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2 episodes with John Elkington
2 episodes with John Elkington
2 episodes with John Elkington
2 episodes with John Elkington
Mark Lee talks to John Elkington, founder of Volans, about his latest book ‘Tickling Sharks: How We Sold Business on Sustainability'. They look back at how corporate sustainability has evolved over the past 50 years, anticipate how it will progress in the future and debate the most effective ways to engage business leaders on sustainability.Their conversation covers:- How sustainability became a C-Suite issue- The future of corporate sustainability strategy and disclosure- How to engage senior leaders on sustainabilityRelated links10 Tips on Tickling Sharks: #1 - by John Elkington (substack.com)
In this compelling discussion, John Elkington, delves into his five-decade experience advocating for corporate responsibility and sustainability and discusses his latest book, "Tickling Sharks," which combines his personal memoir with a manifesto for future action. John reflects on the evolution of the sustainability agenda, highlighting significant milestones and challenges along the way. He recounts his early struggles to engage businesses in the environmental movement and the eventual widespread adoption of sustainability practices. Elkington addresses the current state of corporate sustainability, expressing concerns about the politicization of the agenda and the slow pace of change. Looking ahead, Elkington emphasizes the need for systemic change, urging businesses to adopt innovative approaches, underscoring the importance of resilience and regeneration, as well as collaboration with diverse stakeholders to create a sustainable and equitable futureAuthor, advisor and serial entrepreneur, John Elkington is a pioneer in the world of corporate responsibility and sustainable development. John has been at the forefront of sustainability thinking for five decades and is widely recognized as one of the founders of the global sustainability movement, He is credited with coining influential terms such as 'green growth,' 'triple bottom line,' and 'people, planet, and profit.” John is also co-founder of four environmental and sustainability businesses, and has served in over 70 boards and advisory boards. He is founder and chief pollinator of Volans, a future-focused business working at the intersection of sustainability, entrepreneurship and innovation. John is the author or co-author of some 20 books; his latest, Tickling Sharks, is a memoir of his pioneering work in developing and promoting corporate sustainability.
This episode of the Future in Sound podcast dives into the world of sustainable business with two powerhouse figures. John Elkington, dubbed the 'godfather of sustainability' is the Founding Partner and Executive Chairman of Volans, a future-focused business working at the intersection of the sustainability, entrepreneurship and innovation movements.Joining him is Louise Kjellerup Roper, CEO of Volans, who honed her skills with cutting-edge software companies before pivoting to ignite the power of business for good. Louise's impressive track record includes bringing sustainable giants like method and gDiapers to Europe, and helping smaller businesses embrace circular economy models.Listen as we explore the evolution of sustainable business models, the increasing demands placed on responsible leadership, and the strategic imperative of aligning corporate goals with the critical environmental and social challenges of our time.Related links: Read John's work here.The Structure Of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. KuhnJonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard BachExponential View by Azeem AzharThe Alternative Newsletter Volans' Book ClubClick here for the episode web page.For more insights straight to your inbox subscribe to the Future in Sight newsletter, and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram This podcast is brought to you by Re:Co, a tech-powered advisory company helping private market investors pursue sustainability objectives and value creation in tandem. Produced by Chris AttawayArtwork by Harriet RichardsonMusic by Cody Martin
The usual format of The 17 podcast is to focus each episode on one of the UN's 17 SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) but the next two episodes are different. They will feature Sustainability Pioneers - the experts, thought-leaders and innovators who have shaped sustainability up to the present day, and will address the challenges of the future.In this Pioneers episode we talk to:Mike Berner-Lee, an expert on carbon footprints and net zero and a globally-respected expert on the changes needed at a global systemic level to protect the future of the planet.Jo Fairley, one of the leaders of the Fairtrade movement, who, as co-Founder of Green & Black's chocolate, changed the game in terms of business being done in a sustainable way.John Elkington, often referred to as a founding father of sustainability, he pretty much coined the term and has written many influential books grappling with a path through the competing pressures of economic thriving and environmental responsibility.Asking the questions are Kate Hutchinson and Lella Halloum. These interviews were recorded at Yorkshire Sustainability Week 2023. The 17 is a podcast themed around the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals. A new episode is published on the 17th of each month, and explores a different one of the 17 goals in detail. The UN SDGs represent an all-encompassing plan to protect the future of our planet, it is our responsibility to know what they are, understand them, and make sure that we are doing our bit to help.We are a new podcast and keen to grow. Please subscribe on your usual podcast platform, leave reviews and spread the word about the podcast. Thank you.The 17 is produced by Bwlb - www.bwlb.co.uk
Today we are thrilled to be joined by Thammy Evans, a non-resident Senior Fellowat the GeoTech Center of the Atlantic Council and a member of its Global China Hub. She is also a Senior Research Associate of the Climate Change (In)Security Project – a collaboration between Rueben College of Oxford University and the British Army's Centre for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research (CHACR). Thammy has spent much of her career working in the dual areas of security sector reform and ecological security, and her diverse career spans systems sustainability, security sector reform, gender and security, public information and political advising. From meagre means raised in self-sufficient farming, she has weaved one strand of her career in and out of individual and household sustainability, community and corporate sustainability and now national and international ecological security. Spanning private, public sector, local and international NGOs, her work has taken her abroad extensively, working for and with the UN, NATO, the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Reform and Justice (DCAF), Rocky Mountain Institute (resource efficiency consulting), Global Action Plan UK, and at the forerunner of Flamingo in international market research. She has been closely involved throughout her career with strategy and doctrine development internationally as well as turning policy and strategy into concrete plans and action. As a Colonel in the UK Army Reserves, she is spending the academic year 2023/24 as a full time Member of the Global Strategy Programme at the Royal College of Defence Studies Thammy has published with Carnegie Europe, Chatham House, British Army Review, Modern Asian Studies, and Small Wars Journal on topics of ecological and regenerative security, security sector reform, human security, China, gendered analysis, and on travel. She is a speaker and facilitator for a variety of organisations and conferences. This is her first podcast appearance.Watch how final negotiations balance energy opportunity with climate insecurity risks, 12 December 2023, Atlantic Council Cop28 Live blogEcological Security: The New Military Operational Priority for Humanitarian and Disaster Response co-authored with Gary Lewis, former regional director at UNEP, published 1 December in the book Climate Change, Conflict & (In)Security: Hot WarClimate Impact Scenarios (2023, Westminster Energy Forum)Building Global Climate Security (2021, Chatham House) co-authored with Dr Patrick Shroeder, includes my original working definition of regenerative securityEconomic Regeneration as a Vehicle for System Resilience (2021, Carnegie Europe) co-authored with John Elkington (the ‘godfather of sustainability)
John Elkington is a world authority on corporate responsibility and sustainable capitalism, an experienced advisor to business, a highly regarded thought leader and keynote speaker, a bestselling author and serial entrepreneur. Currently, he is a Founding Partner of, and Chief Pollinator at, Volans, where he works with business leaders to effect change that will not only benefit people and the planet, but help future-proof organisations for decades to come. John focuses much of his time and energy on the past and the future, but always with the intention of bringing lessons from yesterday and tomorrow into the worlds of today. In this episode, Chris and David dove into John's extensive sustainability journey, and explore the many contours of the sustainability agenda.
Hvilke trends inden for bæredygtighed skal man holde øje med nu og i den nærmeste fremtid? Det ved CEO og rådgiver Tania Ellis en masse om, og sammen med vært Steffen Max Høgh kommer de vidt omkring forskellige trends, der kan inspirere dansk erhvervsliv til at nytænke måden at drive forretning på. Tania Ellis har stor erfaring med bæredygtighed fra erhvervslivet og fra sin egen virksomhed, The Social Business Company, som hun stiftede for tyve år siden. Hun rådgiver virksomheder og uddanner bæredygtighedskonsulenter - en slags mini MBA som klæder fagfolk på til at komme i mål med den grønne agenda. I episoden kan du høre om: • At der virkelig er sket en udvikling med måden, virksomhederne tænker bæredygtighed på – det har ændret sig fra ”hvorfor” til ”hvordan” • At bæredygtighedsagendaen kommer til at revolutionere de næste 15 år ligesom digitalisering har revolutioneret de sidste 15 år • Trendrapporten ESGT – hvor T'et står for teknologi og at teknologien vil give os nye muligheder for at samarbejde og samskabe • De tre P'er - People, Planet, Profit”, hvor ophavsmand John Elkington peger på, at vi skal vende dem til tre R'er i stedet: Resilience. Regeneration & Responsibility • At ESG bliver en hygiejnefaktor – altså noget alle virksomheder skal have, fordi der er en masse regulering på vej • Om medarbejderaktivisme • Om den uddannelse, Tania Ellis har skabt i sin virksomhed Nævnt i episoden: • Tania Ellis på LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taniaellis/ • Website: https://www.taniaellis.com/ • The New Pioneers: http://thenewpioneers.biz/ • Better Business Better World: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/2399BetterBusinessBetterWorld.pdf • Slaveryfootprint.org: https://slaveryfootprint.org/ • FN Global Pulse: https://www.unglobalpulse.org/ • SBC People: https://sbcpeople.dk/ • www.sustainablebusinesschangemanager.dk Tips, idéer eller ønsker? Skriv til mig på LinkedIn Du er velkommen til at skrive til mig på LinkedIn, hvis du har idéer til emner, jeg skal tage op i podcasten Bæredygtig Business. Find mig her: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steffenmax/ Ros og konstruktive forslag modtages også gerne. Og hvis du vil give Bæredygtig Business en god anmeldelse i din podcastapp, vil det være fantastisk.
Memphis Mayoral Candidate Paul Young and I talk CRIME in Memphis and what he would do about it. Paul is the President/CEO of Downtown Memphis Commission. He is the former Director of City of Memphis Housing & Development. Paul is endorsed by 3 very known Memphians, which include former Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell, former head of The Orpheum Theater, Pat Halloran and Entrepreneur and the man mainly responsible for revitalizing Beale Street, John Elkington.
Daniel Christian Wahl is my guest on Episode 177 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Daniel Christian Wahl is one of the catalysts of the rising reGeneration and the author of Designing Regenerative Cultures - so far translated into seven languages. He works as a consultant, educator and activist with NGOs, businesses, governments and global change agents. With degrees in biology and holistic science, and a PhD in Design for Human and Planetary Health, his work has influenced the emerging fields of regenerative design and salutogenic design. Winner of the 2021 RSA Bicentenary Medal for applying design in service to society. Awarded a two year Volans-Fellowship in 2022. Daniel Christian Wahl holds degrees in Biology (BSc. Hons., Univ. of Edinburgh, 1996), HolisticScience (MSc., Schumacher College, 2002), and a Ph.D. in Design (Univ. of Dundee 2006) on 'Design for Human and Planetary Health. Daniel lives in Mallorca where he helped to set up SMART UIB and works locally and internationally as a consultant, educator, and activist. Among his clients have been Ecover, Forum for the Future, Camper, and Balears.t, Save the Med, Lush, UNITAR, UK Foresight, Cloudburst Foundation, and many universities and NGOs. He has been on the academic working group of the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) and has been linked to GEN for almost 20 years. Daniel has worked closely with Gaia Education since 2007 and contributed to the development of their Design for Sustainability online course and co-authored the current versions of all four dimensions of the curriculum. He also wrote the content and developed the concept of Gaia Education's SDGs Flashcards which with the support of UNESCO are now translated into 7 languages. His 2016 book 'Designing Regenerative Cultures' has helped to define the field of regenerative design and has been translated into 8 languages so far. In 2021 the Royal Society for Arts, Manufacture, and Commerce - founded in 1754 - awarded Daniel with the Bicentenary Medal for "an outstanding and demonstrable contribution, through ... design practice, towards an equitable and regenerative world." He has been awarded a Volans Fellowship for 2022 and 2023 by John Elkington in support of past and ongoing work. Daniel trained as a biologist and holds degrees in Biology (BSc. Hons., Univ. of Edinburgh), Holistic Science (MSc., Schumacher College), and Natural Design (PhD., Univ. of Dundee). He was the director of Findhorn College from 2007 to 2010, is a member of the International Futures Forum and H3Uni, an advocation partner of r3.0, and on the advisory councils of Ecosystems Restoration Camps, Commonland, the Ojai Foundation, Future Planet Europe, the Centre for the Future and the Overview Institute of Australia, as well as a Findhorn Foundation Fellow. Daniel teaches regularly on the MA in Ecological Design Thinking at Schumacher College. Daniel's 2016 book 'Designing Regenerative Cultures' has quickly gained international acclaim, his Blog on Medium is followed by over 20,000 people and his social media advocacy has a combined audience of over 450,000 people around the world. https://www.danielchristianwahl.com
Han bliver kaldt "bæredygtighedens gudfar" og "en evangelist for virksomheders sociale og miljømæssige ansvar længe før det blev populært". Du kan i denne podcast opleve entreprenør og forfatter John Elkington, som igennem sin lange karriere kredser om et centralt emne: Hvordan kan vi forme et økonomisk system, der kan skabe vækst på en ansvarlig og bæredygtig måde? I den proces har han lanceret nye begreber såsom "grøn vækst", "grøn forbruger" og "miljømæssig fremragende”. Elkingtons seneste bog Green Swans: The Coming Boom In Regenerative Capitalism er et manifest for et systemskifte, der bedre kan tjene Elkingtons tre P'er: People, planet & profit. Bogen trækker på hans egne erfaringer på tværs af en lang række af verdens mest betydningsfulde bestyrelser og tænketanke. Med på scenen som interviewer er chefredaktør på Berlingske Mette Østergaard. Speak, tilrettelægger og klipper: Marie Louise Madelung
In this enlightening episode, we are honored to welcome John Elkington, a world-renowned pioneer in sustainability, corporate responsibility, and innovation. Known for his concept of the Triple Bottom Line, Elkington gives us a deep dive into the past, present, and future of sustainable business. From the roots of sustainability in the 70s to today's greenwashing issues, Elkington provides a unique insight into the journey of sustainability and corporate social responsibility. He stresses the importance of transparency and integrating sustainability into business strategy. He also candidly discusses the challenges of greenwashing, the balance between green consumerism and business responses, and the necessity for regulating bodies like the European Commission to take action. He discusses the concept of green swans and the importance of the B Corp movement, as founder of Volans the first UK's B Corp. In a vivid recounting of the historical evolution of the sustainability field, Elkington reflects on the past 50 years and offers an insightful vision for the future. He highlights the critical need for large-scale funding to tackle societal and environmental challenges, cautioning against the potential pitfalls of the financial sector driving sustainability. Yet, he passionately communicates the immense opportunities that lie ahead, encouraging us all to courageously embrace the disruptions and innovations required for a sustainable future
In this special EcoPrint episode, Marcus Timson had the pleasure of being joined by John Elkington, one of the founders of the global sustainability movement, an experienced advisor to businesses, and a highly regarded thought leader and keynote speaker.In 2008, The Evening Standard named John among the ‘1000 Most Influential People' in London, describing him as “a true green business guru”, and as “an evangelist for corporate social and environmental responsibility long before it was fashionable”. He was a faculty member of the World Economic Forum from 2002-2008 and has served on over 70 boards and advisory boards.John has won numerous awards and is the author or co-author of 20 books. John's Cannibals with Forks in 1997 popularised his ‘Triple Bottom Line' concept (People, Planet, Profit) and laid the foundations for sustainable business strategy. His 20th book was published in April 2020: Green Swans: The Coming Boom in Regenerative Capitalism (Fast Company Press). Marcus talks to John about the 'Green Swan' concept and the opportunity of Regenerative Capitalism and what this could mean for the global printing industry.Subscribe to the FuturePrint podcast nowVisit the EcoPrint websiteVisit the FuturePrint websiteVisit John Elkington's websiteConnect with Marcus Timson on LinkedIn
Episode 100 with John Elkington Part 2 In Part 2 of my interview with real estate guru John Elkington, we get into the major developments John has done outside of Memphis. John shares with the audience about his special relationship with former Shelby County Mayor Bill Morris and tells us all about that phone call he received from Memphis Tiger Basketball coach Penny Hardaway 3 years ago that eventually led to the opening of "Penny's Nitty Gritty" in downtown Memphis. At the end of interview John tells us all about his wonderful family, including his wife of 24 years Valerie, his sons Beau, Griffin and Fletcher and shares with us a little bit about his grandchildren too.
