Julia Hailes (born 1961) is a British author[1] who first came to prominence in 1988, when she wrote The Green Consumer Guide which sold a million copies worldwide.
In 1986, Hailes and John Elkington co-founded SustainAbility Ltd, a think tank consultancy that now has offices in London, Washington and Zurich, with another planned later in 2008 in India.
She has written nine books, including the best-selling Green Consumer Guide, which was published in 1988 and sold over 1 million copies worldwide.
She is an environmental campaigner and a sustainability consultant advising a number of multinational companies, including Marks & Spencer, Reckitt Benckiser, Morrisons, McDonald's, Shell, Numis Investment Bank and Procter & Gamble.
In 1989, Hailes was elected to the UN `Global 500 Roll of Honour’ for ‘outstanding environmental achievements'[2] and in 1999 was awarded an MBE in the New Years Honors List.