’s EMR enquiry and equal status to demand reduction and organised a media briefing ahead of new low carbon energy supply, to The shape of the future electricity the government’s consultation. reduce the cost of decarbonisation and market is critical to the UK’s ability to Director Matthew Spencer took part in lessen the wider environmental impact decarbonise its electricity supply. Since a Financial Times roundtable alongside of new energy infrastructure. the beginning of 2011, we have been secretary of state Chris Huhne and the Our Climate and Energy Futures focused on the government’s electricity heads of the major energy companies. theme is supported by a business market reform (EMR) process, in Over fifty senior delegates from across consortium (see page 15).

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Designing out waste How can we use resources better to protect the environment and improve economic efficiency?

In 2010-11 our Designing Out Waste investment and innovation in greener Green Alliance’s project theme concentrated on reinforcing the products. looking at minimising waste waste debate upstream around product In November 2010, we held an design and standards. event with a keynote speech by Lord within the supply chain is Designing Out Waste is supported Henley, the Defra Minister responsible important as it supports wider by a consortium of ten companies and for the UK’s position, and input from objectives that stretch beyond organisations involved in different Marie Donnelly, the EU Commission’s national boundaries and stages of the product supply chain (see director for energy efficiency. Both impact upon all of us. For list on page 14). Consortium members heard new evidence and arguments in jointly endorsed the messages in our favour of product policy that can make Shanks, this project fits with report A pathway to greener products a real difference to energy demand. We our strategy of creating value (July 2010), which sent a powerful followed up with a joint letter from from resources discarded by message about the need for a Green Alliance, BEAMA, Honeywell, others” progressive policy framework ahead of Dyson, Kyocera, InterfaceFlor and the Dr Stephen Wise, technical the government’s waste review, which Aldersgate Group. We are continuing was eventually published in June 2011. this work as a member of the Europe- director, Shanks (Designing Moving the theme onto new wide Coolproducts campaign. Out Waste consortium territory, we have since developed the member) concept of a more circular economy, focusing on the impacts of three key resources: metals, phosphorus and water, and the implications for resource security. With support from the European Climate Foundation, we carried out UK-based advocacy around the EU’s Ecodesign of Energy-related Products directive, a prime opportunity to drive energy efficiency and other environmental improvements in mainstream products. We worked with progressive industry players to make the case for ambitious standards and labels, timely implementation and strong market surveillance to drive

11 Nurturing political leadership Bringing forward a new generation of environmental champions in British politics

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The UK has committed to The Climate achieving an 80 per cent cut in emissions by 2050 in order Leadership to tackle climate change. This is challenging, but it can be Programme done. It does however require for MPs strong leadership on the part of politicians. Green Alliance With some of the strongest parliamentary question. We held workshops around has played a crucial part in advocates of climate action stepping this specific issue with Professor Hoskins providing new MPs with an down from the backbenches at the 2010 and a cross-party dinner with Royal informative set of briefings election, we identified the need to build Society Fellows in November 2010. In up climate literacy and knowledge June 2011 we published a short climate about climate change and in amongst the new intake of politicians. science briefing in association with helping to build cross-party In 2009 we established the Climate the Grantham Institute to provide a support behind positive Leadership Programme for MPs, in clear summary and good grounding action” association with Ashridge Business of the facts. School, supported by the Tellus Mater Having secured new support for Lord Turner, chair of the Foundation. Now in its third successful the next stage of the programme from government’s Committee on year, this groundbreaking programme the Pure Climate Foundation, we are Climate Change has informed over 50 new working with a small number of MPs parliamentarians from the three main on specific issues, to develop more “I’m doing a radio interview parties on the science, policy and active involvement in climate issues. politics of climate change. For instance, we are holding next week and I asked for Beginning with parliamentary constituency-based workshops with climate change to be on the candidates in the run up to the 2010 the MPs around the government’s agenda. Previously I would election and continuing with newly Green Deal energy efficiency scheme, not have been confident elected MPs, some now in high profile to provide local people and businesses positions, we have organised successful with the opportunity to discuss with enough to have the debate” workshops, dinners and seminars, and their MP how the scheme could work Labour MP provided the MPs with briefings and in their area. The messages from these advice. Participants have had the will be fed back to government by the “[The policy and politics opportunity to hear about current MPs involved. session] really made me think thinking, issues and action from respected experts, such as Professor Sir about how to create policies Brian Hoskins of the Royal Society and which are more carrot than Lord Turner of the Committee on stick – more likely to appeal Climate Change. MPs who took part to voters” in the first phase of the programme Conservative MP included Luciana Berger, Chi Onwurah, Duncan Hames, Jo Swinson, George Freeman, Nick Boles and Phillip Lee. The programme has led to ongoing and deeper associations with a wide range of MPs, building enhanced capacity and expertise around climate change. Many, who may not have before, now clearly see it is a priority issue underpinning future economic and social well-being. One of the aims of the programme has been to demystify the science of climate change and debunk issues around the 2009 ‘climategate’ scandal which threw academic integrity into 13 Partnership / Annual review 2010-11