In this special “Bridges to the Future” series, we explore how regenerative practice is helping people in place collectively re-design their communities, cities and economies and create a thriving home for all on our planet. In this fifth episode, Josie and Daniel discuss the role companies can play in shaping our future with John Elkington and Louise Kjellerup Roper from Volans Ventures.The last decade has seen a shift in the discussion around corporate social responsibility and the role businesses can play in tackling the world's challenges. In this episode, we ask our guests, John Elkington and Louise Kjellerup Roper whether the businesses of today are doing enough to build a better tomorrow and what a regenerative approach to business could look like. John Elkington is a world authority on corporate responsibility and sustainable capitalism. His book Cannibals with Forks in 1997 popularised his ‘Triple Bottom Line' concept, and laid the foundations for sustainable business strategy. His 20th book was published in 2020 - Green Swans: The Coming Boom in Regenerative Capitalism. Louise Kjellerup Roper is the CEO of Volans. She started her career with ‘cutting-edge' software companies, before focusing on the role of business for good. Today, as well as being responsible for the work of Volans, she is a guest lecturer at both Cranfield University and the University of Exeter and part of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's CE100 network.Explore links and resources, and find out more at https://www.thersa.org/oceania/regeneration-rising-podcast Join the Re-generation: https://www.thersa.org/regenerative-futures
Episode 97 with John Elkington, Part 1 of 2. John is President of Elkington Real Estate. He led the way in the redevelopment of Beale Street in the 1980's. John's former firm, Elkington and Keltner, was one of the top builders in the nation for 10 years. In Part 1, John talks about some of the special personal friendships he has made over the years, including with Avron Fogelman and Pat Halloran and the effect they've had on his life. He also shares with the audience how he was able to get B.B. King's to Beale Street, and his friendships with Rufus Thomas and Tommy Peters too.
We bring you an interview with our Artistic Director Adam Penford who is directing this years Pantomime, Dick Whittington. He shares his process as a director and gives an insight into life as the Artistic Director. Find out how he manages to do it all.The legendary Playhouse panto returns full of sparkle, excitement and fun. Our hero's incredible escapades take him onto the High Seas, into battle with the evil King Rat and see him fall head over heels in love with his boss's daughter Alice. All the while the magical Bow Bells are whispering his destiny – to become Mayor of London!Packed with dazzling dance, a brilliant live band and swashbuckling adventure, the show reunites us with Nottingham's favourite panto dame John Elkington, who'll be serving up some comedy chaos as Sarah the Cook. Full of fun, singing and lots of action – we promise to have you buzzing from a fantastic, festive night out. Support the showSupport the show
This week's Wonderspace Podcast comes from the inaugural Anthropy gathering at the Eden project where last week 1,200 people from all sectors of society gathered to be part of a launchpad for national change, a summit for the future of Britain. It was great to spend time with previous Wonderspace contributors such as John Elkington and the Volans team, Charlotte Sewell and Matt Hocking who were on the Boardroom 2030 episode, Cathy Runciman from Earth Percent, Amy Clarke from Tribe Capital and Guy, Will and Ben from the Blue Earth Summit. As part of each Wonderspace episode we ask leaders to lay down their own ideas and brands and to share stories of hopefulness that are not their own. It's a powerful expression of interdependence and an opportunity to make a name for someone else. At Anthropy I approached people with the question, what is your story of hopefulness that is not your own about a person, business or non profit who are doing amazing things for the world? Here are 35 quick fire responses and a link to share your own story of hopefulness and make a name for someone else. https://anthropy.live To view the episode page with a summary of the interview, links to social media and projects mentioned, go to https://ourwonder.space/episodes/_90
Lea und Verena zeigen sich mit ihrer Hands-on-Mentalität in dieser Folge wieder von ihrer besten Seite. Denn kaum ist Lea wieder fit und hat Corona schon zum dritten Mal überstanden (und verflucht), kochen die Ideen für die nächste Staffel Fast & Curious beinahe über. Bevor die beiden aber auf der Überholspur landen, biegen sie gemeinsam mit Politökonomin und Autorin Maja Göpel in Richtung Nachhaltigkeit in der Wirtschaft ab und stellen die großen Fragen: Warum ist Purpose in Unternehmen wichtiger als zuvor? Wie helfen uns greifbare Perspektiven bei der Umsetzung nachhaltiger Lösungen? Und: Wie kann man als öffentliche Person eine gesunde Distanz schaffen und auch halten? Außerdem sprechen die beiden über die ignorierten Herausforderungen der Wechseljahre in der Arbeitswelt und warum sich nicht nur Frauen darauf vorbereiten müssen. Verena lernt mit dem FC Viktoria, was es bedeutet, im Team zu arbeiten und wie hilfreich ein paar tiefe Atemzüge in der Hektik sein können. Und: Verenas Buchclub nimmt rasant an Fahrt auf, Lea freut sich jetzt schon auf ihr Schuhpaket von Verenas erstem "Collab Drop" und auf ihr anstehendes Apfelfest, um als Großstadtkind den Apfelsaft auch mal selbst zu pressen. 00:01:07 Im “Catch Up” sprechen Lea und Verena über Leas Ideenreichtum trotz Corona, Verenas schönstes Wochenende im Harald Juhnke Stil und Leas Apfelfest. 00:11:38 Im “Deep Dive” geht es um nachhaltiges Wirtschaften und welche Verantwortung von CEOs, aber auch von uns erwartet wird. 00:56:59 Bei “Was bewegt dich” sprechen Lea und Verena über den blinden Punkt der Arbeitswelt: die Wechseljahre und wie wir uns am besten darauf vorbereiten. 01:02:05 Bei “Meine Frage an” sprechen die beiden darüber, an welchem Feedback der letzten Wochen sie gerade wachsen. Und das letzte Wort hat heute Verena. Quellen & weiterführende Links: Regenerative Geschäftsmodelle: »Tomorrow's Capitalism. The 2020s Leadership Agenda« von John Elkington und Richard Roberts: https://volans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/TC-2020s-Leadership-Agenda.pdf Buchhaltungsstandards für Naturalkapital (System of Environmental Economic Accounting): https://seea.un.org/ Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitsrat über regulativen Rahmen für unternehmerisches Berichten und Handeln: https://www.nachhaltigkeitsrat.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20220321_RNE-Stellungnahme-Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung.pdf Vgl. Principles For Responsible Investment: https://www.unpri.org/about-us/what-are-the-principles-for-responsible-investment#:~:text=Principle%201%3A%20We%20will%20incorporate,entities%20in%20which%20we%20invest. Stiftung Verantwortungseigentum: https://purpose-economy.org/de/
ESG Picks. Great Corporate Citizens. Articles covered include: “ESG Investing: 7 Profitable Stock Picks for the Socially Responsible”; “Canada's Best 50 corporate citizens of 2022 continue to conquer the markets”; “This Renewable Energy Giant Sees Even More Powerful Growth Ahead”; “Looking for Passive Income? This Renewable Energy Company Is a Great Way to Go.” Plus Podcast: ESG Picks. Great Corporate Citizens. Transcript & Links, Episode 86, July 1, 2022 Hello, Ron Robins here. First of all, I want to wish my fellow Canadians a very happy Canada Day and my American friends a great Independence Day! Welcome to my podcast episode 86 published on July 1, 2022, titled “ESG Picks. Great Corporate Citizens” — and presented by Investing for the Soul. Investingforthesoul.com is your site for vital global ethical and sustainable investing mentoring, news, commentary, information, and resources. Remember that you can find a full transcript, and links to content – including stock symbols, quotes, and bonus material – at this episode's podcast page located at investingforthesoul.com/podcasts. Now if any terms are unfamiliar to you, simply Google them. Also, just a reminder. I do not evaluate any of the stocks or funds mentioned in these podcasts, nor do I receive any compensation from anyone covered in these podcasts. Furthermore, I will reveal to you any personal investments I have in the investments mentioned herein. ------------------------------------------------------------- 1. ESG Picks. Great Corporate Citizens Now my first article has this title: ESG Investing: 7 Profitable Stock Picks for the Socially Responsible by Tezcan Gecgil on InvestorPlace.com. Here are Ms. Gecgil's stock picks and brief comments that generally relate to the latest material developments of the company. “Best Buy (BBY): A newly launched home pick-up recycling program will make it easier for customers to recycle old electronics. Deere (DE): Announced a new joint venture that will improve productivity, growing more food using fewer resources. iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (ESGD): Tracks the best ESG stocks. Microsoft (MSFT): A new data center in Finland will provide carbonless surplus heating to the surrounding region. Novo Nordisk (NVO): Positive results for a once-weekly insulin treatment will improve the quality of life for diabetes patients. Procter & Gamble (PG): Developed a 3-in-1 product to clean, sanitize, and defend against 99.9% of bacteria and viruses for up to 24 hours. Xylem (XYL): Developed a new wastewater treatment solution that will help improve nutrient removal, save energy and reduce costs. To help investors choose ESG shares, MSCI (NYSE: MSCI), a leading supplier of investment decision support tools, provides the MSCI ESG Rating.” End quotes. ------------------------------------------------------------- 2. ESG Picks. Great Corporate Citizens This annual ranking, though they're Canadian companies, could be of interest to ethical and sustainable investors everywhere. The following descriptive article is titled Canada's Best 50 corporate citizens of 2022 continue to conquer the markets. It's by the renowned Corporate Knights group and found on their website with this commentary by Toby Heaps. Here are some quotes from Mr. Heaps. “Twenty years ago, Corporate Knights launched its quest for a more humane form of capitalism, placing people and planet ahead of profits, with the Best 50 Corporate Citizens sitting at the head of the roundtable to make business a force for good. A lot has changed for the better in that time and a lot hasn't. Thankfully, the glass ceilings in Canada's corporate boardrooms have been breached, with non-male members now making up almost a third of directors, double their one-sixth share in 2002… Racial diversity on large corporate boards has also improved: 9% of members are now non-white, double the 4% level in 2011, when we first started tracking this metric… While one workplace fatality is too many, it is encouraging that on a national level, a third less people died on the job in 2019 than was the case in 2002… Over the last two decades, corporate profits have doubled, workers have been left behind and emissions have stalled, but the Best 50 firms are leading the way with 50% more gender diversity and triple the investments aligned with the clean economy… The Best Corporate Citizens' stock market performance has outperformed its peers earning 499% gross return since it was first launched in June 2002, versus 366% for S&P/TSX Composite.” End quotes. Incidentally, the top three companies in the ranking are Hydro-Quebec, Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. (INE.TO), and Brookfield Renewable Partners LP (NYSE: BEP). Go to this podcast's webpage for a great statistical table titled… The 2022 Best 50 Corporate Citizens vs. the rest* Indicator 2022 Best 50 Average Large Canadian Company (minus Best 50) CEO–Average Worker Pay Ratio 74:1 160:1 Board Gender Diversity 36.7% 23.3% Executive Gender Diversity 26.6% 13.1% Board Racial Diversity 8.8% 8.2% Executive Racial Diversity 12.0% 6.6% Cash Taxes Paid (% of EBITDA) 11.6% 8.9% **Clean Revenue (% Total Revenue) 36.8% 6.2% **Clean Investment (% Total Investment) 33.8% 12.7% Carbon Productivity ($ sales/tonnes GHGs) $1,517,909 $641,183 *Large Canadian companies (with more than $1b in annual revenue) excluding the Best 50 **Based on Corporate Knights' Clean Taxonomy ------------------------------------------------------------- 3. ESG Picks. Great Corporate Citizens It seems in every podcast I have an article and recommendation from Matthew DiLallo from fool.com! His latest article is titled This Renewable Energy Giant Sees Even More Powerful Growth Ahead. Here are quotes from Mr. DiLallo's article. “NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE) is already growing faster than most utilities, powered by its focus on clean energy… That high-powered growth could enable NextEra Energy to continue generating market-crushing total returns for investors… The company raised its 2022 and 2023 earnings ranges by $0.05 per share, while boosting 2024's forecast by $0.10 per share. Meanwhile, it sees 2025 earnings growing by 6% to 8% off 2024's higher base. This updated forecast would see the company expand its adjusted earnings per share at a 9.8% annual rate from 2021 to the high end of 2025's forecast range… Several factors are helping power that growth. The company plans to significantly increase its core wind, solar, and storage business, expand beyond the power sector, and grow its already large-scale transmission business to help support the decarbonization of the U.S. economy… In addition, the company expects to build a leading regulated water business… NextEra Energy also unveiled its Real Zero plan to eliminate all the carbon emissions across its businesses no later than 2045 without the help of carbon offset credits… NextEra Energy has proven that going green can generate some serious green for its investors… That makes it a great stock to buy and hold for the long haul because it can potentially deliver massive returns as it leads the way in decarbonizing the U.S. economy.” End quotes. ------------------------------------------------------------- 4. ESG Picks. Great Corporate Citizens Now income from investments is particularly important for those who need cash flow in their daily living. So, this next article will interest those investors. It's titled Looking for Passive Income? This Renewable Energy Company Is a Great Way to Go. It's by Rekha Khandelwal, also on fool.com. Here's some of what Ms. Khandelwal writes. “At current share prices, Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure (AY) offers a dividend yield of 5.6%... Utilities focused on renewable energy offer a great way to generate regular dividend income… Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure owns over 2 gigawatts of renewable electricity generation assets, roughly 72% of which are solar. Renewable power generation is expected to contribute around 70% of the company's cash available for distribution (CAFD) from 2022 to 2026. Atlantica also generates power using natural gas. The company expects its efficient natural gas and heat segment to contribute 15% of its cash available for distribution from 2022 to 2026. Transmission lines are expected to contribute 12%, and its water desalination assets are expected to contribute 3%. The biggest positives for Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure as an investment are its stable and predictable long-term cash flows. At the end of 2021, the weighted average remaining term of agreements for the company's assets was 15 years. All of its revenue comes from contracted or regulated assets… Its assets are also geographically diversified, with 46% of its cash available for distribution coming from North America, 31% from Europe, and 15% from South America. Protection from inflation Rising interest rates are impacting the stock prices of companies in capital-intensive businesses. But the interest rates on 93% of Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure's project debt are either fixed or hedged… Similarly, the company has escalation factors included in its contracts to protect it from inflation… Management is targeting cash available for distribution per share growth of 5% to 8% through 2025… In short, Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure is a top renewables stock that can generate passive income for shareholders in the decades to come.” End quotes. ------------------------------------------------------------- 5. ESG Picks. Great Corporate Citizens This next article is by Joel Makower of GreenBiz.com, a well-known and highly respected figure in sustainable business. It's not a direct stock recommendation but rather is here as a stock that some of you might want to look at. The title of the article is In Brazil, Suzano harvests trees with deep roots in communities (BOVESPA: SUZB3). Here's some of what Mr. Makower writes. “What if the company had planted those trees years earlier, on degraded land that's now been revitalized? And if it then planted millions more trees where the cut ones used to be — all to be harvested years later and replaced by yet more trees? And it did this for multiple generations in partnership with local and Indigenous communities? Can that company be deemed sustainable? These are among the questions I pondered last week during my visit to São Paulo, Brazil. I was there as the guest of Suzano — a 98-year-old pulp and paper company, the largest in Latin America and one of the 10 largest in the world — to help host its annual ESG Call, an online event during which the company showcased its achievements and challenges to a global audience of investors, customers, activists and others. (I was paid for this work, but not for this article.)… Suzano, founded in 1924 by Ukrainian immigrant Leon Feffer, pioneered the production of pulp and paper from eucalyptus as an alternative to pine. It invested in research and development — in the 1980s, for example, it began to apply biotechnology, adopting micropropagation practices in its plantations — and in sustainability measures, including the creation in 1999 of the nonprofit Ecofuturo Institute (Portuguese), with a focus on ‘socio-environmental responsibility…' Social studies I was impressed by the environmental aspects of Suzano's operations, which have been informed by such global sustainability thinkers as John Elkington, Pavan Sukhdev and the late Tom Lovejoy… The company has a longstanding rural development program in which it teaches communities how to make the best use of their land by producing high-value crops and helping them transform those crops into finished goods that go into local and global markets. For example, it supports honey producers and beekeepers in placing their hives inside Suzano's eucalyptus plantations, which has the added benefit of reducing poaching by people afraid of bee stings. Among other things, there is a history of distrust to overcome. A few years ago, for example, activists in the northern state of Maranhao claimed Suzano had behaved badly, stealing land from traditional communities, displacing families and making livelihoods untenable. Suzano disputes these claims… Walter Schalka, the CEO, struck me as earnest as any business leader about the company's social — and environmental — commitments. ‘Not everything that we are doing is perfect,' he said. ‘But we are humble enough to bring the problems to the table and try to address how we are going to build the action plan to the future.'” End quotes. ------------------------------------------------------------- Other Honorable Mentions – not in any order, links on this podcast's webpage 1) Title Introducing the three largest ESG ETFs found on Trackinsight.com. By Eddie Barrak. 2) Title 2 Top Dividend Stocks You Can Buy and Hold Forever on fool.com. By Beth McKenna. 3) Title Top Seven Socially Responsible Funds on GoogleWebStory.com. By Teknika Raman. 4) Title Three Sharia-compliant growth companies on MoneyWeek.com. By Scott Klimo. Plus an article for Australian investors — again link on this podcast's webpage - Title 3 dividend-paying and ethical ASX shares to buy now: fund manager on monexsecurities.com.au. By Tony Yoo. ------------------------------------------------------------- Ending Comment Well, these are my top news stories with their stock and fund tips -- for this podcast: “ESG Picks. Great Corporate Citizens.” To get all the links, and stock symbols, or to read the transcript of this podcast -- and more -- go to investingforthesoul.com/podcasts and scroll down to this episode. Also, be sure to click the like and subscribe buttons in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or wherever you download or listen to this podcast. And please click the share buttons to share this podcast with your friends and family. Let's promote ethical and sustainable investing as a force for hope in these deeply troubled times! Contact me if you have any questions. Thank you for listening. Talk to you next on July 15. Bye for now. © 2022 Ron Robins, Investing for the Soul
