Dr Harris Gleckman

Written by Tom Harrisson on 16 April 2012.

Dr. Harris Gleckman has lead research on transnational corporations, corporate sustainable development and environmental responsibility for some 30 years, principally as a staff member at the UN. With the UN Centre on Transnational corporations, he undertook the first benchmark study of transnational environment management systems (1990) and authored for ECOSOC a set of criteria for sustainable development management (1992). He is presently leading a project funded by the UN University and Rockefeller Brothers Fund to explore establishing an international legal regime for the conduct of responsible business in zones of conflict. He is a founder and Principal at Benchmark Environmental Consulting, Inc., an Associate Fellow at Chatham House, and a Visiting Assistant Professor at Manhattan College.