Funding and Designing Out partnership Waste consortium

Since Green Alliance was founded in intellectual stimulus, support and 1979, we have developed a broad and legitimacy for the work we do. growing network of partners, including organisations and individuals that span We are grateful to the following all sectors. We are proud to work with organisations for supporting our work these partners who provide the i n 2010-11:

A2 Dominion JJ Charitable Trust Alstom JMG Foundation ASDA Johnson Matthey Ashden Trust Kellogg’s BAA Kyocera Baring Foundation Mark Leonard Charitable Trust BG Group National Grid Boots National Trust BP PepsiCo Cadbury Prospects Calor Pure Climate Foundation Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation PwC Campaign for Better Transport Rio Tinto Cecil Pilkington Charitable Trust Rockwool ClimateWorks Royal Mail Coca-Cola Great Britain RSPB Co-operative Bank RWE npower CPRE Sainsbury’s Department for Environment, Food Sainsbury’s Family Trusts and Rural Affairs (Defra) Schroder Foundation E3G Scottish Power E.ON Shanks Eaga Shell Esmée Fairbairn Foundation Siemens European Climate Foundation SSE European Commission SITA UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office Tellus Mater Friends of the Earth Unilever GE United Utilities GlaxoSmithKline Valpak Greenpeace Veolia Groundwork Water UK HCD Memorial Fund WRAP Hydrogen Energy Westminster Foundation Incpen Wildlife Trusts Institute for European Environmental Woodland Trust Policy WWF Institute of Civil Engineers InterfaceFlor 14 Partnership / Annual review 2010-11

UK corporate sector. For example over Green Living Business circle the past year we have held special events for members to hear from the consortium members director of Greenpeace about what makes a good campaign, the chief Business membership of Green Alliance executive of the Campaign to Protect offers a space for leading companies to Rural England talking about the localism discuss the most pressing environmental challenge, and a minister discussing issues with some of the key actors and government climate performance with best thinkers in Britain. a director from the CBI. We provide insights and For more information about perspectives from politics and the NGO joining as a business member contact: community to inform business thinking, Tamsin Cooper, deputy director and opportunities for members to share [email protected] their views with peers from across the 020 7630 4521 Current members:

Energy futures consortium

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Trustees’ statement

These summarised accounts are a Summary financial summary of information extracted from the annual accounts and contain statement information relating to both the Statement of Financial Activities and the Balance Sheet. These summarised accounts may Statement of not contain sufficient information to allow for a full understanding of the financial activities financial affairs of the charity. For further information, the full accounts, for the year ended which received an unqualified audit opinion, should be consulted. Copies 31 March 2011 of these can be obtained from the company secretary at Green Alliance. The annual accounts were approved by the trustees on 7 September 2011, and have been submitted to the Charity Commission and Companies House. 2011 2011 2011 2010 On behalf of the directors/ Restricted Unrestricted Total Total trustees of The Green Alliance Trust Funds Funds Funds Funds (known as Green Alliance) £ £ £ £ 7 September 2011: Incoming resources