0:00 Intro.1:39 Start of interview3:41 Marian's "origin story". She grew up in Allentown PA, and when she was 12, she moved to Naples TX. She later attended Reed college in Portland OR. She got interested in urban planning and studied an MSc at LSE. She realized that change would come from corporations (private sector) and took her first job as an analyst at Glass Lewis & Co in 2005 (only the second proxy season for Glass Lewis & Co itself). She later became the first director of ESG research at that firm. 9:27 In 2011, she joined Chevron as a corporate governance analyst and ESG advisor. "They had a world-class corporate governance program led by Lydia Beebe." She helped launch Chevron's first ESG Engagement Program.11:33 Her transition as Director of Investment Stewardship at Charles Schwab in 2018, where she also helped develop its ESG engagement program.12:39 On her move to Uber in 2020 - after meeting Keir Gums (now CLO at Broadridge) and Tony West (CLO at Uber). She was Uber's Head of ESG Strategy & Engagement.15:12 On joining Parnassus Investments this year, and her new role and focus as Head of ESG Stewardship at the firm.18:28 Her framework on how to think about ESG: "The 'G' underpins all of your success in the E and S. Who's making decisions, and what are the incentives to help drive behaviors to reach the strategic goals and to build (and sustain) value. That's all G." "If you get G right, all else should fall into place." "We want engaged directors: a high quality, competent and diverse board." "That's table stakes for me at this point."21:31 On the Engine No.1-Exxon Mobil case and the advent of ESG activism. "My advice to boards on how to think about ESG activism is to read the room." "90% of the SP500 is intangibles, so how you steward ESG issues matters (human capital driving these outcomes matters)." 26:39 On the evolution of proxy voting, especially with the rise of index investing and proxy advisors.29:06 Rating ESG of Silicon Valley tech companies. "I'm going to give them an E." "You have to do a materiality assessment (that's ground zero for a good ESG program)." "Don't grow so fast that you don't see the damage you're doing to yourself." "Growth at all cost is a bad strategy for sustained growth."34:49 On the criticisms and politicization of ESG: "It's sad that ESG is being politicized." On Tesla getting booted out of the S&P500 ESG index: "the methodology is public."38:40 On the 2019 BRT restatement of the purpose of the corporation. "I reference it all the time." "I think it's really important to listen to companies when they tell you what to pay attention to." "They are telling me that it matters." "You need to take care of your stakeholders to take care of your shareholders."42:01 On the new SEC climate disclosure rules. "I'm really excited about it. I think it's great." "We'll see where it comes out."44:35 The 3 books that have greatly influenced her life:Watership Down, by Richard Adams (1972)Rise of the Working-Class Shareholder, by David Webber (2018)Green Swans, by John Elkington (2020)45:51 - Who were your mentors, and what did you learn from them? Most recent ones:Keir Gums at Uber (now CLO at Broadridge)Chris Paterson at Uber47:00 - Are there any quotes you think of often or live your life by? "Why not you?" "Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good, especially when it comes to starting a company's ESG journey. Just try, just get started."48:03 - An unusual habit or an absurd thing that she loves: Aquatic snails!51:10 - The living person she most admires: the people in her stewardship team right now.Marian Macindoe is the new Head of ESG Stewardship at Parnassus, an investment firm based in SF with over $45 billion in assets under management. She leads the firm's stewardship team, which is responsible for proxy voting, impact engagements, shareholder resolutions and direct communication with their investors on ESG matters. __ You can follow Evan on social media at:Twitter: @evanepsteinLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/epsteinevan/ Substack: https://evanepstein.substack.com/__Music/Soundtrack (found via Free Music Archive): Seeing The Future by Dexter Britain is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License
After a Covid hiatus, DNAYF is back! In Episode 12 of Do Not Adjust Your Focus, the podcast from strategic and creative advisory firm Blurred, Blurred CEO Nik Govier talks to PR icon and spokeswoman on women's issues Lynne Franks OBE. Lynne founded a public relations consultancy in the early 1970s and is an advocate, communications strategist, writer and spokeswoman on women's issues, sustainability[2] and consumer lifestyles.Throughout Lynne's long and successful career, she has influenced awareness of many societal shifts and trends both in the UK and internationally.She positioned the UK as a world fashion leader by initiating London Fashion Week and the British Fashion Awards.Her wide breadth of influence in the business world includes developing McDonald's UK women's leadership network; working with Tesco on engaging their women's customers through media partnerships; launching high fashion home shopping with NEXT and motivating the public towards responsible consumerism when advocating John Elkington's trailblazing Green Consumer Week.Lynne also initiated a wide diversity of awareness campaigns for social causes including the creation of Fashion Cares, taken over by Mac Cosmetics to become the world's biggest fundraiser for HIV/Aids; working with Amnesty International on global awareness of human rights through music and collaborating with Bob Geldof and Harvey Goldsmith on the production of Fashion Aid at the Albert Hall.She was a major UK advocate on the global situation regarding sexual violence to women and girls, working with her friend Eve Ensler to bring attention to women being used as weapons of war in the Democratic Republic of Congo.She chaired Viva, the UK's first women's radio station after selling her eponymous PR agency in the early 90's and put on What Women Want, the major festival at the South Bank in '95, stimulating dialogue on the situation of women in the UK and beyond.Lynne then attended the UN's 4th largest women's conference, held in summer '95 in Beijing, where she worked as a radio journalist sending home the voices and issues of women worldwide.While living in California, she founded and ran the new marketing agency GlobalFusion, representing many consumer brands and retailers across the US from her offices in LA and San Francisco.Her books and workshops, including The SEED Handbook, published worldwide in 2000, pioneered a more feminine approach to business, combined with personal empowerment, inspiring thousands of women to join a movement of sustainable economic independence. Since establishing the SEED (Sustainable Enterprise and Empowerment Dynamics) women's empowerment platform and body of learning materials, she has championed women's leadership from post-war Bosnia, to rural South African villages and for women in prisons to women in the corporate boardroom.Lynne continues her journey, consulting, writing and speaking on societal shifts, women's empowerment and a more sustainable, peaceful world for all.You can listen to this and previous episodes here, and subscribe on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
John Elkington is my guest on Episode 155 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. John Elkington is a world authority on corporate responsibility and sustainable capitalism, a bestselling author, and serial entrepreneur. John is the founder and chief pollinator at Volans, which works with leaders to make sense of the emergent future to unlock tomorrow's market value. Volans tackles some of the world's most challenging problems, helping key actors expand their focus from the responsibility agenda through resilience to regeneration. Much of the work is at Board or C-suite level. John's thought leadership is evident in ongoing Volans Inquiries including Project Breakthrough, Tomorrow's Capitalism Inquiry, and the Green Swans Observatory. John has helped create and incubate movements including the global sustainability movement and powerfully shaped initiatives like the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes, the Global Reporting Initiative, and B Lab UK. He was a faculty member of the World Economic Forum from 2002 to 2008. And in 2009, he was named fourth in an international survey of top 100 CSR leaders, after Al Gore, Barack Obama, and the late Anita Roddick. John has addressed over 1,000 conferences globally and served on over 80 boards and advisory boards. He is the author or co-author of 20 books, the latest being Green Swans: The Coming Boom in Regenerative Capitalism. In 2021, John won the prestigious World Sustainability Award. https://youtu.be/ETyAh1mxWyw https://johnelkington.com/ https://www.innovatorsmag.com/is-regenerative-capitalism-the-answer-to-the-worlds-problems/ https://twitter.com/volansjohn https://volans.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/volans/ https://twitter.com/VolansHQ https://medium.com/@volansjohn https://theobservatory.volans.com/ https://capitalinstitute.org/course-introduction-regenerative-economics/ https://youtu.be/ETyAh1mxWyw #bcorp #regeneration #greenswans #uglyducklings #capitalism #triplebottomline #recall #volans #regenerators #harvardbusinessreview #exponential #neweconomicmodel #friedmanera #sdgs #
Today on Insight Faster we're back at the afterparty for the 2021 Global Sustainability Awards. This time it's with Professor John Elkington. Creator of the ‘Triple Bottom Line' and now founder and leader of thinktank sustainability thinktank Volans, Professor Elkington has been leading the sustainability for decades. We'll dive deep into his work with both Volans and the brand new Green Swans Observatory and we'll discuss his new book Green Swans: The Coming Boom in Regenerative Capitalism. This episode made me really excited for the potential for real sustainable business! Here's a few links to what John is doing with, Volans, the Green Swans Observatory and details of his new book: Volans: https://volans.com/The Green Swans Observatory: https://theobservatory.volans.com/John Elkington's Website: https://johnelkington.com/ (definitely worth a look!) To find out more about this subject (or pretty much anything else), or to submit a paper to any of MDPI's journals, head over to the MDPI website: https://www.mdpi.com/ Insight Faster is also now available on Apple and Google Podcasts, follow the links to find it or search Insight Faster! If there's anything in particular you'd like to hear about on the MDPI Podcast, email me at: jasper.clow@mdpi.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
John Elkington is an advisor on sustainable development and corporate responsibility, an area he's been working in for almost 40 years. He is the author of 20 books on this topic, and he has given a remarkable contribution to shifting capitalism and business towards a more balanced and sustainable path. We talk about his new book called "Green Swans: The Coming Boom in Regenerative Capitalism," we also talk about wicked and super wicked problems, exponentials, why he reads Chinese science fiction books, his visit with past guest Kevin Kelley and what he's both terrified of and excited about in the coming ten to fifteen year. What is Covered: - Who or what are ‘green swans' and where the idea came from - Human struggle with exponentials and the role of technology in systemic change - Wicked and super wicked problems, and what is unique about them in today's world - The issues with discounted cash flow in today's economy - The role of young generation and why we need intergenerational cooperation to solve existential threats we're facing Key Takeaways and Learnings: - The green swans are very often market or societal or political shifts. A company or an individual could play into those changing realities, but it's not about individuals as such. - Super wicked problems, such as the climate emergency, make us see our future ahead of us, but we seem to be completely unable as a political species to address the challenge in a sufficient scale and with sufficient urgency. - Reengaging young people in a multigenerational and intergenerational battle for a systemic change at the right time and in the right way is a major opportunity in the next 10 to 15 years Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode: - “Green Swans: The Coming Book in Regenerative Capitalism” by John Elkington https://www.amazon.com/Green-Swans-Coming-Regenerative-Capitalism-ebook/dp/B086BJF1FQ/ - Volans Ventures https://volans.com/ - Connect with John Elkington by email, LinkedIn or Twitter - “The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable” by Nassim Nicholas Taleb https://www.amazon.com/Black-Swan-Improbable-Robustness-Fragility/dp/081297381X/ - UN Sustainable Development Goals https://sdgs.un.org/goals - “Exponential: How to Bridge the Gap Between Technology and Society” by Azeem Azhar https://www.amazon.com/Exponential-Bridge-Between-Technology-Society/dp/B094DK3NG7/ - “New Rules for the New Economy: 10 Radical Strategies for a Connected World” by Kevin Kelly https://www.amazon.com/New-Rules-Economy-Strategies-Connected/dp/014028060X/ - “Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems and the Economic World” by Kevin Kelly https://www.amazon.com/Out-Control-Biology-Machines-Economic/dp/0201483408/ - “Ministry for the Future: A Novel” by Kim Stanley Robinson https://www.amazon.com/Ministry-Future-Kim-Stanley-Robinson/dp/0316300144/ - “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions” by Thomas S. Kuhn https://www.amazon.com/Structure-Scientific-Revolutions-Thomas-Kuhn/dp/0226458083 - “Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation” by Paul Hawken https://www.amazon.com/Regeneration-Ending-Climate-Crisis-Generation/dp/0143136976/ - “Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming” by Paul Hawken https://www.amazon.com/Drawdown-Comprehensive-Proposed-Reverse-Warming/dp/0143130447/ - RethinkX https://www.rethinkx.com/ - “The Wandering Earth” by Cixin Liu https://www.amazon.com/Wandering-Earth-Cixin-Liu/dp/1250796830 - “The Postman” by David Brin https://www.amazon.com/Postman-David-Brin/dp/B08GLSY8R6/ - “Dune” by Frank Herbert https://www.amazon.com/Frank-Herberts-Dune-6-Book-Boxed/dp/0593201884/ - Jim Mellon: Moo's Law and Investing in Cellular Agriculture https://outsidelens.com/jim-mellon-moos-law-and-investing-in-cellular-agriculture/ - Kevin Kelly: The Formula for the next 10,000 Startups, Failing Forward and Becoming a Teaching Organisation https://outsidelens.com/kevin-kelly-the-formula-for-the-next-10000-startups-failing-forward-and-becoming-a-teaching-organisation/ Connect with Mark Bidwell: - LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/markbidwell/ - Twitter https://twitter.com/markehb - OutsideLens https://www.outsidelens.com
Today on The DooDoo Diva's Smells Like Money Podcast, Chief Financial Officer at Enbiorganic, Vivek Agrawal, as they chat about the Triple Bottom Line. Coined by John Elkington in 1994, this phrase is more important than ever especially for the wastewater industry. This involves a company with three aspects which are the people, the planet, and the profits. Vivek shares that this is gearing towards sustainability while making profits that will help the company flourish as much as it helps with the improvement on the state of the environment. Stay tuned to find out more about how Vivek puts in the effort and how they apply the Triple Bottom Line in their company, Enbiorganic! This episode covers: ● The core of the Triple Bottom Line and its relevance ● What Vivek recommends as key foundations of Triple Bottom Line ● Does the transition for Triple Bottom Line require an outside consultant? ● The Triple Bottom Line as a contagious mindset from company to customer ● The future of the movement for the wastewater industry About Vivek Agrawal: Prior to joining Enbiorganic, Vivek was a Managing Director at Compass Point Research & Trading and senior research analyst at Wells Fargo Securities where he ranked #2 for stock picking within Thrifts & Mortgage Finance in the 2017 U.S. Thompson Reuters Industry Analysts Awards. He was a Vice President and senior credit analyst at Declaration Management & Research (John Hancock subsidiary) instrumental in early identification of the housing crisis. Vivek was a Vice President at H.C. Wainwright & Co. in the investment banking group responsible for corporate finance transactions including raising growth capital for small to mid-sized private companies. Vivek was an AVP in the commercial banking group of Bank of America and began his career as a commercial credit analyst. Vivek received a BS in Finance from the University of Maryland (College Park) and an MBA from Fordham University. Connect with Vivek Agrawal on: Website: www.enbiorganic.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/vivek-agrawal-4b18b917/ Follow The DooDoo Diva's Smells Like Money Podcast on: Website: www.creativeraven.com | https://thetuitgroup.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/creativeraven/ Email: raven@creativeraven.com Telephone: +1 760-217-8010
"Green Swans" is the new, thought provoking book by John Elkington, founder of Volans, and advisor on sustainable development and corporate responsibility with over 40 years of working in this area.
