Patrick is responsible for managing the development of consensus-based codes of good practice for the effective operation of voluntary standards systems. In 2004 he led the development of the ISEAL Code of Good Practice for Setting Social and Environmental Standards which has since become the normative reference point for credible standard-setting practices. Prior to founding the ISEAL Alliance in 2000, Patrick managed an international program in certification and marketing of non-timber forest products and was lead author on the multi-stakeholder Conservation Principles for Coffee Production. He is past Board Chair of the Certified Organic Associations of British Columbia. He was educated at Dalhousie and McGill Universities in eastern Canada and lives in British Columbia.
patrick [at] isealalliance [dot] org