Incoming resources from generated funds: Robin Bidwell, chair Voluntary income - 248,642 248,642 243,035 Bank interest receivable - 1,705 1,705 1,279

Incoming resources from charitable activities: Philip Parker, hon treasurer Research, events and publications 985,454 100 985,554 1,174,378

Total incoming resources 985,454 250,447 1,235,901 1,418,692

Resources expended

Cost of generating funds Fundraising - 16,627 16,627 14,045 Charitable expenditure: Research, events and publication costs 1,040,276 159,013 1,199,289 1,176,755 Governance costs - 27,707 27,707 38,520

Total resources expended 1,040,276 203,347 1,243,623 1,229,320

Net (expenditure)/income before transfers (54,822) 47,100 (7,722) 189,372

Transfers between funds 22,102 (22,102) - -

Net (expenditure)/income after transfers (32,720) 24,998 (7,722) 189,372

Fund balances brought forward at 1 April 2010 231,300 309,035 540,335 350,963

Fund balances carried forward at 31 March 2011 198,580 334,033 532,613 540,335

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Independent auditor’s statement

We have examined the summary financial statement for the year ended 31 March 2011 set out on these pages

Respective responsibilities of the trustees and the auditor The trustees are responsible for Balance sheet as preparing the summarised annual report in accordance with applicable at 31 March 2011 United Kingdom law. Our responsibility is to report to you our opinion on the consistency of the summary financial statement within the summarised annual report with the full annual financial statements and the trustees’ report, and its compliance with the relevant requirements of section 427 of the Companies Act 2006 and the regulations made thereunder. 2011 2010 We also read the other information contained in the summarised annual report and consider the implications £ £ £ £ for our report if we become aware of any apparent misstatements or material inconsistencies with the summary Fixed assets financial statement. Tangible fixed assets 4,182 3,203 We conducted our work in accordance with Bulletin 2008/3 Current assets issued by the Auditing Practices Board. Debtors and prepayments 273,758 153,992 Our report on the charitable company’s Cash 506,963 628,228 full annual financial statements describes the basis of our opinion on 780,721 782,220 those financial statements and on the trustees’ report. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year (252,290) (245,088) Opinion In our opinion the summary financial Net current assets 528,431 537,132 statement is consistent with the full annual financial statements and the Total assets less current trustees’ report of Green Alliance for liabilities 532,613 540,335 the year ended 31 March 2011 and complies with the applicable Charity funds requirements of section 427 of the Companies Act 2006 and the Restricted funds 198,580 231,299 regulations made thereunder. Unrestricted: general funds 334,033 309,035 We have not considered the effects of any events between the date 532,613 540,335 on which we signed our report on the full annual financial statements (7 September 2011) and the date of this statement. haysmacintyre Statutory Auditors Fairfax House 15 Fulwood Place London WC1V 6AY

D ece mbe r 2011

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Treasurer’s report

2010-11 Income

Green Alliance’s aim for 2010-11 was Trusts 42% to maintain the scale of operation achieved at the end of 2009-10, enabling the wide range of policy and political outcomes described in this report. Over this period direct expenditure on our charitable activities marginally increased. Although 2010-11 was our second most successful year ever in terms of income secured (£1.2 million) we Business 37% were unable to match the exceptional level of £1.4 million achieved in 2009-10, when our Political Leadership work around the Copenhagen summit and in the immediate run up to the 2010 general election attracted additional funds. However, we were able to make a contribution to our Non-governmental general reserve of almost £25,000, organisations 12% maintaining the reserve within our Government 6% target range of between three and four months of relevant planned expenditure. Individuals 3% This provides reassurance in an increasingly tough economic climate. We continue to receive income from a diverse range of funders, with Expenditure charitable trusts remaining the largest source at 42 per cent. In addition to securing repeat funding from existing Charitable 96.4% supporters in 2010-11, we are pleased to have attracted new sources in the year. This is important both in broadening our relationships and managing risk.