Sustainability authority, John Elkington, says the key to a sustainable future is for companies to change their views on capitalism.
This week we have reached 50 Wonderspace orbits and also the second week of COP26 in Glasgow. To mark these two milestones we ask our six questions to John Elkington who is a world authority in sustainable development, the founder of Volans and the author of 20 books. John is also convening meetings of business leaders at COP this week which you will hear about in his story. To mark 50 episodes we have also created a 90 sec video journey that spans five continents. We have chosen a few inspiring responses to our question 5 that orbit around stories of hopefulness. For more information: www.johnelkington.com www.volans.com Our Re-wonder moment has been created by Asknature.org. Thanks to everyone who has shared wonders of the natural world and their stories of hopefulness that are not their own. To view the episode page with a summary of the interview, links to social media and projects mentioned, go to https://ourwonder.space/episodes/_50 View the video orbit here: https://youtu.be/EYl2PxMXBUU To listen to the previous 49 Wonderspace editions go to. https://ourwonder.space/episodes -------------- More about Wonderspace: https://ourwonder.space Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBUt53ifgsf4Hu9tQTWjEmA/videos Facebook: http://facebook.com/ourwonderspace Instagram: http://instagram.com/ourwonderspace Twitter: https://twitter.com/ourwonderspace --------------- Music: https://theade.me Re-wonder: https://asknature.org
Koonenberry Gold chairman John Elkington and chief executive officer Karen O'Neill join Small Caps to discuss the company's IPO and plans for its namesake gold project in New South Wales. The company has defined eight near-drill ready targets within the Koonenberry project including some where gold nuggets have been discovered. Koonenberry's geology is regarded as similar to that which hosts the Stawell gold mine, one of Victoria's largest mines, and its nugget field is believed to be larger than Bendigo.
This episode looks at business responsibility through the eyes of British thought-leaders Charles Handy, John Elkington, Jonathon Porritt and James Lovelock. In the podcast, Prof. Dr Wayne Visser reads Chapter 24 from his book, The Quest for Sustainable Business: An Epic Journey in Search of Corporate Responsibility. Chapter 24 is broken into the following sections:- The Hungry Spirit- Cannibals with Forks- Smart versus Dumb Growth- Lessons from Gaia
Back in 2004, BusinessWeek called John “a dean of the corporate responsibility movement for three decades.” In 2008, The Evening Standard named him among the ‘1000 Most Influential People' in London, describing him as “a true green business guru,” and as “an evangelist for corporate social and environmental responsibility long before it was fashionable.” And in 2009, a CSR International survey of the Top 100 CSR leaders placed John fourth: after Al Gore, Barack Obama and the late Anita Roddick of the Body Shop, and alongside Muhammad Yunus of the Grameen Bank https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-elkington-2907568/ I was so lucky, to have John Elkington as a guest in my podcast. He needs no introduction, his contribution to the world speaks volumes. I think one of his greatest strengths is his kindness. Everyone wanted to speak to him and he was giving attention and advice to each one. In his closing note, he touched a few chords. It was inspiring and had a strong message as well. I saw the joy in his face when is saw the poster of the pink boat hanging in the networking area. In this episode, he shares a success story about Max Nicholson. You can learn more about Max Nicholson here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Max_Nicholson Do you want to be a guest on our podcast? I will be waiting for your email at vikram@73bit.com http://www.73bit.com/
In episode 106 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, we speak with Christoph Langwallner, Co-Founder & CEO of WhatIF Foods, on using degraded lands to innovate food we know and love.In 2018, 25 years after inventing the triple bottomline, Prof. John Elkington, recalled this “people, planet and profit” sustainability tool because he saw it delivering the wrong results. Since industrialisation begun, the agrifood industry has been designed to achieve the highest productivity. Today, it manufactures plenty of but empty calories, leaves land behind unproductive, and erodes the souls of communities. It inflicts pain rather than wellbeing.Chris believes it's time to stop believing that doing the same things a bit greener and a little more transparent is going to change the world. It will not! "What we need are disruptive ideas and not just the next plant-based brand, or a trendy vegan product, neither a high-tech dream." - Christoph Langwallner, Co-Founder & CEO of WhatIF FoodsTherefore, it is no longer about sustaining - it is about restoring."I believe we need to reinvent the food industry category by category. We need to make food based on regenerative principles. Food that replenishes the nutrients we need. Food that is made with regenerative crops and we need to reconnect with nature and communities to rebuild our relationships. We need nature in cities, life in food, and purpose in communities." - Christoph Langwallner, Co-Founder & CEO of WhatIF FoodsIn 2015, Chris and four more experienced scientists and executives in the food industry, had enough. They spent careers formulating and marketing ‘food' for big companies and were very good at their jobs. However, they were conflicted. The ‘food' they were helping produce wasn't really… food.To make their ex-bosses happy, they had to make ‘food' with the bottom-line as the top priority. This meant adding artificial additives for more visual stimulation or adding a bit more flavour enhancer to make the food just a little bit more addicting. Refined sugars and refined oils, in particular, are very successful at driving demand."That is why so much of the food options you see are sugar and oil packed, calorie-dense, and full of additives. But they are empty of nutrients. Absolutely rubbish in terms of nutrition. This isn't ‘food'!?!" - Christoph Langwallner, Co-Founder & CEO of WhatIF FoodsSome unreal statistics:We produce enough calories for 10 billion people yet every 6 seconds we lose forests the size of a football field.Seven people out of ten suffer from what they eat and eating too much kills three times more people than famine.Listen to more Causeartist podcasts here.Check out:ImpactInvestor.io - Discover impact investors from around the world.Podcast Made with TransistorPodcast cover design Made with CanvaBuild amazing web platforms with Webflow
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Inspirational take-aways from John's B Corp Summit 2019 keynote, his 70th birthday celebration and his recall of his Triple Bottom Line management concept the year of its 25th anniversary.
Nesse episódio teremos uma introdução à essa série sobre Gestão para Sustentabilidade(GPS) dentro do nosso podcast acadêmico da PodAula. Nessa introdução exploramos o conceito do Triple Bottom Line (Tripé da Sustentabilidade) de John Elkington e explicitamos alguns temas dos próximos episódios da série.
The renowned author and sustainability leader John Elkington joins Amanda and Richard in the last of the series of Accelerator podcast. His optimism for the future and the opportunities that a green recovery present is infectious and helps us to herald the launch of the new Centre for Climate Change Innovation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
My guest this week has been recognised world-over for five decades as one of the world's most influential lifestyle experts, predicting and creating societal, business and consumer trends; initiating and promoting major events such as London Fashion Week and Green Consumer Week as well as advising major corporations including McDonalds, Tesco, HSBC and Next on women's engagement. She is the creator of B.Hive, the world's first women's business club in partnership with Regus; was Chair of Viva women's radio and put on the UK's first women's festival, What Women Want and founded SEED, the women's leadership platform based on her global best-seller, The SEED Handbook, the feminine way to do business. As well as having written several women’s leadership books she also ran her successful US-based new marketing agency, Globalfusion, in Los Angeles and San Francisco. In 2018, she received an OBE for her contribution to business, fashion and women’s empowerment. Please welcome my guest, social scientist Lynne Franks. Bio Throughout Lynne’s long and successful career, she has influenced awareness of many societal shifts and trends both in the UK and internationally. She positioned the UK as a world fashion leader by initiating London Fashion Week and the British Fashion Awards. Her wide breadth of influence in the business world includes developing McDonald’s UK women’s leadership network; working with Tesco on engaging their women customers through media partnerships; launching high fashion home shopping with NEXT and motivating the public towards responsible consumerism when advocating John Elkington’s trailblazing Green Consumer Week. Lynne also initiated a wide diversity of awareness campaigns for social causes including the creation of Fashion Cares, taken over by Mac Cosmetics to become the world’s biggest fundraiser for HIV/Aids, working with Amnesty International on global awareness of human rights through music and collaborating with Bob Geldof and Harvey Goldsmith on the production of Fashion Aid at the Albert Hall. She was a major UK advocate on the global situation regarding sexual violence to women and girls, working with her friend Eve Ensler to bring attention to women being used as weapons of war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Lynne Franks chaired Viva, the UK’s first women’s radio station after selling her eponymous PR agency in the early 90’s and put-on What Women Want, the major festival at the South Bank in ’95, stimulating dialogue on the situation of women in the UK and beyond. Lynne then attended the UN’s 4th largest women’s conference, held in summer ’95 in Beijing, where she worked as a radio journalist sending home the voices and issues of women worldwide. While living in California, she founded and ran the new marketing agency GlobalFusion, representing many consumer brands and retailers across the US from her offices in LA and San Francisco. Her books and workshops, including The SEED Handbook, published worldwide in 2000, pioneered a more feminine approach to business, combined with personal empowerment, inspiring thousands of women to join a movement of sustainable economic independence. Since establishing the SEED (Sustainable Enterprise and Empowerment Dynamics) women’s empowerment platform and body of learning materials, she has championed women’s leadership from post-war Bosnia, to rural South African villages and for women in prisons to women in the corporate boardroom. Lynne continues her journey, consulting, writing and speaking on societal shifts, women’s empowerment and a more sustainable, peaceful world for all. She has relocated to Somerset, where she has created the SEED Hub and SEED Eco-Store, developed her Power of Seven women’s leadership workshops and launched her on-line women’s leadership community, The SEED Hub Club. Lynne Franks was awarded an OBE for her services to business, fashion and women’s empowerment from the Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace in 2018. Recorded on: 7th January 2021 Links: More about Lynne Franks More about Maria Franzoni Ltd Connect with Maria on LinkedIn Connect with Maria on FaceBook More about London Speaker Bureau Connect with London Speaker Bureau on LinkedIn To book any of the speakers featured on the Speaking Business podcast, click here Listen here: Libsyn Itunes Stitcher Spotify
This series features voices that are leading the way in helping our economies transform and build the industries of the future that are fit to take the challenges facing society today.ACCA's Head of Sustainability, Jimmy Greer, talks to John Elkington, Chief Pollinator at Volans, about his most recent book Green Swans, the coming boom in regenerative capitalism, and Naina Batra, CEO, the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network, on why social impact and its measurement, matters now more than ever. Both guests are at the forefront of the big shifts that are taking place around the world.
This series features voices that are leading the way in helping our economies transform and build the industries of the future that are fit to take the challenges facing society today.ACCA's Head of Sustainability, Jimmy Greer, talks to John Elkington, Chief Pollinator at Volans, about his most recent book Green Swans, the coming boom in regenerative capitalism, and Naina Batra, CEO, the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network, on why social impact and its measurement, matters now more than ever. Both guests are at the forefront of the big shifts that are taking place around the world.
This series features voices that are leading the way in helping our economies transform and build the industries of the future that are fit to take the challenges facing society today.ACCA's Head of Sustainability, Jimmy Greer, talks to John Elkington, Chief Pollinator at Volans, about his most recent book Green Swans, the coming boom in regenerative capitalism, and Naina Batra, CEO, the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network, on why social impact and its measurement, matters now more than ever. Both guests are at the forefront of the big shifts that are taking place around the world.
In this series, we learn from voices that are leading the way in helping our economies transform and build the industries of the future that are fit for taking on the challenges of today. In this first episode, ACCA’s Head of Sustainability, Jimmy Greer, talks to two people at the forefront of thinking and doing linked to the systems behind the big shifts that are taking place around the world. John Elkington (www.twiter.com/volansjohn ), Chief Pollinator at Volans, shares views from his most recent book Green Swans, the coming boom in regenerative capitalism, and Naina Batra (www.twitter.com/nainasbatra), CEO @ AVPN, the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network, tells us why social impact and its measurement, matters now more than ever. Production, original music and sound design by Snow Lion Media.
In episode 58, Simon talks to John Elkington, Co-Founder & Chief Pollinator at Volans. John is one of the founders of the global sustainability movement, an experienced advisor to business, and a highly regarded keynote speaker and contributor, from conferences to advisory boards. In 2008, The Evening Standard named John among the ‘1000 Most Influential People' in London, describing him as “a true green business guru”, and as “an evangelist for corporate social and environmental responsibility long before it was fashionable”. In 2009, a CSR International survey of the Top 100 CSR leaders placed John fourth: after Al Gore, Barack Obama and the late Anita Roddick of the Body Shop, and alongside Muhammad Yunus of the Grameen Bank. John has addressed over 1,000 conferences around the world. He was a faculty member of the World Economic Forum from 2002-2008. He has served on over 70 boards and advisory boards. John has won numerous awards and is the author or co-author of 19 books. The 20th book was published in April: Green Swans: The Coming Boom in Regenerative Capitalism (Fast Company Press).
