I help to accelerate the green transition. I am passionate and professional in driving forward improved business performance in the context of sustainable development. Using systems thinking, sustainability and human rights principles, frameworks and standards, I help reduce risk exposure and unlock new opportunities.25+ years international experience in corporate responsibility and sustainable development across numerous sectors and clients. Wide ranging experience including:* Strategy development, visioning, roadmaps, materiality analysis, stakeholder engagement, risk and opportunity assessments, sustainable procurement* Convening. I am able to bring together diverse stakeholders to collaborate around some of the key sustainability challenges of our time, most recently through the Roundtable on the Responsbile Recycling of Metals* Training, Executive Coaching - Lead trainer on the world's 1st International Register of Certified Auditors (IRCA) certified CR, Stakeholder Engagement, Reporting and Assurance course (200+ people worldwide)* Communications and brand development. Sustainability frameworks and narratives to structure and communicate sustainability strategies. Completed over 100 CR/SD reports.* Non-financial Assurance. A Lead Certified Sustainability Assurance Practitioner, I helped pioneer sustainability report assurance practice and have led assurance teams on over 50 assurance projects from report assurance to product claims verification. I have also managed and led a sustainable sourcing audit team which conducted 2nd and 3rd party auditing for some of the world's biggest companies. I am a Lead ResponsibleSteel and Aluminium Stewardship Initiative Auditor.* Sharing my knowledge and bringing sustainability context to life. An experienced and regular conference speaker and workshop facilitator, I have spoken at conferences and events on 3 continents and regularly chair and facilitate initiatives.* I also write, tweet (@daveknight25) and contribute to blogs, articles and chapters in UNEP, corporate and specialist CR/SD publications.Previous member of UNICEF CSR advisory groupHelped develop and contribute to many of the leading sustainability standards (see CV).