Governance 2.2% Fundraising 1.3%

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George Franklin Prof Richard Macrory Philippe Sands Donor members Justin French-Brooks Prof Aubrey Manning Jenny Saunders Nicky Gavron Mark Mansley Diana Schumacher Andy Atkins Individual Ray Georgeson Prof Terry Marsden Adam Scott Godric Bader Martin Gibson Frank Martin Paul Scott Stella Bland members William Gillis Jenny Martin Juhi Shareef Anthony Bourne Robin Gleaves Mari Martiskainen Yasmin Shariff Rosie Boycott Kirsty Gogan Adam Matthews Ben Shaw Jessica Brown We invite individuals to join Green John Gordon Deborah Mattinson William Sheate Richard Burnett-Hall Alliance who are active members of Matthew Gorman Ed Mayo Sarah Simmons Tony Burton our network and who are making a Beverley Gower-Jones Robert McCracken QC David Sinclair Victoria Chester significant contribution to Virginia Graham Prof Jacqueline Mcglade Geoffrey Sinclair Philip Dale Denny Gray Melissa Mean Jonathan Sinclair Wilson Philip Douglas environment policy. But we welcome Tony Grayling Morice Mendoza Rita Singh Prof Paul Ekins as members all who share our mission. Prof Michael Grubb Philip Merricks Prof Jim Skea Jane Forshaw Our members demonstrate the breadth Nigel Haigh OBE Charles Millar James Skinner David Green and high level of support for our work Julia Hailes MBE Catherine Mitchell Joe Smith Dan Hamza-Goodacre and we greatly value their input. Paul Hamblin Ed Mitchell Prof Peter Smith Dr Merylyn Hedger Tony Hams OBE Peter Mitchell Stephen Somerville Ben Jewell Standard membership is £40 per Emilia Hanna Maureen Murphy Steve Sorrell Nicholas Josefowitz annum. Higher donors are Cllr Katharine Chris Murray Dave Sowden Stephen Lloyd acknowledged as donor members and, Harborne Dr Elizabeth Ness Martin Spray Dorothy Mackenzie for a one-off payment of £500, Rev A H H Harbottle Alicia Ng Ben Stafford Peter Madden Duncan Mclaren individuals can become life members. 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Trustees Interns

Green Alliance Robin Bidwell CBE We are grateful to the following Chair individuals who have worked Staff Philip Parker with us under our internship Hon Treasurer programme during 2010-11: Matthew Spencer Tom Burke CBE director 020 7630 4517(PA) Imogen Ainsworth Ben Caldecott Tamsin Cooper Rosie Amos Zac Goldsmith MP deputy director 020 7630 4521 Rachel Armstead Leo Johnson Louise Humphrey Julia Barbosa Dr Alistair Keddie CB head of resources 020 7630 4518 Robin DeJong Derek Osborn CB Elise Attal Minh Dinh policy assistant 020 7630 4511 Dame Fiona Reynolds DBE Sarah Driver Dustin Benton Sophia Tickell Anna Engstrom senior policy adviser 020 7630 4522 Sir Graham Wynne CBE (maternity cover to July 2012) Adam Herriott Rachel Cary Jim Hubbard senior policy adviser Associates Simon Inglethorpe (maternity leave to July 2012) Michael Kattirtzi Karen Crane Green Alliance associates are Sarah Macshane senior communications external experts in specialist Lauren Marriott manager 020 7630 4519 areas who contribute additional Jenny Martin Josephine Evetts knowledge and expertise to our pa to director and work. We are pleased to be Kayleigh McGrath office manager 020 7630 4517 working with the following Amy Mount Alastair Harper associates on current projects: Alicia Ng senior policy adviser 020 7630 4527 Ian Christie Harriet O’Brien Hannah Kyrke-Smith Emily Parrott policy assistant 020 7630 4520 Chris Church Adam Scott Chris Littlecott Chris Hewett David Sharman senior policy adviser 020 7630 4516 Julie Hill Sarah Simmons Katie Miller Rebekah Phillips events co-ordinator 020 7630 4515 Rebecca Willis Caroline Talbot Faye Scott Claire Thacker head of research 020 7630 4524 Thomas Turnbull Marta Silva Sion Williams book-keeper 020 7630 4523 Katie Woodmore contact each staff member at: [email protected]

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