In episode 58, Simon talks to John Elkington, Co-Founder & Chief Pollinator at Volans. John is one of the founders of the global sustainability movement, an experienced advisor to business, and a highly regarded keynote speaker and contributor, from conferences to advisory boards. In 2008, The Evening Standard named John among the ‘1000 Most Influential People' in London, describing him as “a true green business guru”, and as “an evangelist for corporate social and environmental responsibility long before it was fashionable”. In 2009, a CSR International survey of the Top 100 CSR leaders placed John fourth: after Al Gore, Barack Obama and the late Anita Roddick of the Body Shop, and alongside Muhammad Yunus of the Grameen Bank. John has addressed over 1,000 conferences around the world. He was a faculty member of the World Economic Forum from 2002-2008. He has served on over 70 boards and advisory boards. John has won numerous awards and is the author or co-author of 19 books. The 20th book was published in April: Green Swans: The Coming Boom in Regenerative Capitalism (Fast Company Press).
In episode 58, Simon talks to John Elkington, Co-Founder & Chief Pollinator at Volans. John is one of the founders of the global sustainability movement, an experienced advisor to business, and a highly regarded keynote speaker and contributor, from conferences to advisory boards. In 2008, The Evening Standard named John among the ‘1000 Most Influential People' in London, describing him as “a true green business guru”, and as “an evangelist for corporate social and environmental responsibility long before it was fashionable”. In 2009, a CSR International survey of the Top 100 CSR leaders placed John fourth: after Al Gore, Barack Obama and the late Anita Roddick of the Body Shop, and alongside Muhammad Yunus of the Grameen Bank. John has addressed over 1,000 conferences around the world. He was a faculty member of the World Economic Forum from 2002-2008. He has served on over 70 boards and advisory boards. John has won numerous awards and is the author or co-author of 19 books. The 20th book was published in April: Green Swans: The Coming Boom in Regenerative Capitalism (Fast Company Press).
In this episode, we talk with CSR and sustainability legend, John Elkington. John takes us beyond his "people, planet, and profit" to the "U-bend" and on to the green swans that bring us regenerative capitalism. John is one of the world's leading futurists and is here with us to share his hopeful vision for the future.
In this CDC Insight Podcast we hear environmentalist, author, and serial entrepreneur John Elkington in conversation with CDC's CEO Nick O'Donohoe. They are joined by CDC's Climate Change Director Amal-Lee Amin to discuss how we move forward in a way that creates a more balanced and sustainable global economy?
What would it take for us to shift to a regenerative economy? John Elkington, founder and chief pollinator at Volans and author of the recent book Green Swans: The coming boom in regenerative capitalism talks to host Helen Avery at the Green Finance Institute about the urgent need for a new approach to capitalism, and the investment, leadership and partnerships needed to have an economy that works for planet and people. This podcast, the information therein and any related materials are not intended to provide and do not constitute financial or investment advice or a financial promotion. The comments, views, and opinions expressed are those of the speakers and do not necessarily represent the views of the Green Finance Institute. In addition, neither the Green Finance Institute nor any of its trustees, directors, officers, affiliates or members makes any representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of the statements or any information contained in this podcast and any liability therefore (including in respect of direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage) is expressly disclaimed.
What does it take to be a leader in a world where climate change turns capitalism inside out? In this episode Alannah speaks with John Elkington, a world authority on corporate responsibility and one of the founders of the global sustainability movement. As the Co-Founder and Chief Pollinator at Volans, he works closely with governments and business leaders to achieve transformational change. John has been a central voice on these issues for more than four decades and has written 20 books on the subject, including the bestselling Green Consumer Guide and his latest book Green Swans: The Coming Boom in Regenerative Capitalism. John talks to Alannah about the kind of leadership we’ll need for businesses to become part of the solution to climate change, and to be better businesses as a result.
Our guest today is John Elkington, a world authority on corporate responsibility and sustainable capitalism, a best-selling author and serial entrepreneur. In this episode, Emma is joined by Dulma Clark, who runs the Livebarefoot Foundation, and has a passionate commitment to social justice, responsibility and impact investment.Our discussion focuses on John's passion for regeneration, and what that means for the future of business; alongside the need for transparency across reporting, stakeholder engagement, and progressive impact investment. John also explores how recent events have led to a new awakening in business, and why there is a growing acknowledgement of the need for positive change.https://www.vivobarefoot.com/uk/sustainthis
John Elkington is a world authority on corporate responsibility and sustainable capitalism, a bestselling author and serial entrepreneur. He is known for his role as Ambassador for the Future.
John Elkington, Co-Founder and Chief Pollinator at Volans, discusses his new book, Green Swans: The Coming Boom in Regenerative Capitalism. “The Godfather of Sustainability” touches on the influences and incentives that drew him to conservation, and how the culture of sustainability has evolved over the last 50 years. Hosted by Jeff Kavanaugh, VP and Head of the Infosys Knowledge Institute.
John Elkington has been at the forefront of environmental research, advocacy and writing since the 70’s. He launched a consulting company called SustainAbility, long before the term had become the buzzword that it is today. He’s a writer, a speaker, and a provocateur. A lot of his work has been in corporate sustainability, helping companies adapt and innovate amid environmental and social change. Plus, he written a new book, it’s called Green Swans. It riffs on the concept of Black Swans, popularized by Nassim Taleb. But instead of representing unexpected catastrophic events, Green Swans represent an opportunity, for positive change. In this episode, we discussed: • The seismic shifts occurring in 2020, and the prospects for the decade to be one of huge change, “The exponential decade”. • Why incumbent industries resist change, even when they can foresee their own demise. • The importance of government to legislate for clean-energy. • And the sad reality that government’s may need to pay big dollars to keep fossil fuels in the ground (akin to how the slave-trade was ended). • Change comes from the edge of systems, disruptors aren’t going to be found in big-multi-national companies. • Is the human brain capable of dealing with a challenge like climate change? Or should we use artificial intelligence to take-over where we have failed? • John’s early years, and how he quit economics to pursue environmental management. • His work in corporate sustainability, and his role as ‘the grit in the oyster’, to drive change in organisations, where there are incentives to stick with the status-quo. • The power of science-fiction to predict the future. And the rise of Chinese sci-fi as the most prescient looking-glass. Enjoy, and be sure to let me know your thoughts over at www.johntreadgold.com
Mellon’s Robin Wehbe and outside expert John Elkington argue why this crisis may present an avenue for a more resilient future and how leadership will need to pave the way.
What is it like working for giant corporations? What is it like holding corporate executives responsible for their impact on society? Nature N8 sits down with Christine Bader, former head of CSR for Amazon, and before that, a long-term employee at BP. We discuss how Christine’s experiences in Indonesia, China, and the U.K. led her to revelations about sustainability and work culture, and where we can begin to think about the life we really want. Now, Christine is the co-founder of The Life I Want, a story-telling project reimagining a future of work that works for all. FOOTNOTE, books and articles discussed in the episode: Reuters article by Christine: Red Hen, Microsoft and the power of workplace activism (2018) | NYT article by Christine: The Year I Learned to Quit (2018) | Book by Christine: “Evolution of a Corporate Idealist: When Girl Meets Oil” (2014) | NYT op-ed by John Elkington, Going Green (2012) | A book by Wayne Muller: A Life of Being, Having, and Doing Enough (2011) Support “Waste Not Why Not” on Patreon. Follow us on Twitter @wastenotpod. Send questions to ask@wastenotwhynot.com. Subscribe to “Waste Not a Newsletter" on Substack.EPISODE CREDIT | Emily Y. Wu (@emilyywu), producer | Nate Maynard (@N8May), host | Yu-Chen Lai (@aGuavaEmoji), editor | Thomas Lee, brand design | Music licensing MB01WR8IJHWPCOG | a Ghost Island Media production (@ghostislandme) | www.ghostisland.media
Plus, a peek into the world of climate scenario modeling tools.
John Elkington has just published his new book ‘Green Swans’ extending the concept of Black Swans a theory popularized by Nassim Taleb. In his book John introduces the concept of global ‘wicked problems’ (e.g. climate crisis or antibiotic resistant bugs) that can only be overcome with exponential alternative solutions. Regenerative energy generation can be one such ‘Green Swan’ response. Our conversation in this podcast looks at the aspects of responsibility, resilience, and regeneration, with John Elkington challenging managers to actively drive for what he calls ‘Green Swan’ scenarios. COVID-19 is an acute case of the ‘wicked problems’ described in his book and John is optimistic that in coming out of this crisis ‘Green Swan’ solutions will only gain more momentum in this arena.
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In this Podcast John Elkington founder and CEO of Volans explores the evolution of corporations from Environment Compliance Policies and Corporate Social Responsibility to the fight for positive impact today. Although the last 5 years has seen C-Suite leaders stepping up their sustainability ambitions and Fund Managers paying more attention to ESG issues, John believes the new decade must see a significant change in sustainability efforts from organisations. The COVID-19 Crisis only serves to reinforce the point of view that no time can be lost.
Join in on the conversation around regenerative capitalism and if/how capitalism can be made regenerative by tweeting @volansjohn and @nori, and you will automatically be entered to win copy of John Elkington’s latest book, Green Swans: The Coming Boom in Regenerative Capitalism! Most of us are familiar with Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s concept of a black swan: an unforeseen, adverse event with off-the-scale impact. But what if we were to flip this concept on its head? In his new book, John Elkington envisions a world where capitalism transforms to serve people and planet, where the black swan problems currently leading us to exponential breakdown are mitigated by green swan solutions taking us exponentially toward breakthrough. John is an internationally recognized authority on corporate responsibility and sustainable development, bestselling author, and serial entrepreneur. He currently serves as Chief Pollinator at Volans, a future-focused business working at the intersection of the sustainability, entrepreneurship, and innovation movements. Today, John joins Ross and Paul to discuss his most recent book, Green Swans: The Coming Boom in Regenerative Capitalism, and explain how a green swan differs from a black swan event in its potential for an exponentially positive impact. John goes on to discuss the idea of regenerative capitalism, explaining why he doesn’t trust incumbents to lead the movement, how we can approach new ventures with a regenerative mindset, and why he suggests transforming the current system rather than scrapping capitalism altogether. Listen in for John’s insight around the unintended consequences of implementing new technologies, and find out what green swans might arise out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Key Takeaways [2:52] What John is trying to communicate through Green Swans Black swan = unexpected event, exponential negative impact Raise question re: exponentially positive trajectories [5:52] How John defines a gray swan and a white swan Gray swans have massive negative impact but were foreseen White swan = template for anything with exponential impact [8:27] John’s concept of regenerative capitalism Social movements must engage with markets + business Reprogram key parts of system to build resilience [11:17] The potential for oil and gas to lead the movement Fundamental distrust of incumbents in old economic orders Reptilian instincts, try to undermine opposition [13:49] Why we shouldn’t just get rid of capitalism Market activity gone on for thousands of years Reform with government, regulatory involvement [15:57] How to start new ventures with a regenerative mindset Leverage approach of B Corp movement Requires transformation of financial market [22:19] How a regenerative focus might heal the political divide Potential for transfer of wealth from urban to rural Still dispossessed by tech (automotive, dairy industries) [25:57] Nori’s potential role in establishing regenerative capitalism Evolving ecosystem of likeminded companies Operate as standard setter of what is regenerative [30:08] What we need to know about Thomas Midgley Chemist/engineer with patents for leaded gasoline, freons Single organism who did most damage to planet [33:26] How to cultivate leaders who put the community’s needs first Reach out to people don’t understand, make uncomfortable Develop ability to listen for weak signals of change [36:25] What green swans may arise out of COVID-19 Commitment to air quality, places to walk and cycle Universal basic income (has own unintended consequences) Connect with Ross & Paul Nori Nori on Facebook Nori on Twitter Nori on Medium Nori on YouTube Nori on GitHub Nori on Patreon Nori Newsletter Email podcast@nori.com Nori White Paper Subscribe on iTunes Carbon Removal Newsroom Resources John’s Website John on Twitter Volans John Elkington on RCC EP028 Green Swans: The Coming Boom in Regenerative Capitalism by John Elkington The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb Books by John Elkington People of the State of New York v. Exxon Mobil Corporation Hyman Minsky Kate Raworth Mariana Mazzucato Business Roundtable The Innovator’s Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business by Clayton M. Christensen Certified B Corporation Richard Roberts’ Series on Shareholders vs. Stakeholders RethinkX Thomas Midgley ‘To an Uneducated Ruler’ by Plutarch Leaders’ Quest The Finnish Basic Income Experiment Regenerators John Fullerton at the Capital Institute Janine Benyus at the Biomimicry Institute
Impact Leaders - Impact Investment and Performance with Purpose
This episode is a bit different from our usual format: I recently held a webinar called “The Evolving Power of ESG: Generating Returns and Communicating with Clients”, where we discussed some key areas of interest to fund managers and investors, given the growing momentum, latest trends and key developments in the industry. I was joint in conversation by Esa Saloranta, Head of ESG and Sustainable Technology at eQ Plc. The webinar is part of a series in the build up to the ESG Investment Europe Event on 27-28 May in London. Make sure you join us at the event if you can make it. This is another initiative we have taken at ILA & Partners in partnership with Reuters Events by Thomson Reuters, to continue with our efforts to promote and scale Sustainable & Impact Investing. We hope you enjoy it ! Introduction Despite progress in creating industry standards and frameworks to help clarify ESG data, individual methodologies for the incorporation within investment decision-making remains ambiguous. This issue is heightened by the evolving demands of increasingly active stakeholders. Communicating ESG to clients in unambiguous and relevant terms has become a priority for leading asset managers. Listen to this episode to gain an expert understanding of the biggest challenges and best practices in Sustainable & Impact Investing, including: Setting the Scene & Sharing Preferred Strategies: How variance in defining ‘ESG’ leads to confusion and conflict between investment firms & investors, policymakers, clients and key stakeholders Internal Processes and Policies: How to integrate ESG into an investment company and gain an understanding of the common challenges and obstacles Improving Return Profile Through Building ESG into Your Models: How to integrate ESG factors into your models and decision process, across all portfolios and discuss what has worked best thus far, and where improvements can be made Data Sets as Part of the Investment Process: Understand which services and information are most useful and learn where to source and develop key information both externally and internally Communicating with Clients: How is ESG affecting the communication with your clients and the latest information clients are currently requesting Call to Action: What should investment firms/managers and clients do differently and the practical steps you can implement today to improve your ESG data analysis and communication Some quotes and highlights “The sustainable revolution is gaining momentum and it now represents the single greatest investment opportunity in all of history.” Al Gore, Generation IM “I believe we are on the edge of a significant capital reallocation of capital… And investors will need to fundamentally reassess portfolios because of sustainability issues.” Larry Fink, Chairman and CEO of Blackrock “The key to investing is not assessing how much an industry is going to affect society, or how much it will grow, but rather determining the competitive advantage of any given company and above all, the durability of that advantage.” - Warren Buffet “Every CEO needs to sit down and come to grips with the fact that if I don’t have teachers to teach the children of my employees, then the best employees aren’t going to come work for our company.” - Chuck Robbin, Chairman and CEO of Cisco Calls To Action: 1. As an equity fund manager, take a long terms perspective, choose the best companies in the world to go along even in this crisis. 2. Make demand use our influence as guardians of assets to ask where are the mitigations to existential threats that is surely coming down the line. 3. How are we using resources and having a net positive impact and to give back to the planet and people, more than which we are using. 4. Ask what are we doing with our investments and capital allocation, how are we getting the most of our resources long term than we are taking in the short term. 5. This is the most exciting opportunity we have ever been gifted to solve the world’s most challenging problem in a way that we can, and we get to be a part of it by funding these solutions. Time Stamps: [01:40] Intro by Dominic Grocott from Reuters Events [03:26] JP Dallmnann: Setting the scene of where sustainable investing is and where it is heading [03:26] About ILA & Partners [12:10] Esa Saloranta’s background [17:13] Warren Buffet, Marc Benioff and Chuck Robbins [22:08] BCorp is a global movement [29:01] How Esa started from foundation by rethinking the energy infrastructure fund of the future [33:48] How to evolve your ESG processes in your investments [41:15] ESG rating systems and how this impact short term returns [46:32] How an active investment manager develop their own ESG process [48:30] CSR reporting and impact on SDGs [50:36] How to deal with increasing demand for ESG reporting and communicating with clients [53:02] Sustainability analysis, taking into account people factors as a competitive advantage [01:01:00] CallS to Action Useful links: Webinar (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-Y-t_ZYchM) on Youtube Reuters Events (https://reutersevents.com/) ESG Investment Europe (https://reutersevents.com/esg-investment-europe/) on 27th - 28th May 2020 Previous Reuters Event webinar: Taking ESG Mainstream (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFHC0BjXjOU) Larry Fink post on Blackrock Investment Institute’ report on sustainability and asset allocation (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jp-dallmann_in-january-i-wrote-in-my-letter-to-ceos-activity-6643805175775547392-7Kaa) Esa Saloranta’s Linkedin (https://fi.linkedin.com/in/esa-saloranta-9a1b888a) eQ Blue Planet Fund (https://www.eq.fi/en/funds/eq-sininen-planeetta) Esa Saloranta’s Impact Leaders podcast episode (https://audioboom.com/posts/7375531-esa-saloranta-re-thinking-the-future-technology-and-social-challenges-and-the-role-of-sustai) John Elkington (https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-elkington-2907568) of Volans (https://volans.com/) BCorp (https://bcorporation.net/) Danone (https://www.danone.com/impact.html) Patagonia (https://eu.patagonia.com/gb/en/environmental-impact.html) Ben and Jerry’s (https://www.benjerry.com/about-us/b-corp) UN Global Compact (https://www.unglobalcompact.org/) Connect with JP Dallmann on Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jp-dallmann/) , Twitter (https://twitter.com/JPDallmann) , or Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/inspiredbyjp/) . Contact us to help you transition into Sustainable & Impact Investing - ILA & Partners (https://www.linkedin.com/company/impact-leaders-advisors) How to incorporate SDGs into your business - Fast Forward 2030 (http://fastforward2030.com/) Find talent and careers with impact - Realchangers (https://www.realchangers.com/) Impact Leaders is produced by Podcast Publishing (http://podcastpublishing.help/)
Listen up for audiograms from 10 corporate sustainability professionals including Google sustainability officer Kate Brandt, Unilever diversity champion Kamillah Knight and strategy guru John Elkington.
Steve Brant speaks on the importance of seeing life as a learning adventure in which we are open to learning from both sources we know and sources we’ve never heard of before. Steve acknowledges Apple computer for once celebrating these “crazy ones” and John Elkington’s related, new Green Swans Prize project.
This episode is a part of the first annual Climate Podcast Showcase, for more information on this visit www.climactic.fm/climatepodcase, and for more information on this show please visit The RegenNarration. The first guest we ever had on this podcast, the former Wall St executive John Fullerton, made reference again this week to “John Elkington's product recall“ on a term he coined 25 years ago – ‘triple bottom line'. It reflects, he said, “the growing consensus that sustainability in business is not working. Instead, the chorus for systemic transformation is growing.” Our guest this week is Professor Karen O'Brien, and she has spent decades exploring and assisting people in just this. “Given the rate, magnitude and speed of the changes we need, let's go to the highest leverage point. What would that involve to actually loosen the constraints of a paradigm that is, in my view, killing us?”— Professor Karen O'Brien Karen is an internationally recognised thought leader on climate change impacts and social transformation. She has been heavily involved in the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (the IPCC), and shared in its 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. She's also on the scientific advisory board for Project Drawdown, and is the co-founder and partner in cCHANGE, an Oslo-based company that has become a beacon in the space of social transformation. Karen's work focuses on the relationships between personal, cultural, and systems transformations. She calls it exploring the most powerful solution to climate change – people! And she's decidedly positive about it, pointing out that projections of the future too often exclude the understanding that people constitute the systems and stories we live by. We are the systems. And we have the ability to transform ourselves (read, not others) – deliberately, consciously, deeply. And in everyday life, wherever we are. Karen wrote an article a few years ago titled ‘Is it time for a quantum leap?', on the emerging field of quantum social theory. And she sees her work on the ground with cCHANGE and cCHALLENGE bearing out the potential for just that. So how does conscious social transformation happen? How do we engage the highest leverage points? How do we take care of each other in the process? And can this really enable us to achieve the 1.5 degree Paris Agreement target? Special Guest: Anthony James. Support Climactic See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This episode is a part of the first annual Climate Podcast Showcase, for more information on this visit www.climactic.fm/climatepodcase, and for more information on this show please visit The RegenNarration. The first guest we ever had on this podcast, the former Wall St executive John Fullerton, made reference again this week to “John Elkington's product recall“ on a term he coined 25 years ago – ‘triple bottom line'. It reflects, he said, “the growing consensus that sustainability in business is not working. Instead, the chorus for systemic transformation is growing.” Our guest this week is Professor Karen O'Brien, and she has spent decades exploring and assisting people in just this. “Given the rate, magnitude and speed of the changes we need, let's go to the highest leverage point. What would that involve to actually loosen the constraints of a paradigm that is, in my view, killing us?” — Professor Karen O'Brien Karen is an internationally recognised thought leader on climate change impacts and social transformation. She has been heavily involved in the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (the IPCC), and shared in its 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. She's also on the scientific advisory board for Project Drawdown, and is the co-founder and partner in cCHANGE, an Oslo-based company that has become a beacon in the space of social transformation. Karen's work focuses on the relationships between personal, cultural, and systems transformations. She calls it exploring the most powerful solution to climate change – people! And she's decidedly positive about it, pointing out that projections of the future too often exclude the understanding that people constitute the systems and stories we live by. We are the systems. And we have the ability to transform ourselves (read, not others) – deliberately, consciously, deeply. And in everyday life, wherever we are. Karen wrote an article a few years ago titled ‘Is it time for a quantum leap?', on the emerging field of quantum social theory. And she sees her work on the ground with cCHANGE and cCHALLENGE bearing out the potential for just that. So how does conscious social transformation happen? How do we engage the highest leverage points? How do we take care of each other in the process? And can this really enable us to achieve the 1.5 degree Paris Agreement target? Special Guest: Anthony James. Support Climactic Support the show: https://www.climactic.fm/p/support-the-collective/
This episode is a part of the first annual Climate Podcast Showcase, for more information on this visit www.climactic.fm/climatepodcase, and for more information on this show please visit The RegenNarration.The first guest we ever had on this podcast, the former Wall St executive John Fullerton, made reference again this week to “John Elkington's product recall“ on a term he coined 25 years ago – ‘triple bottom line'. It reflects, he said, “the growing consensus that sustainability in business is not working. Instead, the chorus for systemic transformation is growing.” Our guest this week is Professor Karen O'Brien, and she has spent decades exploring and assisting people in just this. “Given the rate, magnitude and speed of the changes we need, let's go to the highest leverage point. What would that involve to actually loosen the constraints of a paradigm that is, in my view, killing us?”— Professor Karen O'BrienKaren is an internationally recognised thought leader on climate change impacts and social transformation. She has been heavily involved in the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (the IPCC), and shared in its 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. She's also on the scientific advisory board for Project Drawdown, and is the co-founder and partner in cCHANGE, an Oslo-based company that has become a beacon in the space of social transformation.Karen's work focuses on the relationships between personal, cultural, and systems transformations. She calls it exploring the most powerful solution to climate change – people! And she's decidedly positive about it, pointing out that projections of the future too often exclude the understanding that people constitute the systems and stories we live by. We are the systems. And we have the ability to transform ourselves (read, not others) – deliberately, consciously, deeply. And in everyday life, wherever we are. Karen wrote an article a few years ago titled ‘Is it time for a quantum leap?', on the emerging field of quantum social theory. And she sees her work on the ground with cCHANGE and cCHALLENGE bearing out the potential for just that. So how does conscious social transformation happen? How do we engage the highest leverage points? How do we take care of each other in the process? And can this really enable us to achieve the 1.5 degree Paris Agreement target?Special Guest: Anthony James.Support Climactic See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Leor and Jason sit down with John Elkington, Co-Founder and Chief Pollinator at Volans. What is carbon productivity and how does it fit into the world economy and governing policies of the future?
Pantomime legends John Elkington and Tim Frater tell us some of their favourite tales from on and off stage, and reveal a little about this year’s magical production of Sleeping Beauty. Plus we pop down to paint shop and talk about preparing for panto, creative processes and their favourite moments from previous years. Find out more about Sleeping Beauty: https://bit.ly/2r2oSyi
Il y a de plus en plus de maladies chroniques, la population vieillit. Il est même prouvé que les effets des changements climatiques exercent une pression croissante sur nos systèmes de santé. Mais y a-t-il a un coût environnemental relié à des soins de santé efficaces? Avec Élise Jetté et Charles Trahan
Impact Leaders - Impact Investment and Performance with Purpose
This is a special episode including an interview with JP Dallmann on the Sustainability Matters Today Podcast. Your host is Daniel Hartz and he interviews me on his show. I decided to make it our next episode because it is an extra special one since we are celebrating 1 year of the IMPACT LEADERS podcast! We hope you enjoy it! Highlights: JP’s career evolution from accounting and investment banking What is Sustainable & Impact Investing? Companies should be investing for impact as well as returns Returns: perception vs reality Why JP found it paramount to use his financial services experience to work with investment companies that want to transition into sustainable & impact investing Performance on some of the asset classes Who makes a bigger difference: Warrior Accountants vs Extinction Rebellion protesters The roles in society to create scalable impact The importance of education, awareness and action Changing your pension funds to impact investing makes a 27 times bigger difference than changing your habits alone Why it is also important to change your habits Al Gore with Paul Van Zyl at The Conduit: latest trends and effects of climate change How to use the SDGs & your values to set your priorities & Tribe Impact Capital methodology: ImpactDNA Can companies be sustainable in the long term? The opportunity: why there is so much potential for growth in impact investing Sustainable investing 38% growth to $30trn in the last two years Some further resources to learn more about this life-changing subject: IFAs, Impact Leaders Podcast, PRI, GSIA, GIIN, TONIIC, Ray Dalio, John Elkington, Cary Krosinsky, YouTube, Forbes.com Time stamps : [02:00] JP’s background [08:35] What is impact investing [10:05] Are impact companies small? [11:58] What is the triple bottom line? [18:05] Preserving wealth vs preserving our future [22:35] Where your pensions are invested makes a 27x difference [28:51] Are there better ways to action than taking part in a climate strike? [32:38] The importance of education & awareness [35:26] Can companies be sustainable long term? [38:32] There is great potential for impact investing to grow [44:30] How can people connect with JP Useful links: Subscribe to Daniel Hartz Podcast: Sustainability Matters Today Podcast (https://www.sustainabilitymatters.today/) SDG 17 - Partnership For The Goals (https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/partnerships/goal17/) PRI - Principals of Responsible Investment (https://www.unpri.org/) GSIA - Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (http://www.gsi-alliance.org/) GIIN - The Global Impact Investing Network (https://thegiin.org/) TONIIC - The Global Action Community for Impact Investors (https://www.toniic.com/) RISE fund (https://therisefund.com/) Tribe Impact Capital - ImpactDNA (https://www.tribeimpactcapital.com/our-services/) John Elkington (https://johnelkington.com/) John Elkington Episode 17 (http://bit.ly/ILJEJP) Cary Krosinsky's Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/carykrosinsky) Cary Krosinsky's book - Sustainable Investing Revolutions In Theory And Practice (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sustainable-Investing-Revolutions-theory-practice/dp/1138678619) Cary Krosinsky Episode 18 (http://bit.ly/ILCKSFI) Ray Dalio (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Dalio) Al Gore (https://www.algore.com/) Paul van Zyl (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_van_Zyl) The Conduit (https://theconduit.com/) Sir Michael Hintze GCSG AM > Approach to ESG investing (https://michael-hintze.com/afr-highlights-sir-michael-hintzes-approach-esg-investing/) FT Article - The new front for green revolution rests on warrior accountants (https://www.ft.com/content/affc108e-d20c-11e8-9a3c-5d5eac8f1ab4) Impact Investing Article by JP on Forbes.com - Just A Trend Or The Best Strategy To Help Save Our World? (http://bit.ly/ImpactInvestingOnForbes) Nordea’s illustrative analysis on carbon footprint from savings - 27x Impact (https://www.nordea.com/en/sustainability/sustainability-news/nordeas-illustrative-analysis-on-carbon-footprint-from-savings.html) Connect with JP Dallmann on Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jp-dallmann/) , Twitter (https://twitter.com/JPDallmann) , or Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/inspiredbyjp/) . How to incorporate SDGs into your business - Fast Forward 2030 (http://fastforward2030.com/) Find talent and careers with impact - Realchangers (https://www.realchangers.com/) Impact Leaders is produced by Podcast Publishing (http://podcastpublishing.help/)
Impact Leaders - Impact Investment and Performance with Purpose
John Elkington is a pioneer of the global sustainability movement, co-founding Environmental Data Services in 1978 and SustainAbility in 1987. An author of 19 books, his million-selling book The Green Consumer Guide (1988) brought mass attention to the environmental impacts of everyday products and brands. John’s Cannibals with Forks in 1997 popularised his ‘Triple Bottom Line’ concept (People, Planet, Profit) and laid the foundations for sustainable business strategy. John co-founded Volans to span the yawning divides between what the sustainability industry was doing and what needs to be done. As the company enters its second decade, John is on a mission to “10X” Volans’ impact. Highlights: The most critical skill to have a long lasting career The story behind the triple bottom line Integrating financial value to non-financial forms of capital Tomorrow’s capitalism enquiries to engage leadership companies e.g. The Body Shop What is next after the Triple Bottom Line Green Swans - Integrating Responsibility, Resilience and Regeneration Leading the business response to Extinction Rebellion How Silicon Valley tech companies are beginning to address the global challenges Why companies and the financial markets are switching on Why the challenge is pan-generational Challenges of starting an environmental data service business in 1978 What John learned from meeting Frank Herbert and Buckminster Fuller Useful links: John Elkington’s Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-elkington-2907568/ John Elkington’s website - http://johnelkington.com/about/ Volans - https://volans.com/ Tomorrow’s Capitalism Inquiry - https://volans.com/project/tomorrows-capitalism-inquiry/ Society 5.0 and SDGs - https://www.keidanrensdgs-world.com/dashtothegoals Sustainability - http://sustainability.com/ Lise Kingo - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lise_Kingo UN Global Compact - https://www.unglobalcompact.org/ Project Breakthrough - http://breakthrough.unglobalcompact.org/ Harvard Business Review on Triple Bottom Line - https://hbr.org/2018/06/25-years-ago-i-coined-the-phrase-triple-bottom-line-heres-why-im-giving-up-on-it Edward Max Nicholson | Environmentalist - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Max_Nicholson Dune - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(novel) Frank Herbert | Author - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Herbert Buckminster Fuller - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminster_Fuller Milton Friedman - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Friedman Black Swan Theory - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_swan_theory Time stamp: [04:47] Father of triple bottom line [06:40] What is impact investing [08:11] History of the triple bottom line [14:30] Black Swans & Green Swans [18:20] Business leaders are stepping up to fill a gap [20:39] Responding to Extinction Rebellion [23:00] Being invited to talk to companies from around the world [27:25] Founding 4 companies [29:50] Project Breakthrough [35:00] Good sustainability programmes are reducing cost of capital [44:33] Writing for 5 years before having a breakthrough [46:30] It is inevitable to pursue a transformative change agenda [48:00] Meeting Frank Herbert was a spiritual experience [50:10] Buckminster Fuller went through a period of “unplugging” Connect with JP Dallmann on Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jp-dallmann/) , Twitter (https://twitter.com/JPDallmann) , or Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/inspiredbyjp/) . How to incorporate SDGs into your business - Fast Forward 2030 (http://fastforward2030.com/) Find talent and careers with impact - Realchangers (https://www.realchangers.com/) Impact Leaders is produced by Podcast Publishing (http://podcastpublishing.help/)
Neste episódio inaugural da Pulsar, contamos um pouco do que você encontra por aqui. Além de uma entrevista inédita com John Elkington, sócio-fundador da Volans, consultoria inglesa. Ele é criador do conceito de Tripple Botton Line, ou tripé da sustentabilidade. Falamos de tecnologia, educação e reconexão com a natureza. Esse podcast é produzido em parceria com a Diorama Filmes, liderada por Diogo Diéguez Brito Data da primeira publicação deste episódio_abril de 2019
The first guest we ever had on this podcast, the former Wall St executive John Fullerton, made reference again this week to “John Elkington's product recall“ on a term he coined 25 years ago – ‘triple bottom line'. It reflects, he said, “the growing consensus that sustainability in business is not working. Instead, the chorus for systemic transformation is growing.” Our guest this week is Professor Karen O'Brien, and she has spent decades exploring and assisting people in just this. Karen is an internationally recognised thought leader on climate change impacts and social transformation. She has been heavily involved in the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (the IPCC), and shared in its 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. She's also on the scientific advisory board for Project Drawdown, and is the co-founder and partner in cCHANGE, an Oslo-based company that has become a beacon in the space of social transformation. Karen's work focuses on the relationships between personal, cultural, and systems transformations. She calls it exploring the most powerful solution to climate change – people! And she's decidedly positive about it, pointing out that projections of the future too often exclude the understanding that people constitute the systems and stories we live by. We are the systems. And we have the ability to transform ourselves (read, not others) – deliberately, consciously, deeply. And in everyday life, wherever we are. Karen wrote an article a few years ago titled ‘Is it time for a quantum leap?', on the emerging field of quantum social theory. And she sees her work on the ground with cCHANGE and cCHALLENGE bearing out the potential for just that. So how does conscious social transformation happen? How do we engage the highest leverage points? How do we take care of each other in the process? And can this really enable us to achieve the 1.5 degree Paris Agreement target? Theme music: The System, by the Public Opinion Afro Orchestra Due to licencing restrictions, our guest's nominated music can only be played on radio or similarly licenced broadcasts of this episode. We hope podcast licencing falls into line with this soon. Get more: On Karen - https://www.sv.uio.no/iss/english/people/aca/karenob/index.html cChange - www.cchange.no Her new book, 'Climate & Society: Transforming the Future', with Robin Leichenko - https://www.climateandsocietytransformingthefuture.org/ And her upcoming webinar on 8 August 2019 - https://www.climateandsocietytransformingthefuture.org/resources-1 Join us at our first live conversation event in Perth, on Monday the 23rd of September at The Platform - https://www.regennarration.com/events/trebeck2019 Say hello & send us your comments by text or audio - www.regennarration.com/story Thanks to our community of listeners and partners for making the hours of labour that go into each episode possible. Please consider supporting the podcast by donating or becoming a podcast partner at www.regennarration.com/support. Thanks for listening!
Impact Leaders - Impact Investment and Performance with Purpose
Martin Rich is the Co-founder and Executive Director of Future Fit Foundation. He is an international thought-leader, solution-builder and speaker on sustainability, impact and responsible investment. The Future Fit Foundation is a non-profit organisation whose vision is a future in which everyone on Earth can flourish. The Future-Fit Business Benchmark is a free tool to help companies and investors transform how they create long-term value, for themselves and society as a whole. Highlights of this episode: * Impact investment is a mindset * The biggest challenge of founding Future Fit Business * How understanding finance helped Martin's transition * The 'breakeven' goals for companies and becoming a Future Fit business * Impact measurement tools that are open source * How investors can understand impact using Future Fit Benchmarks * How Future Fit works with other certification * Growing the global community of Future Fit industries and changemakers * How faith drives Martin's personal and professional life Useful links: Martin Rich Linkedin - [https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-rich/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-rich/) Future Fit Business - [http://futurefitbusiness.org/](http://futurefitbusiness.org/) Future Fit Business Benchmark - [http://futurefitbusiness.org/about-the-benchmark/](http://futurefitbusiness.org/about-the-benchmark/) Framefork For Strategic Sustainable Development -[http://www.alliance-ssd.org/framework-for-strategic-sustainable-development-fssd/](http://www.alliance-ssd.org/framework-for-strategic-sustainable-development-fssd/) Sir Ronald Cohen - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Mourad_Cohen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Mourad_Cohen) Bridges Fund Management - [https://www.bridgesfundmanagement.com/](https://www.bridgesfundmanagement.com/) Volans - [https://volans.com/](https://volans.com/) B Corp -[https://bcorporation.uk/](https://bcorporation.uk/) Shell Foundation - [https://shellfoundation.org/](https://shellfoundation.org/) Friends Provident Foundation - [https://www.friendsprovidentfoundation.org/](https://www.friendsprovidentfoundation.org/) Paul Boateng - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Boateng](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Boateng) John Elkington - [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Elkington_(business_author)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Elkington_(business_author)) Chapter: [03:13] What is impact investing? [12:16] What impact am I having on the world? [20:04] Moving from One to Three Dimensional Investments [24:48] "The purpose of a system is what it does" [26:53] Taking time to realise the interconnectedness of the system [30:02] How do businesses become Future Fit? [33:59] The framework for strategic sustainable development [36:26] Breakeven goals and reinforcing boundary conditions [48:42] Being open source so people can challenge [54:59] Changing conversations in organisations and purpose of companies [1:00:27] What is the forward-looking journey from investors and companies point of view? [1:05:55] How we can encourage investors going on the impact journey? [1:12:03] Changemaker programme to change companies and growing the community [1:16:11] How do you fit it with BCorp? Future Fit Business's business model [1:20:36] Being a charity and working with grant funders [1:24:21] Who inspires Martin Rich? Faith and having a higher purpose and having mentors [1:34:40] What makes a good leader? Connect with JP Dallmann on [Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jp-dallmann/), [Twitter](https://twitter.com/JPDallmann), or [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/inspiredbyjp/). How to incorporate SDGs into your business - [Fast Forward 2030](http://fastforward2030.com/) Find talent and careers with impact - [Realchangers](http://Realchangers) Impact Leaders is produced by [Podcast Publishing](http://Podcast Publishing)
Impact Leaders - Impact Investment and Performance with Purpose
Kate Wolfenden is the co-founder of Project X, a WWF founded corporate accelerator which helps organisations adopt sustainable innovations in their supply chains. Their focus is to help entire industries step change their sustainability performance, aiming at shifting $1.3 trillion in purchasing power from unsustainable sources to sustainable sources by 2030. The vision for this programme is to radically reduce the environmental footprint of 10 industry value chains in 10 years. Kate is an innovator at heart, she believes in system optimisation and system change. She believes that the change in the next 11 years are the most important for humanity. Highlights of this episode include: * Creation of the sustainable S-bond markets and the Sustainable Finance and Investment Corporation * China's sovereign wealth fund’s cornerstone investment in the Global Green Investment Bank * Who could be due a sustainability Nobel Prize? * How to get involved with impact investment * How to change 10 industries in 10 years sustainable supply chains with Project X * Importance of system change with John Elkington of Volans * Importance of social entrepreneur communities such as Future Planet Rocks * Kerry Adler on why having hope is important but taking action is the only strategy * Inspiring mentors that helped Kate to get where she is now * Asking yourself how you can be of service Useful Link: Project X Global - [https://projectxglobal.com/](https://projectxglobal.com/) Kate Wolfenden Linkedin - [https://www.linkedin.com/in/katewolfenden/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/katewolfenden/) Marcela Navarro CEO of Project X - [https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcela-navarro-1769bbb/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcela-navarro-1769bbb/) His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco - [https://www.fpa2.org/accueil.html](https://www.fpa2.org/accueil.html) Jean Baptiste Oldenhove of Estari Group- [https://www.estarigroup.com/](https://www.estarigroup.com/) Mungo Park of Innovator Captial - [http://www.innovator-capital.com/](http://www.innovator-capital.com/) Carl Pratt of Future Planet - [http://www.futureplanet.rocks/](http://www.futureplanet.rocks/) Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance - [https://www.gavi.org/](https://www.gavi.org/) John Elkington of Volans - [https://volans.com/](https://volans.com/) Kerry Adler of Skypower - [https://skypower.com/](https://skypower.com/) Christiana Figueres and Global Optimism- [http://globaloptimism.com/](http://globaloptimism.com/) Chapters: [02:12] Systems optimisation and systems change [05:32] Access to Finance [07:54] Sustainable Finance and Investment Corporation - Mungo Park [12:17] About Carl Pratt and Future Planet Rocks community [13:50] Working with John Elkington of Volans, founder of the triple bottom line [15:51] Project X, how it works [19:19] Feed X, enabling sustainable ingredients [23:45] Scaling innovation within a corporation [26:54] How impact investors can get involved [28:49] Estari Group's investment thesis and system change approach [31:45] Future Planet Rocks and Fast Forward 2030 events [33:53] Kerry Adler of Skypower on having faith and hope [37:41] Trust, forgiveness & Hope [38:06] Ban Ki-Moon on getting coherence at a global level [39:58] Project X Report [42:29] Who is Kate? Being an entrepreneur and asking why? [46:28] What it means to be a leader? Connect with JP Dallmann on [Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jp-dallmann/), [Twitter](https://twitter.com/JPDallmann), or [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/inspiredbyjp/). How to incorporate SDGs into your business - [Fast Forward 2030](http://fastforward2030.com/) Find talent and careers with impact - [Realchangers](https://www.realchangers.com/) Impact Leaders is produced by [Podcast Publishing](http://podcastpublishing.help/)
In this episode Alex Moxon talks to John Elkington aka Dame Nurse Nelly Noggins about this year’s panto and our Artist Development Co-ordinator Beth Shouler speaks to Siobhán Cannon-Brownlie about directing The Elves and the Shoemaker and her career so far.
We can learn a lot if we listen to the trees—and pay attention to the party going on underneath! Nature has much to say about how to realign our industrial value chains, embrace biodiversity, and maintain soil microbiology. The question is, are we smart enough to listen and move toward a regenerative economy? Lorraine Smith is a writer and independent consultant who advocates for the shift to a regenerative economy. Lorraine has consulted for leading change-agents and large companies since 2004, and she is a sought-after speaker in the realm of sustainability and corporate innovation. Lorraine collaborates regularly with John Elkington’s team at Volans and sits on the Sustainability Advisory Board of Fibria, a large Brazilian forest products company. She also serves on the Board of Canadian Business for Social Responsibility and the Review Council of the Future Fit Business Benchmark. Lorraine is currently working on her first book, a series of essays exploring the relationship between people and trees. Today, Lorraine joins Ross, Christophe and Paul to share her ‘silver lining’ approach to environmentalism, explaining how a shift in the conversation can lead to true progress. She discusses her work with corporate boards, describing the value of understanding a company’s current circumstances and humbly checking your assumptions at the door. Lorraine offers insight around accelerating the rate of change and helping business think beyond emissions reduction to elevate the use of products that use CO2 as feedstock. Listen in to understand how we can expand the way we think about sustainability and create a regenerative economy based on the natural process that has been evolving for 3.8 billion years! Resources Lorraine’s Website Lorraine’s Blog Lorraine on Facebook Lorraine on Twitter Lorraine on LinkedIn Lorraine on Instagram Lorraine on Medium Future-Fit Volans John Elkington Canadian Business for Social Responsibility Fibria Forest Stewardship Council The Donella Meadows Project Cleantech Group The Soil Will Save Us: How Scientists, Farmers, and Foodies Are Healing the Soil to Save the Planet by Kristin Ohlson Brazil’s Carbon Index Xuxa Interface Covestro Carbon XPRIZE On Liberty by John Stuart Mill Key Takeaways [2:59] Lorraine’s path to reversing climate change Playground fight led to think about humans in wider world Role in financial services: Who cares how money invested? Volunteered to help farmers spin through weaving group Eventually hired to work at CBSR(still board member) [8:05] Lorraine’s current work in the climate space Explore themes of regenerative economy through writing Contribute to teams (e.g.: Volans, Fibria) [9:40] The themes of Lorraine’s forthcoming book Relationships between humans and trees Patterns we haven’t picked up on Possibilities for how we can BE in wider world [13:01] The ‘silver lining’ approach to environmentalism Broaden mindset to shift conversation Realign industrial value chains, human interaction [16:33] Lorraine’s work as a consultant to companies ‘Can’t convince anyone of anything’ Understand present circumstances Check assumptions at door [21:53] Our role in the deforestation supply chain Don’t recognize what we’ve lost (i.e.: soil microbiology) Come from place of privilege, work to avoid catastrophe [25:12] Lorraine’s insight around what we can do Amplify what works using nature’s instructions Incentivize behavior through financial mechanism Inspire people to understand ‘party beneath trees’ [26:52] Lorraine’s advice on accelerating the rate of change Worth focusing on emerging knowledge that can help Energize what’s working (i.e.: carbon in soil) Embrace what nature teaches about biodiversity Value of art to inspire reveling in what feels right [33:59] How companies can go beyond emissions reduction Requires shift in understanding, how fit into carbon story Encourage use of products using CO2as feedstock [38:19] The evolving language of environmentalism Greenhouse effect—global warming—climate change Changes understanding of warning over time [42:37] The dichotomy of being open-minded vs. permissive Draw line when something isn’t okay Not so open-minded that ‘brain falls out’
John Elkington is the executive chairman of Volans, co-founder of SustainAbility, blogs at Johnelkington.com, tweets at @volansjohn. John is one of the world’s leading authorities on sustainable development and developed the ‘triple bottom line’ business strategy. He is the author or co-author of 50 published reports, thousands of articles, and 19 books, including the no. 1 bestselling The Green Consumer Guide (1988). In this episode, the following topics are discussed: 2019 is the 25th anniversary of the TBL People — Planet — Profit Accounting vs Purpose System change — not the accounting Double entry bookkeeping 6000 companies are engaging in sustainability reporting Branding and advertising — misleading with green HBR says this is first time any management concept has been recalled Social entrepreneurs TBL is not intended to be a mechanism to support tradeoffs Improve on two dimensions, and holding the third constant Tomorrow’s capitalism inquiry — Aviva Investors Crowdsourcing the revamp — using technology to communicate more widely How does shared value link to the TBL Competing language is a glorious alibi to do nothing at all What lies on the horizon for the revamp?We need framework and tools that drives business in ways that we have not seen yet Look at leadership companies, like Unilever, and explore what TBL thinking has delivered in their businesses. (Revamp 1) CEO must be on board The evolution of B2B platforms — Paul Polman — look at B2B platforms and look at what is working and what is not — do we need multiple platforms? (Revamp 2) The role of government and policy makers Financial markets through the lenses of the CFO and the tie to sustainabilty (Revamp 3) Larry Fink at BlackRock, “Society is demanding that companies, both public and private, serve a social purpose. To prosper over time, every company must not only deliver financial performance, but also show how it makes a positive contribution to society.” Avoiding the label of environmentalist John as an agitator — ‘Playfulness’ as an indicator of flexibility and embracing change? OECD: 80 -90% of companies know a sustainability commitment is necessary Corporate culture — The term greenwashing — safety and health diversity are easy to claim, but a CEO saying it is different than real results— someone at Board level must be directly responsible for performance Climate change, human rights, communicating TBL to Wall Street → learning journeys The sort of company that does TBL reporting and brand activism Comparing 1970’s corporate leadership to today SDGs The word ’sustainability’ and it being perceived as something bad A pending financial crash Dirty industries proclaiming sustainability — and the need to call out ranking without looking at what goes on behind the scenes The need to disrupt the ranking industry Provoking or calling out bad corporate behavior Incremental change is boring — disruption or civilizational change is more fascinating and engaging When words or phrases first appear they are like membranes — new concepts that engage — the more a term is used it becomes less engaging The forecast that the SDGs will equal 12T in opportunity — dissecting the number — skepticism and forecasts We have moved from looking at sustainability as an impediment and viewing it as an opportunity and instrument for transformation Big brands that disappear Paradigm shifts NOTES John's websites John Elkington Volans Other websites Aviva Investors B Corp BlackRock Business and Sustainability Development Commission — market potential of SDGs DJSI Fast Company GlobeScan GRI Tech Mahindra Unilever sustainability WBCSD Wired Sample of John's books The Green Capitalists by John Elkington and Tom Burke The Green Consumer Guide by John Elkington and Julia Hailes Cannibals With Forks: The Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century Business The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World by John Elkington and Pamela Hartigan The Zeronauts The Breakthrough Challenge: 10 Ways To Connect Today's Profits With Tomorrow's Bottom Line by John Elkington and Jochen Zeitz, with a foreword from Sir Richard Branson Other books Thomas Kuhn — The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Articles/blogs The 6 Ways Business Leaders Talk About Sustainability John Elkington has lit the fuse to blow up the “Triple Bottom Line” he invented ABOUT PHILIP BEERE Philip is host of Corporate Sustainability; the podcast that explores companies and people who inspire innovation, improvement, and sustainable business practices through purpose-driven missions and initiatives. Philip is a longtime marketer, who consults companies on how to use stories and narrative to help build their brands. He says sustainability stories are one of the most powerful ways companies can manage their reputations. Connect with him by clicking here.
"We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down." —Kurt Vonnegut John Elkington is most comfortable when he is least comfortable, most engaged when he is making it up as he goes along. A pioneer in working with businesses toward sustainable development, John has been a proponent of the triple bottom line for 40-plus years, making both his corporate clients and other environmentalists uncomfortable and earning a reputation as the ‘grit in the corporate oyster.’ So, how does John use provocation to push people in the right direction—combining a responsibility to people, planet, and profit to champion systemic change? John currently serves as Founding Partner and Chief Pollinator at Volans, a future-focused consulting agency based in London. Volans works with global companies, government actors, and innovators, moving beyond incremental change to address large-scale systemic challenges. Prior to his work with Volans, John co-founded SustainAbility and Environmental Data Services. John is a thought-leader, business strategist, environmentalist, and author, having penned several books on sustainability, entrepreneurship, and innovation. Today, John joins Ross, Christophe and Paul to share his eel-centric environmental origin story and his journey to becoming the ‘grit in the corporate oyster.’ He walks us through the evolution of environmentalism, discussing the competing schools of thought and the value in employing capitalism to address climate change. They discuss social entrepreneurship, the term ‘sustainability,’ and Nori’s role in challenging the current system. Listen in for John’s insight on China and learn why he remains an optimist despite our present trajectory toward inconceivable warming. Resources John’s Website Volans The Green Capitalists by John Elkington and Tom Burke The Green Consumer by John Elkington and Julia Hailes GlobeScan The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World by John Elkington and Pamela Hartigan Breakthrough Money UN Environment Programme Arabesque The Bretton Woods Committee Key Takeaways [0:43] John’s environmental origin story Extraordinary experience with baby eels as child Became formal environmentalist in late 1960’s [5:09] John’s reputation as the ‘grit in the corporate oyster’ Most comfortable when least comfortable Engage, tap into innate creativity of business [6:39] The evolution of environmentalism Older generation values working with business Economic, social and environmental value add [12:41] John’s take on the word sustainability New terms sensitive but degrade over time Must be analytical to champion systemic change [18:36] Why capitalism is crucial in dealing with climate change Includes human, intellectual, social and natural capital Transparency, principles key in not ‘selling soul’ [23:33] Nori’s role in challenging the system Welcome opportunity to work with ‘bad guys’ Business advantage to dealing with externality Build market mechanism to facilitate rapid drawdown Blockchain affords competitive advantage [28:53] John’s insight on calling out bad behavior No benefit to purely punitive shaming Provocation necessary to push people in right direction All trapped in unsustainable system doing violence to planet [32:20] The significance of conversation with the financial sector Economics, finance ‘singularly poor in valuing resources’ Need to be shown what’s happening in wider world [36:16] John’s perspective on China Immensely exciting (right trajectory) AND worrying (impact on geopolitics) West not modeling behavior we want China to emulate [39:00] John’s view of the next 15 to 20 years Most exciting, challenging and dangerous On trajectory to inconceivable levels of warming
Susanne Stormer is a foremost global authority in corporate sustainability and serves as VP, Corporate Sustainability and Chief Sustainability Officer for the Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk, a globally recognized sustainability leader. Susanne sets strategic direction for the Novo Nordisk as a sustainability leader and pioneer in demonstrating long-term business value of incorporating economic, social and environmental perspectives into its market proposition. She and her team manage sustainability-driven programs, the company's Annual Report, engagements with ESG investors and stakeholders in the professional sustainability community, and communicate the value of the company's Triple Bottom Line business principle. In this episode, topics discussed include the following: Sustainability in the DNA of a company Born with a social purpose in 1923: Novo Nordisk helps people with diabetes live better lives Scandinavia has a heritage of respecting the environment; and lessening environmental footprint What should we call a corporate environmental/social commitment ? A discussion about the Triple Botton Line Financial responsibility is tied to social responsibly Circular economy and environmental responsibility Relevant - Responsible - Resilient → the three keys to being a sustainable business Employee engagement as related to Millennials → people would like to work for a company that has a clear purpose and values-driven Sustainable engagement If you have a highly engaged workforce, there is lower absenteeism, fewer sick days, and higher productivity Patients are at the center of all decisions; one example is injectable devices Innovation inspired by patient engagement Customer loyalty → hospitals, Ministries of Health: companies look at the company behind the product Training the sales staff to tell the company story and share the companies mission, ‘story’ and values. When a bigger context is given, there is a higher rate of sales calls and in-person engagement Market value is higher than the value of what can be accounted for with tangible assets Intangibles are created through an engaged workforce, quality of management, strong purpose, anticipating business constraints or ability to be flexible as a company The personality traits of a CSO The importance of a supportive CEO The details of building a strong sustainabilty team and leaders within a company Embedding TBL values within the organization through storytelling Tips for great integrative reporting Sustainability tracking and roadmaps to corporate sustainabilty; the UN Sustainable Development Goals The Future-Fit business benchmark → what is needed at a minimum to do no harm to the environment and society - and tied to accounting Crafting stories that appeal to stakeholders Mistakes in messaging sustainability Great stories help earn the trust and confidence of stakeholders who sometimes become ambassadors and defenders of the brand, for example, in cases of crisis Making a business stable and resilient during disruption Key questions, what might disrupt our business in the next 5 - 10 years? The importance of feasibility in achieving sustainability goals NOTES and LINKS Novo Nordisk Susanne Stormer International Integrative Reporting framework John Elkington - triple bottom line Cannibals with Forks: The Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century Business ABOUT PHILIP BEERE Philip is host of Corporate Sustainability; the podcast that explores companies and people who inspire innovation, improvement, and sustainable business practices through purpose-driven missions and initiatives. Philip is a longtime marketer, who consults companies on how to use stories and narrative to help build their brands. He says sustainability stories are one of the most powerful ways companies can manage their reputations. Connect with him by clicking here.
Dave Stangis is Vice President of Corporate Responsibility and Chief Sustainability Officer for the Campbell Soup Company. Dave created and now leads Campbell's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainability strategies. As such he oversees the company's execution of CSR and sustainability goals,policies, programs, engagement, and reporting, from responsible sourcing and sustainable agriculture to social impact metrics in the community. Dave co-authored 21st Century Corporate Citizenship and The Executive's Guide to 21st Century Corporate Citizenship. Dave Stangis Joins Sustainable Nation to Discuss: Leading sustainability in large organizations Linking sustainability to business strategy Sustainability programs supporting an organization's purpose, vision and strategy How Campbell's is using technology to advance sustainability Advice and recommendations for sustainability leaders What is one piece of advice you would give other sustainability professionals that might help them in their careers? I'll try to keep it to one. The one that I haven't mentioned is to really reach out and don't be afraid to network and ask questions of other leaders. You may not get a positive response from everybody, but we take care of our own in sustainability. It's still a fairly small circle. Look for some advice and learning outside of your sector. Don't just think you have to join food or automotive or travel or hospitality or in a government agency. I would try to reach out to somebody that's across the wall in terms of another sector and see what they can help with. What are you most excited about right now in the world of sustainability? I'm a fan of the life sciences as well as the technology. I grew up in Detroit, so I'm an automotive guy as well, but I think what is happening in the way we're able to deal with some of the systems out there, what is happening in terms of designing plans, people, whether it's good or bad, the ethics around some of these ethical lives, some of these technical choices and how we communicate them, help our companies understand them, and either bring consumers along or educate them enough so they can make an informed choice. I think this is really a big opportunity. That's where you're going to see kind of the old school sustainability people focused on energy and water and waste, which we always have to focus on, but some of these new sustainability people are bringing another layer of expertise to their companies or their agencies. What is one book you would recommend sustainability professionals read? I would recommend reading lots of books. I read a great book called the Inevitable by Kevin Kelly around technology coming to bear. I read A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing, a book that Jennifer Doudna wrote about gene editing and how it comes into play out with people and in plants. I'm reading a couple of books now on artificial intelligence and algorithms. I think there's a lot of stuff to just keep reading. Force yourself and pick up something that you're interested in and study a little bit. There's a lot of great books out there. Some of the books that I read early on were some of the work by John Elkington from sustainability. Some of those were ones that sent me on my path. What are some of your favorite resources or tools that really helped you in the work that you do? I set up a lot of feeds that come to my computer and email every day. I follow a lot of different key topics and people on Twitter or Linkedin. It's really the feeds that I follow in their online newsletters. I sign up for a lot of things that compile news on topics I'm interested in. So I'll get hundreds of these newsletters every day. You just need to scan them for headlines and find stories that are interesting. Where can our listeners go to learn more about you and the work they were leading at Campbell's? There's a few places I would suggest. The Campbell CSR websites just launched. Its www.campbellcsr.com. We also have a Campbell CSR Twitter account. There's a lot of good news stories and what we're doing on there. The team is also pretty active on Twitter and Linkedin as well. Just searching around for Campbell and Campbell Soup, Campbell CSR on Linkedin and Twitter. You'd be able to track down some of the teams that are working on sustainable agriculture and working on our core team and follow us there.
Business Week described John Elkington as "a dean of the corporate responsibility movement", a poll placed him in the top 5 of global CSR leaders and he created the concept of the Triple Bottom Line: he truly is the sage of sustainability. In this episode, John talks about his personal journey over the decades pushing for sustainable development. He discusses his work bridging the gap between activist NGO campaigners and those mainstream businesses looking to be responsible. During the conversation he shares insight from the Volans report “Breakthrough Business Models: Exponentially, More Social, Lean, Integrated, and Circular.” John suggests that the sustainability industry needs to disrupt itself and how we need to think in much longer terms. A serial sustainability entrepreneur and thinker for 40 years, he started his first business, ENDS, in 1978 (which is still going strong), founded two high profile consultancies, SustainAbility and Volans, is the author of 19 books and is on the boards of 20 organisations. Head over to Volans to learn more about Breakthrough Business Models. John Elkington tweets at @VolansJohn Host: Adam Woodhall of www.inspiring-sustainability.com Connect: www.linkedin.com/in/adamwoodhall See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
John is a pioneer in the world of corporate responsibility and sustainable development -as a writer, consultant, and serial entrepreneur he has been at the forefront of sustainability thinking for four decades. John is the author or co-author of 19 books —- he is credited with coining key sustainability terms including environmental excellence, the triple bottom line, and People, Planet & Profit. He is also co-founder of four environmental and sustainability businesses, including SustainAbility. His latest, Volans, launched in 2008, is a future-focused business working at the intersection of sustainability, entrepreneurship and innovation. In this interview, John talks about key sustainability lessons and insights developed over this career—and how he sees the future of sustainability. He talks about the innovative work that Volans is doing with the United Nations Global Compact –and shares his optimism for technological innovation as a means to deal with climate change. John talks about the potential of exponential technologies, why he believes in stretch and exponential targets to impact climate change, and the power of breakthrough business models. Finally, John reflects on the appropriateness of existing financial investment models to finance green investment. The post Episode 15: John Elkington| Exponential technologies, climate change, and sustainable development. appeared first on The Sustainability Agenda.
Annemarie Harant und Roman Mesicek unterhalten sich in der 22. Folge der Tonspur N über die aktuelle UN Global Compact CEO Studie 2016 “Agenda 2030: A Window of Opportunity” und ziehen Vergleiche zu den früheren Ergebnissen sowie weiteren Studien, wie zum Beispiel den “Breakthrough Report 2013” von Tripple Bottom Line Erfinder John Elkington. Weiterführende Links dieser Ausgabe: Tonspur N Twitter https://twitter.com/tonspurN Unser neues Pressefoto https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=515340018662493&set=a.232278270302004.1073741829.100005594970089&type=3&theater ERDEdankfest Rückblick http://www.janetschek.at/druckerei_janetschek/goldener-regenwurm/ UN Global Compact CEO Studie 2016 https://www.unglobalcompact.org/library/4331 Purpose, Value, Impact Grafik https://www.accenture.com/us-en/insight-un-global-compact-ceo-study#block-purpose-value-impact UN Global Compact CEO Studie 2013 https://www.unglobalcompact.org/docs/news_events/8.1/UNGC_Accenture_CEO_Study_2013.pdf UN Global Compact 2010 https://www.unglobalcompact.org/docs/news_events/8.1/UNGC_Accenture_CEO_Study_2010.pdf Breakthrough Report 2013: Business Leaders, Market Revolutions http://breakthroughcapitalism.com/breakthrough_report.html Project Breakthrough 2016 https://medium.com/project-breakthrough John Elkington https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Elkington_(business_author) Triple Bottom Line im Buch Cannibals with Forks http://www.johnelkington.com/archive/TBL-elkington-chapter.pdf Umweltbundesamt Politik in Deutschland 2016 https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/sites/default/files/medien/1968/publikationen/dynamiken_der_umweltpolitik_in_deutschl_and-ruckschau_und_perspektiven_final.pdf Responsible Management Education Research Conference 2016 http://rmerconference2016.prmechapterdach.eu/ Jonas Haertle, PRME Secretariat http://www.unprme.org/about-prme/prme-secretariat.php Lise Kingo, UN Global Compact Executive Director https://www.unglobalcompact.org/about/governance/executive-director Thomas Weber, biorama, the gap https://twitter.com/th_weber
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